Summertime Sadness

“Summertime Sadness” was written by Lana Del Rey and Rick Nowels and appears as the 11th song on Lana Del Rey’s second studio album, Born to Die. The pop ballad was released as a single in June 2012. The house remixes of “Summertime Sadness” helped put the song at #1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs Singles chart. In 2013, a remixed version of the song by Cedric Gervais went to #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart, Del Rey’s highest charting single in her career. Gervais’ remixed version won a Grammy Award for Best Remixed Record, Non-Classical, in 2014. A video shot at various locations around Los Angeles by director Kyle Newman accompanied the release of the single. It has been certified 8x Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. Personnel on the record were: Lana Del Rey (vocals), Emile Haynie (keyboards, drums), Dan Heath (flute), Devrin Karaoglu (drum programming), and Patrick Warren, Rick Novels (strings).

Born to Die is the second studio album by Lana Del Rey. It was recorded between 2010-11 at Electric Lady and The Cutting Room in New York City and produced by Emile Haynie, Robopop, Jeff Bhasker, Al Shux, and Rick Nowels. Released in January 2012, it went to #2 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart and has been certified 5x Platinum by the RIAA. Six singles were released from the LP.

Lana Del Rey (Elizabeth Woolridge Grant) is an American singer and songwriter. She has released ten studio albums, two EPs, and 39 singles. She has sold more than 130 million records worldwide, making her one of the most successful alternative artists in the world. She has won two Brit Awards and an MTV Video Music Award. She continues to record and tour. Her next studio album, Lasso, is her first foray into country music and is due to be released in late September.