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{{Infobox song
"'''Yayo'''" is a song written by [[Lana Del Rey]]. The first known recording of the track was on ''[[No Kung Fu (EP)|No Kung Fu]]'', and was later re-recorded in 2008 for her first EP, ''[[Kill Kill (EP)|Kill Kill]]''. The same version of the track found on ''[[Kill Kill (EP)|Kill Kill]]'' was re-released on her first album, ''[[Lana Del Ray (album)|Lana Del Ray.]]'' The final release of the track appears as track number seven on her third EP, and second major-label release, ''[[Paradise (EP)|Paradise]]''.
 
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"'''Yayo'''" is a song written by [[Lana Del Rey]]. The first known recording of the track was on ''[[No Kung Fu (EP)|No Kung Fu]]'', and was later re-recorded in 2008 for her first EP, ''[[Kill Kill (EP)|Kill Kill]]''. The same version of the track found on ''Kill Kill'' was re-released on her first album, ''[[Lana Del Ray (album)|Lana Del Ray.]]'' The final release of the track appears as track number seven on her third EP, and second major-label release, ''[[Paradise (EP)|Paradise]]''.
   
 
== Background and writing ==
 
== Background and writing ==
"Yayo" was first officially released on October 21, 2008, on Del Rey's first studio EP and commercial release, ''[[Kill Kill (EP)|Kill Kill]]'', when Del Rey still used the stage name Lizzy Grant. It was again released commercially on January 4, 2010, as part of Del Rey's first studio album, ''[[Lana Del Ray (album)|Lana Del Ray]]'', under the name Lana Del Ray, both of these releases have since been taken down from all music services.
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"Yayo" was first officially released on October 21, 2008, on Del Rey's first studio EP and commercial release, ''[[Kill Kill (EP)|Kill Kill]]'', when Del Rey still used the stage name Lizzy Grant. It was again released commercially on January 4, 2010, as part of Del Rey's first studio album, ''[[Lana Del Ray (album)|Lana Del Ray]]'', under the name Lana Del Ray. Both of these releases have since been taken down from all music services.
   
The final and most well-known version of "Yayo" was officially released on November 9, 2012, as part of Del Rey's third studio EP, [[Paradise (EP)|''Paradise'']]. It is the only song from Del Rey's first studio album ''[[Lana Del Ray (album)|Lana Del Ray]]'' that has been officially re-recorded and re-released.
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On December 23, 2011, Del Rey posted the ''Lana Del Ray'' version of "Yayo" on her YouTube channel.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC6g_wHjGss Lana Del Rey. "YAYO" on YouTube. (December 23, 2011)]</ref> The final and most well-known version of "Yayo" was officially released on November 9, 2012, as part of Del Rey's third studio EP, [[Paradise (EP)|''Paradise'']]. It is the only song from Del Rey's first studio album ''Lana Del Ray'' that has been officially re-recorded and re-released.
 
As with many of the other ''[[Lana Del Ray (album)|Lana Del Ray]]'' songs, Del Rey created a homemade video for the track. It was posted to Jimmy Gnecco's facebook wall<ref>https://www.google.com.au/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwj34-jf0_XOAhVKKJQKHQLnBgkQjRwIBw&url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fdelreyrares%2Fstatus%2F578652814500589568&bvm=bv.131783435,d.dGo&psig=AFQjCNE4vLs_R6WIuT4KulW-OoYw98If2g&ust=1473076494763418</ref>
 
   
 
During 2016 Del Rey stated various times that "Yayo" is about somebody who was a very good friend of hers years ago while she was living in New Jersey.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4iHGeGmjJI</ref>
 
During 2016 Del Rey stated various times that "Yayo" is about somebody who was a very good friend of hers years ago while she was living in New Jersey.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4iHGeGmjJI</ref>
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On [[2018/January#January 19|January 19, 2018]] while performing at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey on her [[LA to the Moon Tour]], Del Rey explained more about the background of the song. She stated that the friend whom the song was written about was named Rob, a friend who had got to know through her other friend Mikey Martin, a drummer for the band Shiny Toy Guns.
   
 
== Live performances ==
 
== Live performances ==
D<span>uring the early days of her career when she went by the name Lizzy Grant, </span>Del Rey performed the song live a total of nine known times, but very likely more. The first known performance of "Yayo" was [[2007/June#June 14|June 14, 2007]], at Union Pool in New York City. During 2016, Del Rey performed "Yayo" for the first known time since 2009 at the TW Classic Festival on [[2016/July#July 9|July 9]], as part of her [[Festival Tour]]. Del Rey continued to perform the song acoustically on guitar for the remaining dates of the Festival Tour. During 2017 Del Rey performed the song at the South by Southwest festival on [[2017/March#March 19|March 19]].
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During the early days of her career when she went by the name Lizzy Grant, Del Rey performed the song live a total of nine known times. The first known performance of "Yayo" was on [[2007/June#June 14|June 14, 2007]], at Union Pool in New York City.
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During 2016, Del Rey performed "Yayo" for the first known time since 2009 at the TW Classic Festival on [[2016/July#July 9|July 9]], as part of her [[Festival Tour]]. Del Rey continued to perform the song acoustically on guitar for the remaining dates of the Festival Tour. During 2017, Del Rey performed the song at the South by Southwest festival on [[2017/March#March 19|March 19]]. And in 2018, the song was performed at the Boston, Massachusetts show of the [[LA to the Moon Tour]] on [[2018/January#January 13|January 13]], among various other dates.
   
 
== Cross-references ==
 
== Cross-references ==
* The word "yayo" also appears in "[[Florida Kilos (song)|Florida Kilos]]" and "[[Breaking My Heart (song)|Breaking My Heart]]".
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* The phrase "yayo" also appears in "[[Florida Kilos (song)|Florida Kilos]]" and "[[Breaking My Heart (song)|Breaking My Heart]]".
* Drugs are a common theme in Del Rey's songs, and "yayo" is a street name for cocaine.
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* "Yayo" is a street name for cocaine. Drugs are a common topic in Del Rey's songs.
* "Yayo" in Spanish means grandfather or either old person, and it could be a reference to "daddy" and "daddy" is very common in Del Rey's songs.
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* "Yayo" in Spanish means grandfather or either old person. Possible reference to "daddy", a common phrase in Del Rey's songs.
* References to trailer parks are also found in "[[Backfire (song)|Backfire]]" and "[[Dangerous Girl (song)|Dangerous Girl]]", amongst many other songs by Del Rey.
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* References to trailer parks are also found in "[[Backfire (song)|Backfire]]" and "[[Dangerous Girl (song)|Dangerous Girl]]", amongst many other songs.
* Someone on a "black motorcycle" is talked about in "[[Strangelove (song)|Strangelove]]".
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* Someone on a black motorcycle is talked about in "[[Strangelove (song)|Strangelove]]".
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* Del Rey also sings about "putting on a show" for her lover in "[[Take Me to Paris (song)|Take Me to Paris]]".
   
 
== Music video ==
 
== Music video ==
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==== Background and description ====
 
==== Background and description ====
Del Rey created a homemade music video for the song in 2008, it featured clips of Del Rey herself and clips she gathered from miscellaneous films and videos, the usual style of her old music videos. It was posted to Jimmy Gnecco's Facebook wall in 2009.
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As with many of the other ''[[Lana Del Ray (album)|Lana Del Ray]]'' songs, Del Rey created a homemade music video for the song in 2008. It featured clips of Del Rey herself and clips she gathered from miscellaneous films and videos, the usual style of her old music videos. It was posted to Jimmy Gnecco's Facebook wall in 2009.<ref>https://www.google.com.au/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwj34-jf0_XOAhVKKJQKHQLnBgkQjRwIBw&url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fdelreyrares%2Fstatus%2F578652814500589568&bvm=bv.131783435,d.dGo&psig=AFQjCNE4vLs_R6WIuT4KulW-OoYw98If2g&ust=1473076494763418</ref>
   
 
== Official versions ==
 
== Official versions ==
Four different of versions"Yayo" were included on ''[[No Kung Fu (EP)|No Kung Fu]]'', ''[[Kill Kill (EP)|Kill Kill]]'', ''[[Lana Del Ray (album)|Lana Del Ray]]'', ''[[Paradise (EP)|Paradise]],'' and an acoustic demo of the song leaked on a different occasion making a total of five different official full versions of "Yayo". On June 13, 2016, four snippets of Del Rey performing the song live with the band The Rich Whores leaked through Instagram.
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Three different versions of "Yayo" were included on ''[[No Kung Fu (EP)|No Kung Fu]]'', ''[[Lana Del Ray (album)|Lana Del Ray]]'', ''[[Paradise (EP)|Paradise]],'' and an acoustic demo of the song leaked on a different occasion making a total of four different official full versions of the song. On June 13, 2016, four snippets of Del Rey performing the song live with the band The Rich Whores leaked through Instagram. The full live rehearsal from 2007 was leaked on March 5, 2020. The official studio a cappella of the ''Paradise'' version leaked on August 28, 2018.
* ''Paradise'' version 5:21
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* ''Paradise'' version 5:21
* ''Lana Del Ray'' version 5:45
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* ''Lana Del Ray''/''Kill Kill'' version 5:45
* ''Kill Kill'' version 5:47
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* ''No Kung Fu'' version 4:18
* ''No Kung Fu'' version 4:18
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* Acoustic demo version 5:10
* Acoustic demo version 5:10
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* ''Paradise'' version a cappella — 5:15
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* The Rich Whores rehearsal — 4:37
* ''Paradise'' version instrumental – 5:15
 
   
 
==Lyrics==
 
==Lyrics==
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Yayo
 
Yayo
   
Let me put on a show for you, daddy
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Let me put on a show for you, babe
 
Let me put on a show
 
Let me put on a show
 
Let me put on a show for you, tiger
 
Let me put on a show for you, tiger
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== Credits ==
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== Credits (''Paradise'' version) ==
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'''Personnel'''
''Paradise'' version
 
*Written by Lana Del Rey.
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*Lana Del Rey — vocals, songwriting
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*Dan Heath — production, strings, keys
*Published By: EMI. Vocals: Lana Del Rey.
 
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*Emile Haynie — production, drums, additional keys
*Produced by Dan Heath & Emile Haynie.
 
*Vocal engineer: Graham Archer.
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*Graham Archer — vocal engineering
 
*Jeremy Cochise Ball — mixing
*Strings & Keys: Dan Heath.
 
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*John Davis — mastering
*Drums & Additional Keys: Emile Haynie.
 
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'''Technical'''
*Mixed by Jeremy Cochise Ball.
 
*Mastered by John Davis at Metropolis Mastering, London.
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* Mastered at Metropolis Mastering, London
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*Recorded at Sarm Studios, London, UK.
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* Recorded at Sarm Studios, London, United Kingdom
*Mixed at The Bridget Studio, Buffalo, NY, USA.
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* Mixed at The Bridget Studio, Buffalo, New York, United States
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* Published by EMI
   
 
==Charts (''Paradise'' version)==
 
==Charts (''Paradise'' version)==
 
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! scope="col" | Chart (2012)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
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!France (SNEP)<ref>http://www.lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Lana+Del+Rey&titel=Yayo&cat=s</ref>
 
!France (SNEP)<ref>http://www.lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Lana+Del+Rey&titel=Yayo&cat=s</ref>
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== References ==
 
== References ==
 
{{Reflist}}
 
{{Reflist}}
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{{Navbox album Paradise}}
 
{{Navbox album Paradise}}{{Navbox album AKA}}
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{{Navbox album AKA}}
[[Category:Paradise songs]]
 
[[Category:Lana Del Ray songs]]
 
 
[[Category:Songs]]
 
[[Category:Songs]]
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[[Category:Released songs]]
 
[[Category:No Kung Fu songs]]
 
[[Category:No Kung Fu songs]]
[[Category:Festival Tour songs]]
 
 
[[Category:Kill Kill songs]]
 
[[Category:Kill Kill songs]]
 
[[Category:Lana Del Ray songs]]
 
[[Category:Paradise songs]]
 
[[Category:Lana Del Ray music videos]]
 
[[Category:Lana Del Ray music videos]]
[[Category:Released songs]]
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[[Category:Festival Tour songs]]
 
[[Category:LA to the Moon Tour songs]]

Revision as of 10:50, 23 April 2020

"Yayo" is a song written by Lana Del Rey. The first known recording of the track was on No Kung Fu, and was later re-recorded in 2008 for her first EP, Kill Kill. The same version of the track found on Kill Kill was re-released on her first album, Lana Del Ray. The final release of the track appears as track number seven on her third EP, and second major-label release, Paradise.

Background and writing

"Yayo" was first officially released on October 21, 2008, on Del Rey's first studio EP and commercial release, Kill Kill, when Del Rey still used the stage name Lizzy Grant. It was again released commercially on January 4, 2010, as part of Del Rey's first studio album, Lana Del Ray, under the name Lana Del Ray. Both of these releases have since been taken down from all music services.

On December 23, 2011, Del Rey posted the Lana Del Ray version of "Yayo" on her YouTube channel.[1] The final and most well-known version of "Yayo" was officially released on November 9, 2012, as part of Del Rey's third studio EP, Paradise. It is the only song from Del Rey's first studio album Lana Del Ray that has been officially re-recorded and re-released.

During 2016 Del Rey stated various times that "Yayo" is about somebody who was a very good friend of hers years ago while she was living in New Jersey.[2]

On January 19, 2018 while performing at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey on her LA to the Moon Tour, Del Rey explained more about the background of the song. She stated that the friend whom the song was written about was named Rob, a friend who had got to know through her other friend Mikey Martin, a drummer for the band Shiny Toy Guns.

Live performances

During the early days of her career when she went by the name Lizzy Grant, Del Rey performed the song live a total of nine known times. The first known performance of "Yayo" was on June 14, 2007, at Union Pool in New York City.

During 2016, Del Rey performed "Yayo" for the first known time since 2009 at the TW Classic Festival on July 9, as part of her Festival Tour. Del Rey continued to perform the song acoustically on guitar for the remaining dates of the Festival Tour. During 2017, Del Rey performed the song at the South by Southwest festival on March 19. And in 2018, the song was performed at the Boston, Massachusetts show of the LA to the Moon Tour on January 13, among various other dates.

Cross-references

  • The phrase "yayo" also appears in "Florida Kilos" and "Breaking My Heart".
  • "Yayo" is a street name for cocaine. Drugs are a common topic in Del Rey's songs.
  • "Yayo" in Spanish means grandfather or either old person. Possible reference to "daddy", a common phrase in Del Rey's songs.
  • References to trailer parks are also found in "Backfire" and "Dangerous Girl", amongst many other songs.
  • Someone on a black motorcycle is talked about in "Strangelove".
  • Del Rey also sings about "putting on a show" for her lover in "Take Me to Paris".

Music video

Music video Information
Lana_Del_Rey_-_Yayo_Official_Video Released N/A
Length 6:00
Director Lana Del Rey
Producer
Filmed Unknown
Location Unknown
Vevo views N/A

Background and description

As with many of the other Lana Del Ray songs, Del Rey created a homemade music video for the song in 2008. It featured clips of Del Rey herself and clips she gathered from miscellaneous films and videos, the usual style of her old music videos. It was posted to Jimmy Gnecco's Facebook wall in 2009.[3]

Official versions

Three different versions of "Yayo" were included on No Kung Fu, Lana Del Ray, Paradise, and an acoustic demo of the song leaked on a different occasion making a total of four different official full versions of the song. On June 13, 2016, four snippets of Del Rey performing the song live with the band The Rich Whores leaked through Instagram. The full live rehearsal from 2007 was leaked on March 5, 2020. The official studio a cappella of the Paradise version leaked on August 28, 2018.

  • Paradise version — 5:21
  • Lana Del Ray/Kill Kill version — 5:45
  • No Kung Fu version — 4:18
  • Acoustic demo version — 5:10
  • Paradise version a cappella — 5:15
  • The Rich Whores rehearsal — 4:37

Lyrics

Paradise version

I like the snake on your tattoo
I like the ivy and the ink blue
Yayo, yes, you
Yayo

You have to take me right now
From this dark trailer park life now
Yayo, how now
Yayo

Put me onto your black motorcycle
Fifty baby doll dress for my "I do"
It only takes two hours to Nevada
I wear your sparkle, you call me your mama

Let me put on a show for you, daddy
Let me put on a show
Let me put on a show for you, tiger
Let me put on a show

I need you like a baby when I hold you
Like a druggie, like I told you
Yayo, yeah, you
Yayo

Put me onto your black motorcycle
Fifties baby doll dress for my "I do"
It only takes two hours to Nevada
I wear your sparkle, you call me your mama

Let me put on a show for you, daddy
Let me put on a show
Let me put on a show for you, tiger
Let me put on a show

Hello, heaven, you are a tunnel lined
With yellow lights on a dark night
Yayo, yes, you
Yayo

Put me onto your black motorcycle
Fifties baby doll dress for my "I do"
It only takes two hours to Nevada
I wear your sparkle, you call me your mama

Let me put on a show for you, daddy
Let me put on a show
Let me put on a show for you, tiger
Let me put on a show

Lana Del Ray/Kill Kill version

I like the snake on your tattoo
I like the ivy and the ink blue
Yayo, yeah, you
Yayo

You have to take me right now
From this dark trailer park life now
Yayo, how now
Yayo

Put me onto your black motorcycle
Fifty baby doll dress for my "I do"
It only take two hours to Nevada
I wear your sparkle, you call me your mama

Let me put on a show for you, daddy
Let me put on a show
Let me put on a show for you, tiger
Let me put on a show

I need you like a baby when I hold you
Like a druggie, like I told you
Yayo, yeah, you
Yayo
 
Put me onto your black motorcycle
Fifty baby doll dress for my "I do"
It only take two hours to Nevada
I wear your sparkle, you call me your mama

Let me put on a show for you, daddy
Let me put on a show
Let me put on a show for you, tiger
Let me put on a show

Hello, heaven, you are a tunnel lined
With yellow lights on a dark night
(Dark night)
Yayo, yeah, you
Yayo

Put me onto your black motorcycle
Fifty baby doll dress for my "I do"
It only take two hours to Nevada
I wear your sparkle, you call me your mama

Let me put on a show for you, daddy
Let me put on a show, yeah
Let me put on a show for you, tiger
Let me put on a show
(Hmm, hmm, hmm)

No Kung Fu version

I like the snake on your tattoo
I like the ivy and the ink blue
Yayo, yeah, you
Yayo

Let me put on a show for you, babe
Let me put on a show
Let me put on a show for you, tiger
Let me put on a show

(Mm doo-dee-dee-dee)

You have to take me right now
From this dark trailer park life now
Yayo, how now
Yayo

Let me put on a show for you, daddy
Let me put on a show
Let me put on a show for you, tiger
Let me put on a show

(Hey
Hey, yeah
Hey, yeah
Yay-yeah-yay
Doo-oo-oo-oo-oo)

Put me onto your black motorcycle
Fifty baby doll dress for my "I do"
It only takes two hours to Nevada
I wear your sparkle, you call me your mama

Let me put on a show for you, daddy
Let me put on a show
Let me put on a show for you, tiger
Let me put on a show

Let me put on a show for you
Let me put on a show for you
Let me put on a show for you
Let me put on a show

Acoustic demo

I like the snake on your tattoo
I like the ivy and the ink blue
Yayo, yeah, you
Yayo

I need you like a baby when I hold you
Like a druggie, like I told you
Yayo, yeah, you
Yayo

Let me put on a show for you, daddy
Let me put on a show, oh
Let me put on a show for you, tiger
Let me put on a show, yeah

You have to take me right now
From this dark trailer park life now
Yayo, how now
Yayo

Put me onto your black motorcycle
Fifty baby doll dress for my "I do"
It only takes two hours to Nevada
I wear your sparkle, you callin' me your mama

Let me put on a show for you, daddy
Let me put on a show, oh
Let me put on a show for you, I say
Let me put on a show, yeah

Hello, heaven, you are a tunnel lined
With yellow lights on a dark night

Let me put on a show for you, daddy
Let me put on a show, show
Let me put on a show for you, tiger
Let me put on a show

Credits (Paradise version)

Personnel

  • Lana Del Rey — vocals, songwriting
  • Dan Heath — production, strings, keys
  • Emile Haynie — production, drums, additional keys
  • Graham Archer — vocal engineering
  • Jeremy Cochise Ball — mixing
  • John Davis — mastering

Technical

  • Mastered at Metropolis Mastering, London
  • Recorded at Sarm Studios, London, United Kingdom
  • Mixed at The Bridget Studio, Buffalo, New York, United States
  • Published by EMI

Charts (Paradise version)

Chart (2012) Peak
position
France (SNEP)[4] 120

References