Blue Jeans (Lana Del Rey Song)

Blue jeans
Lana Del Rey
publication	November 4, 2011
length	3:32
Genre (s)	pop
Author (s)	Lana Del Rey, ; Emile Haynie, ; Dan Heath
album	Born to Die

Blue Jeans ( English for 'blue jeans') is a song by the American pop singer Lana Del Rey . The piece is the second single from their second studio album Born to Die .

Creation and artwork

The song was composed by Lana Del Rey , Emile Haynie and Dan Heath. The single was produced by Emile Haynie. The single was mastered by 360 Mastering in London , under the direction of the British Dave Turner. The song was mixed by Dan Grech Marguerat, assistant was Duncan Fuller. Haynie also played most of the instruments in this song himself, he can be heard on guitar, keyboard and drums. All the string instrumentalists who can be heard in the background were arranged and conducted by Dan Heath. The song was released under the music labels Interscope Records , Polydor and Stranger. On the cover of the maxi singles - next to the inscription of the artist and the song title - Del Rey can be seen lying on the floor in a bathing suit while someone feels her pulse on her neck. The cover picture was shot by photographer Nicole Nodland.

Publication and promotion

Blue Jeans was first published as a double A-side with video games in Germany, Austria and Switzerland on November 4, 2011. It was released as an independent single as a single download on March 26, 2012. On April 8, 2012 a first appeared Remix EP for Blue Jeans . In the UK, Blue Jeans is also available on vinyl with the B-side Carmen . In addition, many different remix singles and EPs were released regionally for promotional purposes . all of which differ in the selection and number of their B-sides. In one remix (Smims & Belle Remix), the American rapper Azealia Banks appears as a guest singer.

Remix versions

Blue Jeans (Blood Orange Remix)
Blue Jeans (Club Clique Nothing Is Real Remix)
Blue Jeans (Drugs Remix)
Blue Jeans (Gesaffelstein Remix)
Blue Jeans (Kris Menace Remix)
Blue Jeans (Maribou State Remix)
Blue Jeans (MK Dark Blue Dub)
Blue Jeans (Moonlight Matters Remix)
Blue Jeans (Odd Future's the Internet Mix)
Blue Jeans (Penguin Prison Remix)
Blue Jeans (Rac Mix)
Blue Jeans (Smims & Belle Remix)

Blue Jeans has not made live appearances on the radio or radio in Germany, Austria and Switzerland so far. She only played the song during her concerts. In the UK, Del Rey performed the single live during a season one edition of The Voice UK . In the United States, she had a live appearance on the comedy show Saturday Night Live , where she sang blue jeans in a medley with video games .

content

The lyrics to Blue Jeans are written in English, translated into German the title is "Blue Jeans". The music and lyrics were co-written by Lana Del Rey, Emile Haynie and Dan Heath. Musically, the song moves in the area of pop music .

"I Will Love You Till the End of Time.
I would wait a million years.
Promise You'll Remember That You're Mine.
Baby Can You See Through the Tears?
Love You More Than Those Bitches Before.
Say You'll Remember, Oh Baby, Say You'll Remember, Baby.
I Will Love You Till the End of Time. "

- Refrain, original

“I will love you until the end of time.
I would wait a million years
Promise that you will never forget that you are mine.
Darling can't you see through the tears
Love you more than any bitch before me
Say you'll never forget, darling, say it.
I will love you until the end of time. "

- Refrain, translation

In his review of Blue Jeans , Damien Ryan from sosogay.co.uk said the following about the song:

“B-side, 'Blue Jeans' is equally transfixing. She coos, 'I grew up on hip-hop', and it shows. The track could sit comfortably on any urban release from Nineties-era Aaliyah to 2011's The Weekend. The Minimalist beat almost recalls early Timbaland, but with plenty of Del Rey's Retro leanings. Lines that could be lifted straight out of a rap hit ('you're so fresh to death and sick as cancer', 'love you more than those bitches before') flow seamlessly into the chorus's tragic promise, 'I will love you till the end of time, I would wait a million years. ' B-Sides should never sound this good. "

“The B-side blue jeans are equally contagious. She coos, "I grew up with hip-hop "; and it shows. The song could be featured on all Urban releases from the nineties era with Aaliyah to 2011's The Weekend. The minimalist beat is reminiscent of the early days of Timbaland , but with plenty of Del Rey leanings. Lines that could be taken straight from a rap hit (“You're so fresh, as dead and sick as cancer”, “Love you more than all the bitches before me”) flow seamlessly into the tragic promises of the chorus (“I will love you until the end of time ”,“ I would wait a million years ”). B-sides should never sound that good. "

- Damien Ryan : sosogay.co.uk

Music video

There are two official music videos for Blue Jeans . The first premiered on September 9, 2011, on Del Rey's YouTube account. Like video games , it consists of collected film clips from old film classics and webcam recordings made by yourself . The opening scene shows an excerpt from The Last Waltz , in which Lawrence Ferlinghetti recites the Our Father . This is followed by footage by Australian photographer Nirrimi Joy Firebrace's and his tender hearted project. The rest of the video shows black and white footage of Del Rey singing the song in front of a wall. In between, cartoon, home video and paparazzi recordings can be seen again and again . The total length of the video is 3:57 minutes. Directed by Lana Del Rey themselves To date, the video has over 19 million clicks on YouTube (as of June 2014)..

The second music video was filmed in early March - in black and white and partly in slow motion - and celebrated its premiere on March 19, 2012, also on Del Rey's YouTube account. As in the previously released music video for Born to Die , Del Rey is again supported by model and actor Bradley Soileau, who again plays Del Rey's lover . Taken in and next to a pool in a 1950s Hollywood home, Del Rey and Soileau are seen reuniting in a tragic love story. At the beginning of the video, Del Rey is shadowing Soileau, who is undressing on the side of the pool and stepping into the pool. Del Rey follows him and they meet in the middle of the pool. You perform a long, deep French kiss . In the end, he grabs Del Rey by the neck, lets her slide over the surface of the water before pulling her under the water. The video has been compared to Nick Cave's murder ballads and Chris Isaak's discography . The total length of the video is 4:20 minutes. As before with Born to Die , Woodkid directed . To date, the video has over 92 million clicks on YouTube (as of June 2014). Both versions and the second version of Blue Jeans , which was uploaded twice, totaled over 133 million views on YouTube (as of June 2014).

Contributors

Song production

Dan Heath: arrangement , conductor
Lana Del Rey : vocals , composer , director (version 1)
Duncan Fuller: co-mixer
Emile Haynie: guitar , keyboard , composer, music producer , drums
Dan Heath: composer
Dan Grech Marguerat: Mixing
Dave Turner: Mastering

Artwork

Nicole Nodland: Photographer (Cover)
Bradley Soileau: Actor (Music Video)
Woodkid : Director (Version 2)

Companies

360 mastering: mastering
Interscope Records : music label
Polydor : music label
Stranger: music label

reception

Charts and chart placements

Because Blue Jeans was published in some countries as a double A-side with video games , the chart positions and sales count as video games . So happened u. a. in Germany, Austria and the United States.

Blue Jeans reached position 39 in the single charts in Switzerland and stayed in the charts for a total of 16 weeks. In Great Britain, the single reached position 32 and stayed in the charts for a total of five weeks. For Lana Del Rey it is the second chart success in Switzerland both as an interpreter and as a composer, as well as the third chart success in the United Kingdom.

Chart placements
Charts	Top ranking	Weeks
Chart placements
Switzerland (IFPI)	39 (16 weeks)	16
United Kingdom (OCC)	32 (5 weeks)	5

Awards for music sales

On April 30, 2014, Blue Jeans was awarded a gold record in Canada for over 40,000 units sold , although the single did not make it into the official singles charts. Overall, the single was awarded one silver and two gold records for over 380,000 units sold worldwide.

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Italy (FIMI)	gold	15,000
Canada (MC)	gold	40,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	331,657
All in all	1 × silver 2 × gold	386,657