"Blue Jeans" is a song by American singer-songwriter

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for her studio album ''

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'' (2012). It was released on March 30, 2012, by

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as the third single from the record. Produced by

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, the song was written by Del Rey, Haynie, and Dan Heath. It is a

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ballad with hip hop influences. Charting across Europe and Asia, "Blue Jeans" reached the top 10 in Belgium, Poland, and Israel. Three music videos were created for the song. The first was self-produced and the second shows Del Rey stands at a microphone in a bland room, accompanied by an electric guitarist. The third, which is the official one, was shot and directed by

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, featuring

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elements and crocodiles. A controversial performance of the song on ''

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'' placed Del Rey under scrutiny and polarized opinion, though the song itself received acclaim from critics.

Background and composition

Originally put out as a

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with her debut song, "

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", it was also put as a

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to the title track and second single, "

". It was later released as the third official single from ''Born to Die''. Official remixes of "Blue Jeans" include ones by D/R/U/G/S,

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, Kris Menace, and RAC. "Blue Jeans" is a

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; Jon Dolan from ''

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'' labelled the song a trip hop version of

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's "

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" (1983). Over

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twangs following a basic chord progression of Fm-E♭-B♭, Del Rey sings, "Love is mean, and love hurts / But I still remember that day we met in December". Low fidelity

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s soar over the

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, as Del Rey belts: "I will love you till the end of time."

Critical reception

"Blue Jeans" received acclaim from critics. Robert Copsey of ''

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'' said "Blue Jeans" was "packed with vintage American grandeur as well as Del Rey's own menacing vocal as she holds out for her once-upon-a-time

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-esque lover - though we sincerely hope he hasn't met a similar end."

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reviewer, Nicole James, compared the possible death in "Blue Jeans" to the drowning of Jack in ''

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'', adding:

"While we love LDR's whole "thing" she has going on, we're wondering when one of her videos is going to have a happy ending. How does she explain
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to the kids she babysits? "And then
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kissed
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and they lived happily ever after... until he got lazy, stopped bathing regularly and became clinically obsessed with ''
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''."

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'' noted that "Blue Jeans" was faithful to Del Rey's musical formula of

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and

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, combined by artful and deep

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. ''

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'' said that Del Rey "uses her impressive range to dazzling effect on, "Blue Jeans", comparing her delinquent lover to both cancer and her favorite sweater in what seems like one swooning breath". ''

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'' said that 'Blue Jeans' lush

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shades shimmer like sea-spume on

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's naked thighs as Del Rey longs for her James Dean".

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stated that it's reminiscent of the music in

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's films and named it one of the best song on the album. ''

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'' said that Blue Jeans' would probably be described by Del Rey as 'gangsta

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', but, aside from its most basic of forced rhymes ('Cause I'mma ride or die / Whether you fail or fly / Well shit at least you tried'), it is still a clever spin on genre, sounding unique, even inspired". ''DOA'' magazine said that "The lyrics-centric story-telling 'Blue Jeans' slows it down a bit with a deliberate, but swinging beat as Lana delves into a relationship where the guy is a 'Big dreams / gangsta...' and the girl wants him to stop living that lifestyle. Midway into the song the pace speeds up and Lana crams in a lot of lyrics, keeping the rhymes tight and the emotions high, until it dissipates into a dreamy chorus with Lana proclaiming 'I will love you till the end of time'". ''No Ripcord'' said that "Just like in the dark ballad 'Blue Jeans', Del Rey sounds more comfortable when she tries to perform as a tough songstress". ''

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'' said that "'Video Games' and 'Blue Jeans', despite suffering

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style levels of ubiquity in recent months, still sound achingly beautiful, both of them sounding like the saddest love songs ever written". ''

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'' said that "'Blue Jeans' and 'Video Games' inextricably link Del Rey's flaxen locks with starry-eyed classical instruments, providing the aural and visual irresistibility of a good montage". In June 2018, ''

'' magazine named "Blue Jeans" the 35th-best song of the century thus far.

Music videos

Three music videos were directed and produced for the song. The first video was uploaded onto her

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account on September 9, 2011. Just like for the video for her single "

", she gathered old archive clips from the internet and filmed herself in front of her

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. The opening scene of the self-produced video contains a snippet of

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reading the

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from the film, ''

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'' and features footage from Australian photographer Nirrimi Joy Firebrace's "tender-hearted" project. Throughout the video, Del Rey splices vampy screencaps of herself mouthing the lyrics with clips from home videos and

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footage she found on

. Among them are snippets of old cartoons,

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, gas stations, and

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. A second video titled "Blue Jeans (Live at the Premises)" was filmed and released online. In the video, Del Rey stands at a microphone in a bland room, accompanied by an electric guitarist. ''

'' writer Mallika Rao commented on Del Rey's performance in the video, "Her voice is still surprisingly deep. She still catches it in her throat in studied vulnerability. Her lashes are still thick as wings, her lips still enormous. The implicit reference to

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and her ancestral line of gloomy jazz, which fans find exciting, and critics call derivative, is still at work." A new official music video was directed by french artist

, who directed the video for the previous single "

Bradley Soileau Bradley Chedester Cabaness-Soileau (born March 27, 1986), known professionally as Bradley Soileau, is an American model, DJ, and designer known for appearing in Lana Del Rey, Lana Del Rey's music videos "Blue Jeans (Lana Del Rey song), Blue Jeans ...

plays Del Rey's love interest in the video just as he did in the music video for "Born to Die". Filmed in early March 2012, and released on March 19, the video contains elements of

and is shot entirely in black and white. The video was compared to

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s and the discography of

. Set by a poolside of a 1950s

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home, Del Rey and Soileau reunite for a tragic love story. Accompanied by slo-mo brooding and smoking scenes, there is a possible

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and the appearance of a

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. Critics called the video "moody" and "retro".

Live performances and media usage

On January 14, 2012, Del Rey performed the song on American late-night

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and

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''. The performance received a strong media reaction, many calling scrutiny to Del Rey's potential as an artist. She was later defended by

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and ''Saturday Night Live'' performer,

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, who later protected Del Rey by performing as her in a skit. Embarrassed by the overwhelming amount of negative public reaction, Del Rey was forced to cancel her world tour. Following the release of the high-budgeted secondary music video, Del Rey performed the song live on ''

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'', where critics believe she redeemed the panned ''SNL'' performance. It also was performed at '' Le Grand Journal'' in France, on January 30. On April 13, 2012, Del Rey performed the track on Italian talk show ''

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'' of La 7. On April 28, 2012, Del Rey performed the track on the first series of ''

'' - with the performance airing the following day on

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. The song was featured in '' Ringer''s "It's Easy to Cry When This Much Cash Is Involved" season 1 episode. It marks the second time a song by Del Rey was used in the series, the first being "

". It is also used in a

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commercial. It is also in a commercial for the

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performed a mashup of "Blue Jeans" and

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's " Lux Aeterna" on their

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, ''Other People's Heartache''.

Track listing

;7-inch vinyl # "Blue Jeans" – 3:30 # "

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" – 4:08 ;Digital download # "Blue Jeans" (Album version, remastered) – 3:30 # "Blue Jeans" (

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Remix) – 4:36 # "Blue Jeans" (

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's the Internet Mix) – 4:01 # "Blue Jeans" (Blood Orange Remix) – 3:31 ;Remixes EP 1 # "Blue Jeans" (Remastered) – 3:30 # "Blue Jeans" (

Remix) – 4:35 # "Blue Jeans" (

's the Internet Mix) – 4:00 # "Blue Jeans" (

Remix) – 3:31 ;Remixes EP 2 # "Blue Jeans" (featuring

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) ( Smims & Belle Remix) – 3:01 # "Blue Jeans" (

Remix) – 4:35 # "Blue Jeans" (

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Mix) – 3:38 # "Blue Jeans" (Club Clique's Nothing Is Real Remix) – 4:11 # "Blue Jeans" (

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Remix) – 6:41 # "Blue Jeans" (Penguin Prison Remix) – 5:36 ;French Card Sleeve Single CD # "Blue Jeans" (Album version) # "Blue Jeans" (Club Clique's Nothing Is Real Remix) # "Blue Jeans" (feat.

) ( Smims & Belle Remix) # "Blue Jeans" (

Remix) # "Blue Jeans" (

's the Internet Mix) # "Blue Jeans" (

Remix) # "Blue Jeans" (Penguin Prison Remix) # "Blue Jeans" (

Mix) # "Blue Jeans" (

Remix) ;Blue Jeans Omid 16B RemixesiTunes – Music – Blue Jeans Omid 16B Remixes by Lana Del Rey
# Blue Jeans (Omid 16B Remix) # Blue Jeans (Omid 16B Dub) # Blue Jeans (Omid 16B Club Mix) # Blue Jeans (Omid 16B Club Reprise) # Video Games (Omid 16B Remix) # Video Games (Omid 16B Instrumental Mix) # Video Games (Omid 16B Instrumental)

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of "Blue Jeans" *

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– Lana Del Rey,

and Dan Heath * Producing – Emile Haynie *

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and

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– Dan Heath * Mixing – Dan Grech Marguerat * Assistant mixing – Duncan Fuller

Charts

Certifications

Awards

Release history

References

External links

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