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"Lolita" (also registered as "Hey Lolita Hey" and alternatively known as "Be My Baby Tonight" or "Lolyta") is a song by Lana Del Rey off her second album, and first major-label release, Born to Die. It serves as the second international bonus track from the album, and serves as the closing track on the Target exclusive edition. The track was written with Liam Howe and Hannah Robinson, with production by Emile Haynie.

Composition[]

The song samples a spoken line from a live performance of "Mary Jane" by Rick James, also heard in "Dark Paradise", "National Anthem", "Blue Jeans" and "Without You".

Live performances[]

Del Rey performed the song live several times in 2012 and in 2016 she included it as part of the setlist for her Festival Tour, starting on June 3, 2016, at the Orange Warsaw Festival making that her first live performance of "Lolita" since 2012.

Music video(s)[]

Music video Information
Lana_Del_Rey_-_Lolita_1 Released September 11, 2010
Length 3:49
Director Lana Del Rey
Producer
Filmed 2010
Location Unknown
Vevo views N/A
Music video Information
Lana_Del_Rey_-_Lolita_(Music_Video) Released October 7, 2010
Length 3:50
Director Lana Del Rey
Producer
Filmed 2010
Location Unknown
Vevo views N/A

Background and description[]

Before the release of Born to Die, Del Rey created two homemade music videos for one of the demos of the song in 2010. Like most of her old music videos, it featured clips of Del Rey herself singing along to the song and clips she gathered from miscellaneous films and videos.

Cross-references[]

Official versions[]

  • Album version — 3:40
    • Instrumental version — 3:36
  • Demo version 1 ("Hey Lolita Hey") — 3:51
  • Demo version 2 — 3:50
  • Demo version 3 (produced by Liam Howe) — 3:36
  • Demo version 4 (Dan Grech-Marguerat Mix) — 4:00

Lyrics[]

Would you be mine? Would you be my baby tonight?
Could be kissing my fruit punch lips in the bright sunshine
'Cause I like you quite a lot, everything you got, don't you know?
It's you that I adore, though I make the boys fall like dominoes

Kiss me in the D-A-R-K dark tonight
(D-A-R-K do it my way)
Kiss me in the P-A-R-K park tonight
(P-A-R-K let them all say)

Hey, Lolita, hey
Hey, Lolita, hey
I know what the boys want, I'm not gonna play
Hey, Lolita, hey
Hey, Lolita, hey
Whistle all you want but I'm not gonna stay

No more skipping rope, skipping heartbeats with the boys downtown
Just you and me feeling the heat even when the sun goes down

I could be yours, I could be your baby tonight
Topple you down from your sky forty stories high
Shining like a God, can't believe I got you and so
Look at what I bought, not a second thought, oh, Romeo

Kiss me in the D-A-R-K dark tonight
(D-A-R-K do it my way)
Kiss me in the P-A-R-K park tonight
(P-A-R-K let them all say)

Hey, Lolita, hey
Hey, Lolita, hey
I know what the boys want, I'm not gonna play
Hey, Lolita, hey
Hey, Lolita, hey
Whistle all you want but I'm not gonna stay

No more skipping rope, skipping heartbeats with the boys downtown
Just you and me feeling the heat even when the sun goes down

I want my cake and I want to eat it too
I want to have fun and be in love with you
I know that I'm a mess with my long hair and my sun tan, short dress, bare feet
I don't care what they say about me, what they say about me
Because I know that it's L-O-V-E
You make me happy, you make me happy
And I never listen to anyone
(Let them all say)

Hey, Lolita, hey
Hey, Lolita, hey
I know what the boys want, I'm not gonna play
Hey, Lolita, hey
Hey, Lolita, hey
Whistle all you want but I'm not gonna stay

No more skipping rope, skipping heartbeats with the boys downtown
Just you and me feeling the heat even when the sun goes down

Credits[]

Personnel
  • Lana Del Rey — vocals, songwriting
  • Liam Howe — songwriting, co-production, additional keyboards, programming
  • Hannah Robinson — songwriting, backing vocals
  • Emile Haynie — production
  • Dan Grech-Marguerat — mixing
  • John Davis — mastering
Technical
  • Published by EMI / Sony ATV / Universal
  • Mastered at Metropolis Mastering, London, United Kingdom
  • Mixed at Miloco's Engine Room, London, United Kingdom


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