For every track picked to appear on a record, there are dozens on dozens that haven't made the cut. Up until now, some fans' only hope of hearing their favourite Lana songs officially has been if she fancies picking up a discarded demo and reworking it for her new project, but Lana Del Rey albums are always an ever-evolving, nebulous body of work. Both of those records (Chemtrails Over The Country Club and Blue Banisters) were beefed up in large part by songs previously abandoned for other LPs, but re-produced and sometimes re-written entirely from their original form, like Dealer (originally a duet with the Last Shadow Puppets aka Miles Kane & Alex Turner) and Yosemite (which could have been a part of both Lust For Life or Norman F*cking Rockwell!). It's well known that Lana is, above all, a prolific worker famously, she released two albums in 2021 alone. The vaults of Del Rey have been one of pop's worst kept secrets. If it retains its position throughout the week, it will be Lana's first solo Top 10 hit since Born To Die in 2012 (as a collaborator, she hit Number 4 last year on Taylor Swift's Snow on the Beach). And the wise decision from Lana and her team is already paying off Say Yes To Heaven, bolstered by its streaming numbers, is heading for a Top 10 debut on the Official Singles Chart. MORE: Lana Del Rey's Official Top 40 biggest songs in the UKīut Say Yes To Heaven - despite missing out on tracklisting placements on the aforementioned Ultraviolence, as well as follow-up records Honeymoon and Lust For Life - was released from the vault, thanks in large part to a leaked demo going viral on social media, especially TikTok. Originally written and recorded for inclusion on Lana's 2014 magnum opus Ultraviolence, the aching and acoustic-laden Say Yes To Heaven fits in very will Lana's early career oeuvre it's a maudlin, slightly orchestral lament for the man in her life, with lyrical references to Lana putting her trusty old little red dress on, and a heavy smattering of religious iconography (in this case, Lana and her love being compared to the ultimate paradise).

But this could all be about to change, thanks to the near unparalleled success Say Yes To Heaven is currently having on the Official Singles Chart. Lana's unreleased tracks represent both a huge, vast and un-charted body of work but also, chiefly, most of these unreleased tracks both equal (and in many cases, actually surpass) the songs she's officially released.įor too many years, this has been a curio of Lana's discography if you want to get to the really good stuff, you have to go digging.

One thing that her brand new single, Say Yes To Heaven, has made abundantly clear. Lana Del Rey has always been singular among her own musical peer group, but fans have known for years now that Lana has one defining factor that makes her catalogue far more unique.

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