Brooklyn Baby

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"Brooklyn Baby"
Lana Del Rey - Brooklyn Baby cover.jpg
Single by Lana Del Rey
from the album Ultraviolence
ReleasedJune 8, 2014 (2014-06-08)
Studio Easy Eye Sound (Nashville)
Genre Dream pop [1]
Length5:52
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Lana Del Rey
  • Barrie O'Neill
Producer(s) Dan Auerbach
Lana Del Rey singles chronology
"Ultraviolence"
(2014)		"Brooklyn Baby"
(2014)		"Wait for Life"
(2015)
Licensed audio
"Brooklyn Baby" on YouTube

"Brooklyn Baby" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey for her third studio album Ultraviolence (2014). It was written by Del Rey, and Barrie O'Neill, while production was handled by Dan Auerbach. [2] The song was released on June 8, 2014, by Polydor Records and Interscope Records. [3] The song's lyrical content is notable for its satirical elements targeting the New York hipster subculture: [3] its chorus highlights "a stable of cliches about hipsters, Brooklyn, millennials and other things Del Rey herself is known to idolize". [4]

Contents

Composition

Miriam Coleman of Rolling Stone described Del Rey's vocals as "breathy" and called the melody of the song "reminiscent of 1960s girl-group hits". [3] In the song, Del Rey pokes fun at New York City and celebrates hipster subculture, referencing several cliches about them, Brooklyn, and Millennials. [5] Del Rey said that she wrote the song with Lou Reed in mind. She was supposed to work with him and flew to New York City to meet him, but he died the day she arrived. [6] He is referenced in the line "And my boyfriend's in a band/ He plays guitar while I sing Lou Reed". [7]

Critical response

The song received critical acclaim. Miriam Coleman of Rolling Stone described it as a "dreamy song... with a breathy vocals and a melody before moving into Del Rey's typically languid, dreamy soundscape". Duncan Cooper of The Fader stated that "Brooklyn Baby" is the standout track of Ultraviolence, pointing out the "uncharacteristically self-assured gem", "Yeah, my boyfriend's pretty cool/ But he's not as cool as me." [8] Sharan Shetty of Slate complimented the melody of the song, however disliked the lack of "big, chewy vocal hooks". [9] The song was placed at number twenty two on Rolling Stone 's 50 Best Songs of 2014 list. [10]

Track listing

Digital download [11]

  1. "Brooklyn Baby" – 5:52

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Ultraviolence. [12]

Performance credits

Instruments

Technical and production

Charts

Chart (2014)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [13] 35
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [14] 64
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia) [15] 32
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [16] 60
CIS (TopHit) [17] 341
Finland Download (Latauslista) [18] 6
France (SNEP) [19] 33
Italy (FIMI) [20] 50
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [21] 87
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [22] 19
Russian Digital Songs ( Lenta )10
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [23] 36
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [24] 16
UK Singles (OCC) [25] 86
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles ( Billboard ) [26] 1

Certifications

Certifications for "Brooklyn Baby"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [27] Platinum70,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [28] Gold400,000‡
United States (RIAA) [29] Platinum1,000,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
Worldwide [11] June 8, 2014Digital download

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