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Young and Beautiful (Lana Del Rey song)

January 17, 2023

"Young and Beautiful" is a song by American singer and songwriter Lana Del Rey used for the soundtrack to the drama film The Great Gatsby.

"Young and Beautiful"
Single by Lana Del Rey
from the album The Great Gatsby: Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film
Released
  • April 23, 2013
  • October 23, 2013 (Cedric Gervais Remix)
Recorded2012
Length
  • 4:00 (Album Version)
  • 3:50 (Cedric Gervais Remix)
  • 7:05 (Cedric Gervais Extended Remix)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Rick Nowels, Al Shux (original version)
Dan Heath (DH orchestral version)
Lana Del Rey singles chronology
"Dark Paradise"
(2013) 		"Young and Beautiful"
(2013) 		"Once Upon a Dream"
(2014)
Cedric Gervais singles chronology
"Summertime Sadness (Remix)"
(2013) 		"Young and Beautiful (Remix)"
(2013) 		"Adore You (Remix)"
(2014)
Music video
"Young and Beautiful" on YouTube

Contemporary music critics lauded the single, calling it "haunting" and "somber". Lyrically, "Young and Beautiful" follows a young lover's apprehension about whether love can last. A music video, directed by Chris Sweeney and filmed by Sophie Muller, was released on May 10, 2013.

"Young and Beautiful" reached the top ten in Australia where it was later certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). In May 2013, the song broke into the Billboard Hot 100; it peaked at 22 on the chart, making it Del Rey's highest peak up to that point. Shortly after, the song also peaked at 3 on the Hot Rock Songs chart.

Del Rey and Nowels received accolades for their songwriting from various music and film awards, including nominations for Best Song Written for Visual Media at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards, and Best Song at the 19th Critics' Choice Awards. They eventually won the Best Original Song at the 18th Satellite Awards. On January 26, 2014, "Young and Beautiful" was announced as number 7 on the annual Triple J's Hottest 100 in Australia.[1] In 2022, the song appeared in the trailer of the Amazon Prime Video documentary Lucy and Desi, which focuses on the love story of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, stars of the sitcom I Love Lucy.

Background

Working with the film's director, co-writer, and co-producer Baz Luhrmann, Del Rey penned the original song "Young and Beautiful" for the soundtrack of the 2013 film adaptation of the novel The Great Gatsby, written from the perspective of Daisy Buchanan.[2]

In an interview with Catalunya Ràdio, Del Rey said she had three new songs for her third extended play, Paradise: "I Sing the Body Electric", "In the Land of Gods and Monsters" and "Will You Still Love Me When I'm No Longer Young and Beautiful." Del Rey sang the chorus of "Young and Beautiful" during the Catalunya Ràdio broadcast.[3]

Baz Luhrmann later gave an interview which contained a Skype chat with Del Rey, where Luhrmann said "we are very lucky that the song found a film",[4] implying the song had already been penned prior to the film.

Luhrmann changed some of the lyrics in the beginning of the second verse from the demo version of "Will You Still Love Me" to fit with the film.[5] Clearly, it was always intended for Paradise, which did get picked up by various media.[6]

The song was released to contemporary hit radio as a single and was used as the film's kickoff single.[7] A snippet of the track appeared in the official trailer for the film and played during the scene where the characters portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio and Carey Mulligan express their romantic feelings for one another.[8] In October 2013, a remix by Cedric Gervais was commissioned for the record label Universal Germany. It was sent to Italian contemporary hit radio by Universal Music on January 10, 2014.[9]

Composition

 
"Young and Beautiful"
In this 30 second sample of the ballad, "Young and Beautiful", the lyrics, "Will you still love me when I'm no longer young and beautiful?" that embody the refrain can be heard.
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With the lyrics "Will you still love me when I'm no longer young and beautiful?", Del Rey adds a hint of desperation which parallels the idiosyncrasies faced by the characters in F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel The Great Gatsby.[10] Del Rey's dreamy vocals are draped over sedated strings and canned percussion.[10] The soft and dreary vocals, falling in line with Del Rey's retro affectation, fits the atmosphere of the 1920s when the novel is set.[11] The lyrics rotate around the themes of pleasing a lover, nostalgia, and the gloom of aging.[12] The Cedric Gervais remix of the song was released on October 11, 2013.

Music video

The music video for "Young and Beautiful" was set to be released on April 22, 2013,[13] but was officially released on May 10, 2013.[14] Directed by Chris Sweeney, the video's production was helmed by Adam Smith and Jacob Swan-Hyam, with Sophie Muller shooting the footage.[15] Flanked by a full-string orchestra, Del Rey sings Dan Heath's Orchestral version of her song in 1920s art deco fashion.[14] She is shown singing the song in a dark room with glittery diamond-tears on her cheek which look like tattoos.[16][17] Jason Lipshutz of Billboard magazine described the video as "somber" and the singer's look as "especially demure". Lipshutz concluded that "the clip ends without ever reaching any kind of conclusion -- much like the rhetorical question 'Will you still love me when I'm no longer young and beautiful?' at the heart of the song."[16] Spin's Marc Hogan described it as "elegantly conceived, but succeed[s] only as much as the music does".[17]

An edit of the video set to the Cedric Gervais remix was published on September 27, 2013.[18]

Critical reception

Critical reception of "Young and Beautiful" has been fairly positive. Hip hop magazine Rap-Up called the single "haunting",[7] while MTV called it "somber-sounding".[8] Jason Lipshutz of Billboard called the ballad, "typically lush", paralleling the single with Del Rey's previous hits, "Video Games" and "Born to Die".[10] Canadian journal National Post said "Young and Beautiful" picks up where "Video Games" left off, stating the song was relevant to the book because of "...its obsession with decay and the fleeting nature of the good life certainly resonate."[19] The journal continued to call it an "artifact" of Del Rey's consistently dark tone, adding that by the second play-through "its bald directness becomes its appeal."[19] MTV commented that the track "falls very much in-line with what Lana Del Rey's fans have come to expect" from Del Rey.[11] Jeff Benjamin of Fuse said the track featured "a big, sweeping ballad with piano, violins and Lana's warbly delivery." He added that "if the single takes off, perhaps the songbird can finally scrub her image clean of that 'Girl that totally f-cked [sic] up her Saturday Night Live debut' tag."[20] Rolling Stone's Jody Rosen recognized "Young and Beautiful" as the album's centerpiece, calling it "inert" and "a drag" despite its symmetry with the album's entire theme.[21] Finding the track restrained in comparison to her earlier work, August Brown, writing for The Los Angeles Times, called the single "clean" and "classy".[22] "Young and Beautiful" was given a positive review by Stereogum's Tom Breihan, although he disapproved of the vapidity of the line: "make me wanna party".[23] Nathan Ellis, writing for Far Out Magazine, praised the track for the "silky vocals" and "dulcet [24] tones."[25]

The song was nominated for Best Song Written for Visual Media at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards.

Commercial performance

Debuting at number 89 on the United States' Billboard Hot 100, "Young and Beautiful" became Del Rey's second highest mark on that chart up to that point.[26] With 48,000 units in first-week sales, the song also entered the Hot Digital Songs chart at 36. The song later peaked at number 22, became Del Rey's highest charting song at the time.

The single was sampled by Flo Rida's artist iRome on his Radio hit "Homicide" where Del Rey's vocals are heard throughout the song.[27] "Young And Beautiful" became one of her best-selling singles in the United States, nearly on par with "Video Games", which is certified for 500,000 download and streaming units.[28][29] Later that year, "Young and Beautiful" was nominated for Best Original Song at the World Soundtrack Awards 2013.[30] It won the Best Original Song at the 18th Satellite Awards.[31]

Accolades

Personnel

Credits adapted from the soundtrack's liner notes.[35]

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[82] 4× Platinum 280,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[83] Platinum 80,000*
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[84] Gold 900,000 
Italy (FIMI)[85] 2× Platinum 100,000 
New Zealand (RMNZ)[86] Gold 7,500*
Sweden (GLF)[87] 2× Platinum 80,000 
United Kingdom (BPI)[88] Platinum 600,000 
United States (RIAA)[89] 5× Platinum 5,000,000 

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
  Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
  Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region Date Format Label
Germany[90] April 22, 2013 Digital download
United States[91] April 23, 2013
  • Water Tower
  • Interscope
Italy[92] April 26, 2013 Contemporary hit radio Universal
United States[93] May 21, 2013 Interscope

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January 17, 2023
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Young and Beautiful is a song by American singer and songwriter Lana Del Rey used for the soundtrack to the drama film The Great Gatsby Young and Beautiful Single by Lana Del Reyfrom the album The Great Gatsby Music from Baz Luhrmann s FilmReleasedApril 23 2013 October 23 2013 Cedric Gervais Remix Recorded2012Length4 00 Album Version 3 50 Cedric Gervais Remix 7 05 Cedric Gervais Extended Remix LabelInterscopePolydorWater TowerSongwriter s Lana Del ReyRick NowelsProducer s Rick Nowels Al Shux original version Dan Heath DH orchestral version Lana Del Rey singles chronology Dark Paradise 2013 Young and Beautiful 2013 Once Upon a Dream 2014 Cedric Gervais singles chronology Summertime Sadness Remix 2013 Young and Beautiful Remix 2013 Adore You Remix 2014 Music video Young and Beautiful on YouTubeContemporary music critics lauded the single calling it haunting and somber Lyrically Young and Beautiful follows a young lover s apprehension about whether love can last A music video directed by Chris Sweeney and filmed by Sophie Muller was released on May 10 2013 Young and Beautiful reached the top ten in Australia where it was later certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA In May 2013 the song broke into the Billboard Hot 100 it peaked at 22 on the chart making it Del Rey s highest peak up to that point Shortly after the song also peaked at 3 on the Hot Rock Songs chart Del Rey and Nowels received accolades for their songwriting from various music and film awards including nominations for Best Song Written for Visual Media at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards and Best Song at the 19th Critics Choice Awards They eventually won the Best Original Song at the 18th Satellite Awards On January 26 2014 Young and Beautiful was announced as number 7 on the annual Triple J s Hottest 100 in Australia 1 In 2022 the song appeared in the trailer of the Amazon Prime Video documentary Lucy and Desi which focuses on the love story of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz stars of the sitcom I Love Lucy Contents 1 Background 2 Composition 3 Music video 4 Critical reception 5 Commercial performance 6 Accolades 7 Personnel 8 Charts 8 1 Weekly charts 8 1 1 Original version 8 1 2 Cedric Gervais Remix 8 2 Year end charts 9 Certifications 10 Release history 11 ReferencesBackground EditWorking with the film s director co writer and co producer Baz Luhrmann Del Rey penned the original song Young and Beautiful for the soundtrack of the 2013 film adaptation of the novel The Great Gatsby written from the perspective of Daisy Buchanan 2 In an interview with Catalunya Radio Del Rey said she had three new songs for her third extended play Paradise I Sing the Body Electric In the Land of Gods and Monsters and Will You Still Love Me When I m No Longer Young and Beautiful Del Rey sang the chorus of Young and Beautiful during the Catalunya Radio broadcast 3 Baz Luhrmann later gave an interview which contained a Skype chat with Del Rey where Luhrmann said we are very lucky that the song found a film 4 implying the song had already been penned prior to the film Luhrmann changed some of the lyrics in the beginning of the second verse from the demo version of Will You Still Love Me to fit with the film 5 Clearly it was always intended for Paradise which did get picked up by various media 6 The song was released to contemporary hit radio as a single and was used as the film s kickoff single 7 A snippet of the track appeared in the official trailer for the film and played during the scene where the characters portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio and Carey Mulligan express their romantic feelings for one another 8 In October 2013 a remix by Cedric Gervais was commissioned for the record label Universal Germany It was sent to Italian contemporary hit radio by Universal Music on January 10 2014 9 Composition Edit Young and Beautiful source source track In this 30 second sample of the ballad Young and Beautiful the lyrics Will you still love me when I m no longer young and beautiful that embody the refrain can be heard Problems playing this file See media help With the lyrics Will you still love me when I m no longer young and beautiful Del Rey adds a hint of desperation which parallels the idiosyncrasies faced by the characters in F Scott Fitzgerald s classic novel The Great Gatsby 10 Del Rey s dreamy vocals are draped over sedated strings and canned percussion 10 The soft and dreary vocals falling in line with Del Rey s retro affectation fits the atmosphere of the 1920s when the novel is set 11 The lyrics rotate around the themes of pleasing a lover nostalgia and the gloom of aging 12 The Cedric Gervais remix of the song was released on October 11 2013 Music video EditThe music video for Young and Beautiful was set to be released on April 22 2013 13 but was officially released on May 10 2013 14 Directed by Chris Sweeney the video s production was helmed by Adam Smith and Jacob Swan Hyam with Sophie Muller shooting the footage 15 Flanked by a full string orchestra Del Rey sings Dan Heath s Orchestral version of her song in 1920s art deco fashion 14 She is shown singing the song in a dark room with glittery diamond tears on her cheek which look like tattoos 16 17 Jason Lipshutz of Billboard magazine described the video as somber and the singer s look as especially demure Lipshutz concluded that the clip ends without ever reaching any kind of conclusion much like the rhetorical question Will you still love me when I m no longer young and beautiful at the heart of the song 16 Spin s Marc Hogan described it as elegantly conceived but succeed s only as much as the music does 17 An edit of the video set to the Cedric Gervais remix was published on September 27 2013 18 Critical reception EditCritical reception of Young and Beautiful has been fairly positive Hip hop magazine Rap Up called the single haunting 7 while MTV called it somber sounding 8 Jason Lipshutz of Billboard called the ballad typically lush paralleling the single with Del Rey s previous hits Video Games and Born to Die 10 Canadian journal National Post said Young and Beautiful picks up where Video Games left off stating the song was relevant to the book because of its obsession with decay and the fleeting nature of the good life certainly resonate 19 The journal continued to call it an artifact of Del Rey s consistently dark tone adding that by the second play through its bald directness becomes its appeal 19 MTV commented that the track falls very much in line with what Lana Del Rey s fans have come to expect from Del Rey 11 Jeff Benjamin of Fuse said the track featured a big sweeping ballad with piano violins and Lana s warbly delivery He added that if the single takes off perhaps the songbird can finally scrub her image clean of that Girl that totally f cked sic up her Saturday Night Live debut tag 20 Rolling Stone s Jody Rosen recognized Young and Beautiful as the album s centerpiece calling it inert and a drag despite its symmetry with the album s entire theme 21 Finding the track restrained in comparison to her earlier work August Brown writing for The Los Angeles Times called the single clean and classy 22 Young and Beautiful was given a positive review by Stereogum s Tom Breihan although he disapproved of the vapidity of the line make me wanna party 23 Nathan Ellis writing for Far Out Magazine praised the track for the silky vocals and dulcet 24 tones 25 The song was nominated for Best Song Written for Visual Media at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards Commercial performance EditDebuting at number 89 on the United States Billboard Hot 100 Young and Beautiful became Del Rey s second highest mark on that chart up to that point 26 With 48 000 units in first week sales the song also entered the Hot Digital Songs chart at 36 The song later peaked at number 22 became Del Rey s highest charting song at the time The single was sampled by Flo Rida s artist iRome on his Radio hit Homicide where Del Rey s vocals are heard throughout the song 27 Young And Beautiful became one of her best selling singles in the United States nearly on par with Video Games which is certified for 500 000 download and streaming units 28 29 Later that year Young and Beautiful was nominated for Best Original Song at the World Soundtrack Awards 2013 30 It won the Best Original Song at the 18th Satellite Awards 31 Accolades EditYear Organization Award Result Ref 2014 Critics Choice Movie Awards Best Song Nominated 32 Grammy Awards Best Song Written for Visual Media Nominated 33 Satellite Awards Best Original Song Won 34 Personnel EditCredits adapted from the soundtrack s liner notes 35 Original version Lana Del Rey vocals composition Rick Nowels production piano keyboards orchestration composition Patrick Warren strings tubular bells dulcitone electric guitar pump musette piano Craig Armstrong orchestral arrangement Perry Montague Mason orchestra leader Devrim Karaoglu bass Kieron Menzies recording programming Al Shux drum programming Dan Heath orchestral drum programming Jon Ingoldsby additional engineering Jordan Stilwell additional engineering Trevor Yasuda additional engineering Chris Barrett assistant engineering John Prestage assistant engineering Geoff Foster orchestra recording Robert Orton mixing David Greenaway orchestra conductor Isobel Griffiths orchestra contractor Charlotte Matthews assistant orchestra contractor DH orchestral version Lana Del Rey vocals composition Dan Heath producer Rick Nowels composition Kieron Menzies vocals recording Songa Lee violin Kathleen Sloan violin Robert Orton mixing Trevor Yasuda engineering Chris Barrett engineering John Prestage engineeringCharts EditWeekly charts Edit Original version Edit Chart 2013 14 PeakpositionAustralia ARIA 36 8Austria O3 Austria Top 40 37 57Belgium Ultratop 50 Flanders 38 34Belgium Ultratop 50 Wallonia 39 33Canada Canadian Hot 100 40 45CIS TopHit 41 1Czech Republic Singles Digital Top 100 42 44France SNEP 43 31Germany Official German Charts 44 50Greece Digital Songs Billboard 45 2Hungary Single Top 40 46 9Iceland RUV 47 30Ireland IRMA 48 16Israel Media Forest 49 7Italy FIMI 50 8Lebanon The Official Lebanese Top 20 51 16Netherlands Single Top 100 52 79New Zealand Recorded Music NZ 53 23Poland Polish Airplay Top 100 54 12Russia Airplay TopHit 55 1Scotland OCC 56 21Slovakia Radio Top 100 57 53Spain PROMUSICAE 58 24Sweden Sverigetopplistan 59 39Switzerland Schweizer Hitparade 60 31UK Singles OCC 61 23Ukraine Airplay TopHit 62 10US Billboard Hot 100 63 22US Hot Rock amp Alternative Songs Billboard 64 3US Dance Club Songs Billboard 65 41US Dance Mix Show Airplay Billboard 66 5Cedric Gervais Remix Edit Chart 2014 PeakpositionNew Zealand Recorded Music NZ 67 38 Year end charts Edit Chart 2013 PositionAustralia ARIA 68 29France SNEP 69 142Russia Airplay Tophit 70 61Ukraine Airplay Tophit 71 103UK Singles Official Charts Company 72 196US Alternative Digital Song Sales Billboard 73 14US Dance Mix Show Airplay Billboard 74 45US Hot Rock Songs Billboard 75 21Chart 2014 PositionItaly FIMI 76 63Russia Airplay Tophit 77 26Ukraine Airplay Tophit 78 113US Alternative Digital Song Sales Billboard 79 19US Rock Digital Song Sales Billboard 80 41Chart 2015 PositionUS Rock Digital Song Sales Billboard 81 50Certifications EditRegion Certification Certified units salesAustralia ARIA 82 4 Platinum 280 000 Canada Music Canada 83 Platinum 80 000 Denmark IFPI Danmark 84 Gold 900 000 Italy FIMI 85 2 Platinum 100 000 New Zealand RMNZ 86 Gold 7 500 Sweden GLF 87 2 Platinum 80 000 United Kingdom BPI 88 Platinum 600 000 United States RIAA 89 5 Platinum 5 000 000 Sales figures based on certification alone Shipments figures based on certification alone Sales streaming figures based on certification alone Streaming only figures based on certification alone Release history EditRegion Date Format LabelGermany 90 April 22 2013 Digital download PolydorInterscopeUnited States 91 April 23 2013 Water TowerInterscopeItaly 92 April 26 2013 Contemporary hit radio UniversalUnited States 93 May 21 2013 InterscopeReferences Edit The Countdown ABC Retrieved February 4 2016 Brown August April 4 2013 Gatsby soundtrack to feature Jay Z Lana del Rey The xx and more Los Angeles Times Retrieved April 6 2013 Note This article asserts Baz Luhrmann co wrote the song but he is not credited as such in either the soundtrack s liner notes or the film s credits Lana del Rey una de les estrelles del Sonar 2012 entrevistada a El mati June 16 2012 Baz Luhrmann talks about working with Lana Del Rey for The Great Gatsby June 2013 via YouTube Brown August April 4 2013 Gatsby soundtrack to feature Jay Z Lana del Rey The xx and more Los Angeles Times Retrieved April 6 2013 Is Lana Del Rey s Oscar campaign being sabotaged The Guardian December 19 2013 a b Jay Z Calls on Beyonce Andre 3000 Fergie amp Lana Del Rey for Great Gatsby Soundtrack Rap Up Retrieved April 6 2013 a b Markman Rob April 4 2013 Great Gatsby Soundtrack Boasts Big Names Jay Z 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