Lana Del Rey has cited several artists throughout the history of her career. In this section there are most of the songs she has referenced from other artists, so far. It is, of course, a work in progress, considering her catalogue.
List of references[]
Songs from Lana Del Ray (2010):[]
03. "Oh Say Can You See"
- Line: "The voice of Nirvana says, "come as you are"
- Original song: "Come As You Are" — Nirvana
Songs from Born to Die (2012):[]
01. "Born to Die"
- Line: "Take a walk on the wild side"
- Original song: "Walk on the Wild Side" — Lou Reed
- Line: "I once was lost, but now am found. Was blind, but now I see"
- Original song: "Amazing Grace" — John Newton
02. "Off to the Races"
- Line: "The way I roll like a rolling stone"
- Original song: "Like A Rolling Stone" — Bob Dylan
04. "Video Games"
- Line: "Heaven is a place on earth with you"
- Original song: "Heaven is A Place On Earth" — Belinda Carlisle
10. "Million Dollar Man"
- Line: "One for the money, two for the show"
- Original song: "Blue Suede Shoes" — Elvis Presley
11. "Summertime Sadness"
- Line: "Dancing in the dark in the pale moonlight"
- Original song: "Dancing in the Dark" — Bruce Springsteen
Songs from Paradise (2012):[]
02. "American"
- Line: "Hell yes, honey put on that party dress"
- Original song: "Mary Jane's Last Dance" — Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
03. "Cola"
- Line: "Harvey's in the sky with diamonds"
- Original song: "Lucy's in the Sky With Diamonds" — The Beatles
04. "Body Electric"
- Line: "Drop it like it's hot in the pale moonlight"
- Original song: "Drop It Like It's Hot" — Snoop Dogg
- Line: "I'm on fire"
- Original song: "I'm On Fire" — Bruce Springsteen
08. "Bel Air"
- Line: "Mon amour, sweet child of mine, you're divine"
- Original song: "Sweet Child O' Mine — Guns N' Roses
- Line: "So I run like a child to heaven’s door"
- Original song: "Knocking On Heaven's Door" — Bob Dylan
Songs from Ultraviolence (2014):[]
02. "Ultraviolence"
- Line: "He hit me and it felt like a kiss"
- Original song: "He Hit Me (And it Felt Like a Kiss)" — The Crystals
05. "West Coast"
- Line: "You've got the music in you"
- Original song: "You Give What You Give" — New Radicals
14. "Florida Kilos"
- Line: "Chic-a-Cherry Cola lime"
- Original song: "I Want You" — Savage Garden
Songs from Honeymoon (2015):[]
02. "Music to Watch Boys To"
- Line: "I live to love you and I love to love you"
- Original song: "Love to Love You Baby" — Donna Summer
03. "Terrence Loves You"
- Line: "Ground control to Major Tom"
- Original song: "Space Oddity" — David Bowie
04. "God Knows I Tried"
- Line: "It's so crazy I could drink it like Tequila Sunrise"
- Original song: "Tequila Sunrise" — The Eagles
- Line: "Put on that Hotel California"
- Original song: "Hotel California" — The Eagles
07. "Art Deco"
- Line: "You're just born to be seen. Born to be wild"
- Original song: "Born to Be Wild" — Steppenwolf
- Line: "You got things that've yet to be seen like your rapper's delight"
- Original song: "Rapper's Delight" — Sugarhill Gang
11. "The Blackest Day"
- Line: "Got you where I want you, I got you where I want you now"
- Original song: "Got You Where I Want You" — The Flys
Songs from Lust For Life (2017):[]
01. "Love"
- Line: "Don't worry, baby"
- Original song: "Don't Worry Baby" — The Beach Boys
02. "Lust For Life" (feat. The Weeknd)
- Line: "My boyfriend's back"
- Original song: "My Boyfriend’s Back" — The Angels
- Line: "They say only the good die young"
- Original song: "Only the Good Die Young" — Billy Joel
- Line: "Blue skies forever"
- Original song: "Blue Skies Forever" — Frankie Miller
04. "Cherry"
- Line: "I fall to pieces when I’m with you"
- Original song: "Fall to Pieces" — Patsy Cline
- Line: "My cherries and wine"
- Original song: "Summer Wine" — Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood
- Line: "Rosemary and thyme"
- Original song: "Scarborough Fair" — Simon and Garfunkel
08. "In My Feelings"
- Line: "I'm running on my treadmill but I'm coming up roses"
- Original song: "Coming Up Roses" — Elliot Smith
09. "Coachella - Woodstock In My Mind"
- Line: "I'd trade it all for a stairway to heaven"
- Original song: "Stairway to Heaven" — Led Zeppelin
12. "Beautiful People Beautiful Problems"
- Line: "Lie, la, lie"
- Original song: "The Boxer" — Simon and Garfunkel
13. "Tomorrow Never Came"
- Line: "Lay, lady, lay on that side of paradise in the Tropic of Cancer"
- Original song: "Lay, Lady Lay" — Bob Dylan
- Line: "You would always stay and be my tiny dancer"
- Original song: "Tiny Dancer" — Elton John
16. "Get Free"
- Line: I wanna move out of the black into the blue"
- Original song: "Out of the Blue" — Neil Young
Songs from Norman Fucking Rockwell! (2019):[]
02. "Mariners Apartment Complex"
- Line: "I ain't no candle in the wind"
- Original song: "Candle in the Wind" — Elton John
- Line : “I’m your man ”
- Original song: "I’m your man” - Leonard Cohen
03. "Venice Bitch"
- Line: "My baby, crimson and clover"
- Original song: "Crimson and Clover" — Tommy James and the Shondelles
- Line: "Back, back in the garden"
- Original song: "Woodstock" — Joni Mitchell
04. "Fuck It I Love You"
- Line: "Dream a little dream of me"
- Original song: "Dream A Little Dream of Me" — The Mamas & The Papas
- Line: "California dreamin' got my money on my mind"
- Original song: "California Dreamin'" — The Mamas & The Papas
07. "Cinammon Girl"
- Line: The reference is only in the title.
- Original song: "Cinammon Girl" — Neil Young
08. "How to Disappear"
- Line: "I've got a kid and two cats in the yard"
- Original song: "Our House" — Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
09. "California"
- Line: "I'll pick up all of your Vogues and all of your Rolling Stones"
- Original song: "California" — Joni Mitchell
- Line: Similar theme
- Original song: "California" — Joni Mitchell
10. "The Next Best American Record"
- Line: "To the 'Houses of the Holy', smoking on them cigarettes"
- Original song: "Houses of the Holy" — Led Zeppelin
11. "The Greatest"
- Line: "Dennis' last stop before Kokomo"
- Original song: "Kokomo" — The Beach Boys
- Line: "Life on Mars" ain't just a song"
- Original song: "Life On Mars" — David Bowie
12. "Bartender"
- Line: "All the ladies of the canyon"
- Original song: "Ladies of the Canyon — Joni Mitchell
- Line: "Girls just want to have fun"
- Original song: "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" — Cyndi Lauper
Songs from Chemtrails over the Country Club (2021):[]
04. "Let Me Love You Like a Woman"
- Line: "We could get lost in the purple rain"
- Original song: "Purple Rain" — Prince
Songs from Blue Banisters (2021):[]
02. "Blue Banisters"
- Line: "Except that one thing, the diamonds, the rust, and the rain"
- Original song: "Diamonds & Rust" - Joan Baez
10. "Thunder"
- Line: "You act like fucking Mr. Brightside"
- Original song: "Mr. Brightside" — The Killers
Songs currently unreleased:[]
"80s Baby"
- Line: "Rape me, I really need you to save me tonight"
- Original song: "Rape Me" — Nirvana
"Ben"
- Line: Hold me he sang, "Hallelujah"
- Original song: "Hallelujah" — Leonard Cohen
- Line: "He puts on "Lola" by The Kinks and he dances 'round"
- Original song: "Lola" — The Kinks
- Line: "I scream, you scream, yes"
- Original song: "Ice Cream (I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Ice Cream)" — Howard Johnson, Bill Moll, & Robert A. King
- Line: "It's all over now, baby blue"
- Original song: "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" — Bob Dylan
- Line: "I'm your real life suicide blonde"
- Original song: "Sucide Blonde" — INXS