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"Summertime Sadness" is a song written by Lana Del Rey, Kieran De Jour and Rick Nowels in 2011. Nowels also played a part 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 worldwide single on June 22, 2012.

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.

Music video

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 with 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.

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.

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