Summertime Sadness (song)

Lana Del Rey
Writer(s)	Lana Del Rey Rick Nowels Kieran De Jour
Producer(s)	Emile Haynie Rick Nowels Devrim Karaoglu
Length	4:25 4:13 (Demo)
From
Single(s)	"Video Games" "Born to Die" "Blue Jeans" "Summertime Sadness" "National Anthem" "Dark Paradise"
Promotional single(s)	"Off to the Races" "Carmen"
Born to Die track listing
"Million Dollar Man"
"This Is What Makes Us Girls"

"Summertime Sadness" is a song written by Lana Del Rey, Kieran De Jour and Rick Nowels in 2011. Nowels also assisted in the song's production along with Emile Haynie and Devrim Karaoglu. Taken from Lana's first major-label album Born to Die, the song was released as the album's fourth official single worldwide on June 22, 2012. A remix was made by Cedric Gervais which found the track worldwide commercial success.

Cross-references

• "My bad baby" is also a lyric in "Pretty Baby"

Composition

"Summertime Sadness" is a trip hop ballad written in the key of C♯ Minor. Lana's vocals cover exactly two octaves, ranging from C♯3 to C♯5.

Live Performance

Del Rey first performed the song at the Bowery Ballroom on December 5, 2011. At the end of the performance, she stated: "I know you don't care, but you're gonna fucking like it when it's on the record."

Remixes

• Asadinho Main Vocal Mix 8:34
• Asadinho Main Dub 7:46
• Asadinho Main Instrumental 7:00
• Cedric Gervais Remix 6:52
• Cedric Gervais Remix Radio Edit 3:34
• Hannes Fischer Nightflight Remix 6:41
• Hannes Fischer Nightflight Radio Edit 3:50
• Marbert Rocel Remix 5:41
• MK Feel It In The Air Remix 8:19
• MK Lee Foss Cold Blooded Remix 5:40
• Nick Warren's Vocal Remix 7:03
• Nick Warren's Skandik Dub 7:06
• Nick Warren's Instrumental Remix 7:01
• Ryan Hemsworth Remix 4:09
• Simon Large MK Dub 6:53
• Todd Terry Remix 6:35
• Todd Terry Dub 5:37

Commercial release

Physical releases

Germany

	Label: TBA Format: CD in slimcase Released: July 13, 2012 Barcode: 0602537102631 Photography: TBA Design: Unknown

#	Name	Time
1.	"Summertime Sadness" (Radio Mix)	4:12
2.	"Summertime Sadness"	4:23

	Label: Stranger Format: 12" vinyl in cardsleeve Released: July, 2012 Barcode: 0602537105106 Photography: Nicole Nodland Design: Unknown

SIDE A (45RPM)

#	Name	Time
1.	"Summertime Sadness" (Todd Terry Remix)	6:35
2.	"Summertime Sadness" (Todd Terry Dub)	5:37

SIDE B (45RPM)

#	Name	Time
1.	"Summertime Sadness" (Hannes Fischer Nightflight Remix)	6:41
2.	"Summertime Sadness" (Marbert Rocel Remix)	5:41

Music video

Music video	Information
	Released	June 22, 2012.
	Length	4:25
	Director	Kyle Newman, Spencer Susser
	Producer	Emile Haynie Rick Nowels Devrim Karaoglu
	Filmed	April and May of 2012
	Location
	Vevo views	240+ Million Views

The music video for "Summertime Sadness" was filmed in April and May of 2012. It was directed by Kyle Newman and Spencer Susser. Newman's wife, actress Jaime King, stars alongside Del Rey in the video, and said that, "It's about not being able to live without the one you love, friend or lover it doesn't matter, that's whatever you want it to be." Actor Alex Pettyfer reportedly also helped out on set as a production assistant. The radio mix edit of the video was released on July 20, 2012, in Germany on ClipFish. The same day, the video with the album version of the song was released worldwide on Del Rey's official YouTube channel. As of February 28, 2013 the music video has gained more than 240 million views on YouTube alone.

A music video for the trip hop song features two lovers, one played by Jaime King and the other played by Lana Del Rey. As the storyline progresses, one of the lovers commit suicide by jumping from perilous heights.

The music video opens with the clouds parting during which a female voice is heard speaking through a phone call, telling her lover, "remember, i'll always love you, bye", then it shows Lana Del Rey singing the opening verse before jumping from a cliff overlooking a waterfall. The video traces the women's relationship with spliced together through film bits -- much like the effects used in her earlier efforts -- and foggy scenes of the stars pouting and glancing seductively over their shoulders. The final sixty seconds of the video features both the grief stricken lovers falling in slow motion off of a bridge, suicidal after realizing the irreparability of their relationship. "I just wanted you to know," Del Rey intones as she tumbles slowly into the abyss, "that baby you were the best."

Remix

Lana Del Rey vs Cedric Gervais 'Summertime Sadness' Remix

Lana Del Rey vs Cedric Gervais "Summertime Sadness" Remix.

The video was re-edited to go alongside the release of the Cedric Gervais remix.

Lyrics

Kiss me hard before you go,
Summertime sadness.
I just wanted you to know,
That baby, you the best.

I got my red dress on tonight,
Dancin' in the dark,
In the pale moonlight.
Done my hair up real big,
Beauty queen style.
High heels off, I'm feelin' alive.

Oh my god, I feel it in the air,
Telephone wires above,
Are sizzlin' like a snare.
Honey I'm on fire, I feel it everywhere,
Nothin' scares me anymore.
(One, two, three, four).

Kiss me hard before you go,
Summertime sadness.
I just wanted you to know,
That baby, you the best.

I got that summertime,
Summertime sadness.
Su-su-summertime,
Summertime sadness.
Got that summertime,
Summertime sadness.

I'm feelin' electric tonight,
Cruisin' down the coast,
Goin' about ninety-nine.
Got my bad baby,
By my heavenly side.
I know if I go,
I'll die happy tonight.

Oh my god, I feel it in the air,
Telephone wires above,
Are sizzlin' like a snare.
Honey I'm on fire, I feel it everywhere,
Nothin' scares me anymore.
(One, two, three, four).

Kiss me hard before you go,
Summertime sadness.
I just wanted you to know,
That baby, you the best.

I got that summertime,
Summertime sadness.
Su-su-summertime,
Summertime sadness.
Got that summertime,
Summertime sadness.

Think I'll miss you forever,
Like the stars miss the sun,
In the morning sky.
Later's better than never,
Even if you're gone,
I'm gonna drive.

I got that summertime,
Summertime sadness.
Su-su-summertime,
Summertime sadness.
Got that summertime,
Summertime sadness.

Kiss me hard before you go,
Summertime sadness.
I just wanted you to know,
That baby, you the best.

I got that summertime,
Summertime sadness.
Su-su-summertime,
Summertime sadness.
Got that summertime,
Summertime sadness.

Credits

Song

Personnel

• Guitar — Patrick Warren
• Strings — Patrick Warren & Rick Nowels
• Strings assistant —Steve Tirpak
• Strings arrangement — Larry Gold
• Drums — Emile Haynie
• Keyboards — Emile Haynie & Patrick Warren
• Flute — Dan Heath
• Pads — Devrim Karaglu
• Mixing — Dan Grech Margurat fo 365 Artists
• Assistant mixing — Duncan Fulle

Music video

• Director — Spencer Susser
• Assistant director — Kyle Newman
• Producer — Tova Dann
• Editor — Spencer Susser
• Director of Photography — Morgan Susser