Fucked My Way Up to the Top (song)

Lana Del Rey
Writer(s)	Lana Del Rey Dan Heath
Producer(s)	Dan Auerbach
Length	3:32
From
Single(s)	"West Coast" "Ultraviolence" "Black Beauty"
Promotional single(s)	"Shades of Cool" "Ultraviolence" "Brooklyn Baby"
Ultraviolence track listing
"Money Power Glory"
"Old Money"

"Fucked My Way Up to the Top" (also registered as "Fucked My Way Up") is a song by Lana Del Rey. It was written by Del Rey and Dan Heath. It was released on Del Rey's second major-label studio album Ultraviolence.

Background

On June 9, 2014 Del Rey, in an interview with Grazia magazine, said "It’s about a singer who first sneered about my allegedly not authentic style but later she stole and copied it. And now she’s acting like I am the art project and she the true super artist. My God and people actually believe her, she’s successful! I shouldn't continue ranting, it doesn’t get anywhere."

Critical reception

Before the album was out or the track even previewed, music magazine Billboard described the song as "the best song title on Ultraviolence" along with "Guns and Roses", a sentiment shared by Internet publication Pitchfork Media.

Live performances

Del Rey has only performed this song live twice. For the first time on July 17, 2014 in Carcassonne, France, and a second time on August 24, 2014, at Rock en Seine Music Festival.

Lyrics

Life is awesome, I confess
What I do, I do best
You got nothing, I got tested
And I'm best, yes

Lay me down tonight in my linen and curls
Let me down tonight, Riviera girls

I fucked my way up to the top
This is my show
I fucked my way up to the top
Go, baby, go

(Go, go, go, go, go)
This is my show
(Go, go, go, go, go)
This is my show

I'm a dragon, you're a whore
Don't even know what you're good for
Mimickin' me's a fuckin' bore
To me, but babe

Lay me down tonight in my diamonds and pearls
Tell me something nice 'bout your favorite girl

I fucked my way up to the top
This is my show
I fucked my way up to the top
Go, baby, go

(Go, go, go, go, go)
This is my show
(Go, go, go, go, go)
This is my show

Need you, baby, like I breathe you, baby
Need you, baby, more, more, more, more
Need you, baby, like I breathe you, baby
Fuckin' need you, baby, more, more, more, more

Lay me down tonight in my linen and pearls
Lay me down tonight, I'm your favorite girl

I fucked my way up to the top
This is my show
I fucked my way up to the top
Go, baby, go

(Go, go, go, go, go)
This is my show
(Go, go, go, go, go)
This is my show

Need you, baby, like I breathe you, baby
I need you, baby, more, more, more, more
Need you, baby, like I breathe you, baby, ah

Credits

Personnel

• Written by Lana Del Rey & Dan Heath.
• Vocals by Lana Del Rey.
• Produced by Dan Auerbach.
• Engineered by Collin Dupuis.
• Mixed by Robert Orton at Hot Rocks Studios.
• Electric guitar by Dan Auerbach, Kenny Vaughan & Seth Kaufman.
• Electric bass by Nick Movshon.
• Mellotron, synthesizers & piano by Leon Michaels.
• Pedal steel by Russ Pahl.
• Drums by Maximilian Weissenfeldt.
• Drums programmed by Collin Dupuis.
• Mastered by John Davis at Metropolis Studios, London.