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Video Games (Lana Del Rey song)

"Video Games" is the debut single by American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey. The song was written by Del Rey and Justin Parker, and produced by Robopop. It was first released to the Internet on May 5, 2011, and was later released on her extended play, Lana Del Rey. The song was re-released as the lead single from her second studio album, Born to Die, on October 7, 2011, through Interscope Records. "Video Games" is a baroque pop, dream pop, and downtempo ballad.

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Summertime Sadness

"Summertime Sadness" is a song by American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey from her second studio album, Born to Die (2012). It was released on June 22, 2012, by Interscope Records as the fourth single of the album. In the spring of 2013, "Summertime Sadness" reached number one in Poland, Ukraine and Armenia. Charting across Europe, the single reached the top 10 in Austria, Bulgaria, Germany, Greece, Luxembourg, and Switzerland. A pop and trip hop ballad, trap and house remixes of "Summertime Sadness" helped Del Rey break into the US Hot Dance Club Songs chart. In the latter, Del Rey's song became a modest hit and marked her first foray into the dance club chart. On the accompanying Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart, the single gave Del Rey her first US number-one single in August 2013. In September 2021, the song was ranked number 456 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

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