Song · Lana Del Rey
“High By the Beach” by Lana Del Rey
From the album Honeymoon (2015)
“High By the Beach” by Lana Del Rey appears on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations in 2015. It was first released in 2015 on the album Honeymoon. Its best result is #55 on the WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2015. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #457 alternative song of 2015.
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"High by the Beach" opened the Honeymoon campaign for Lana Del Rey, arriving as the lead single from her fourth album on August 10, 2015. She wrote it with Rick Nowels and Kieron Menzies, and the three of them produced it together. It's a synth-driven slice of trap-pop that moves quicker and courts the radio harder than anything she'd put out before, yet it circles back to the hip-hop and trip-hop shadings of Born to Die: a trap beat underneath, an orchestral sweep of organ on top.
Menzies does the heavy lifting in the credits, handling drums, bass, sampler, synths and effects before recording and mixing it himself. Nowels adds organ and keyboards, Leon Michels synth and flute, and Patrick Warren piano and harmonium. Critics loved it, and it entered the Hot 100 at number 51.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 77 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2015 | 89 |
| 2015 | 55 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2015 | 104 |
| 2015 | 89 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2015 | 100 |
Also listed as: High by the Beach.
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