"Bad Boy" (erroneously referred to as "Hot Potato") is an unreleased song by Lana Del Rey. It was produced in 2010 by Mads Louis Hauge and Phil Thornalley alongside "Playing Dangerous".[S 1]
Background[]
The song was recorded in the same session as "Playing Dangerous" and samples Claude Debussy's "Clair de Lune". It was supposedly revisited after the initial session with Hauge and Thornalley a few days later, with an unleaked re-recorded version rumored to exist.[S 2]
The song was first alluded to on a Tumblr account on May 3, 2019, with a snippet leaking on May 21. An edited version of the full song leaked on June 3. The unedited version has not yet leaked. On August 1, two demo ideas of the song leaked.
Cross-references[]
- Claude Debussy's "Clair de Lune", which this song samples, was also used in the music video for "Freak". It was also used as an interlude during her live performance of the previously mentioned song.
- Del Rey references being "thrown" in "Behind Closed Doors".
- Cherry pies are also mentioned in songs such as "Cola", "I Was in a Bad Way", and "Summer of Sam".
- Cigarettes are mentioned in "You Can Be the Boss", "1949", and "Girl That Got Away", among many other songs.
- The chorus' melody resembles that of "Take Me to Paris".
- Bad boys are also mentioned in "Queen of Disaster".
- True love is also mentioned in "True Love on the Side", "BBM Baby", "I Talk to Jesus", "Off to the Races", and also "Ultraviolence".
- Bonnie and Clyde are also mentioned in "Live or Die".
Official versions[]
- Final version — Unknown
- Edited version — 4:01
- Demo idea 1 — 3:29
- Demo idea 2 — 2:27
Lyrics[]
Edited version[]
My baby likes me fresh in my white kicks
I’m sweet like cherry pie and he likes this
I buy him drinks and he buys me cigarettes
He thinks that we’re a little bit like Romeo and Juliet
Throw me 'round like a hot potato
If you want the butter then say so
And it’s wrong, but well it’s okay, though
It’s okay, though
Baby, ghetto love
Mama knows I like the bad boys
Baby, ghetto love
Just like daddy was a bad boy
Ooh, ah
Take me out tonight
Baby, save my life
Ooh
Take me out tonight
Baby, save my life
True love, true love, true love
It never dies, it never dies, it never dies
True love, true love, true love
It never dies, it never dies
My baby likes me fresh in my white kicks
He thinks it’s a little like hair, tits, lips, hits
It doesn’t really matter that I do my lipstick
All day long, all day long
My baby likes me fresh in my white kicks
Yeah, Bonnie and Clyde, we're just like that
He thinks a little like we're polka dot dress up
He like my hair long
Baby, ghetto love
You know no one loves you better, right?
Baby, duh-duh love
You can be if you knew better
Ooh, ooh
Take me out tonight
Baby, save my life
Ooh, ooh
Take me out tonight
Baby, save my life
Save my life, save my life, save my life
Come and save my life, save my life, save my life
Save my life, save my life, save my life
'Cause true love never dies
It's what I want, when I see what's up high
True love never dies, ooh, ooh
Baby, ghetto love
Mama knows I like them bad boys
Baby, ghetto love
Just like daddy was a bad boy
True love, true love, true love
It never dies, it never dies, it never dies
True love, true love, true love
It never dies, it never dies
Demo idea 1[]
Um...
Baby, ghetto love
Di di di di di di di di
Baby, ghetto love
Mama knows I like them bad boys
My baby likes me fresh in my white kicks
I'm sweet like cherry pie and he likes this
I buy him drinks and he buys me cigarettes
He thinks that we're a little bit like Romeo and Juliet
Throw me 'round like a hot potato
If he want the butter, then say so
And it's wrong, but well, it's okay though
It's okay though
Baby, ghetto love
Mama knows I like them bad boys
Baby, ghetto love
Just like daddy was a bad boy
True love, true love, true love
It never dies, it never dies, it never dies
True love, true love, true love
It never dies, it never dies
My baby likes me fresh in my white kicks
He thinks it's a little like hair, tits, lips, hits
It doesn't really matter that I do my lipstick
All day long, all day long
It's a [unintelligible] in my white kicks
Yeah, Bonnie and Clyde, it's just like that
He thinks a little like we're polka dot dress up
He like my hair long
Right
Baby, ghetto love
Just like daddy da da da da, yeah
Baby, da da da
Just like daddy was a bad boy
True love, true love, true love
It never dies, it never dies, it never dies
True love, true love, true love
It never dies, it never dies
True love, true love, true love
It never dies, it never dies
Ah
Yes!
Yes!
(Yeah?
How we do-
How we doin' um... structure-wise and that?
That's a really good bit you went past, there
Yeah, strong
There was this thing about all day long, all-)
Demo idea 2[]
Baby, ghetto love
Mama knows I like the bad boys
Baby, ghetto love
Just like daddy was a bad boy
Ooh, ahh
Take me out tonight, take m-m, save my life
(What am I doing?)
Ooh, ooh
Take me out tonight, baby save my life
Save my life, save my life, save my life
Save my life, save my life, save my life
Save my life, save my life, save my life
Oh, baby, ghetto love
You know no one loves you better, right?
Maybe, that I'll [unintelligible]
You can be if he knew better
Ooh, ooh
Take me out tonight, baby save my life
Ooh, ooh
Take me out tonight, baby sa-
'Cause true love never dies
It's what I want, when I see what's up high
True love
Ooh-ooh
Be my love
Ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh
References[]
Notes[]
- ↑ This is speculation and should not be relied upon. It has not been confirmed by any official sources, but has been reported by Say Yes To Heaven, who is considered a reliable insider by the community.
- ↑ This is speculation and should not be relied upon. It has not been confirmed by any official sources, but has been reported by Say Yes To Heaven, who is considered a reliable insider by the community.