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"Venice Bitch"
"Venice Bitch"
Single by Lana Del Rey
from the album Norman Fucking Rockwell!
Released	September 18, 2018
Recorded	2018
Studio	Conway (Los Angeles); Westlake (Los Angeles); Henson (Los Angeles);
Genre	Psychedelic rock; folk rock; psychedelic pop; soft rock;
Length	9:36
Label	Polydor; Interscope;
Songwriter(s)	Lana Del Rey; Jack Antonoff;
Producer(s)	Jack Antonoff; Lana Del Rey;
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Music video
	"Venice Bitch" on YouTube

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"Venice Bitch" is a song by American singer and songwriter Lana Del Rey. It was released on September 18, 2018, through Polydor and Interscope Records, as the second single from her sixth studio album, Norman Fucking Rockwell! (2019). The song was written and produced by Del Rey and Jack Antonoff.^[1] The song was met with unanimous praise from music critics and was ranked by numerous publications amongst the best songs of the year and decade. The song title references Venice, Los Angeles.

Release

On September 12, 2018, The Fader announced that "Venice Bitch" would be released on September 18 as the second single from Del Rey's forthcoming studio album, following the first single, "Mariners Apartment Complex", released a week earlier.^[2] On September 17, Del Rey shared a preview of the track accompanied by a vintage-inspired visual on Instagram, and announced that the song would be premiered on Zane Lowe's Beats 1 show.^[3]

Composition

"Venice Bitch" is a folk rock, psychedelic pop, and soft rock song which runs at nine minutes and thirty-six seconds long, making it Del Rey's longest track to date.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8] Rolling Stone said the song "starts as an tender ballad, with Del Rey unspooling her unique mix of young love and contemporary Americana over an acoustic guitar and subtle strings: "Ice cream, ice queen / I dream in jeans and leather / Life's dream, I'm sweet for you / Oh God, miss you on my lips / It's me, your little Venice bitch." Halfway through, though, "Venice Bitch" transforms into an airy psych-pop jam that coasts to a cerebral, polychrome end."^[4]

Time noted that "the track has plenty of surprises in store, from distortion interludes to muted synth lines of varying insistence to eerie electric guitar plucks."^[9] Stereogum compared the lyrics to those on Born to Die, but with a "far less pop-oriented" production than that of her previous work.^[10] Greil Marcus made comparisons to various songs from the 1960s, including the Beach Boys' "Surfer Girl" and "In My Room", Randy Newman's "Lucinda", and Tommy James and the Shondells' "Crimson and Clover".^[11]

The lyrics feature the line "Nothing gold can stay" which is the title of a poem by Robert Frost.^[12]^[13]

An early demo version of "Venice Bitch" was utilized on "Taco Truck x VB", the final track of Del Rey's 2023 album, Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd. This version was described as "the grimy, heavy, original and unheard version" of the song by the singer in a profile in Rolling Stone UK prior to release.^[14]

Critical reception

"Venice Bitch" received universal acclaim from music critics upon its release. Pitchfork featured the song as their "Best New Track", with critic Sam Sodomsky calling it one of Del Rey's most gripping songs and unlike anything she had written before, and that Del Rey "has never allowed herself to sink so completely into an atmosphere, burrowing deep into the song's dark blue, moody grooves."^[6] Similarly, Under the Radar named it the best song of the week with Christopher Roberts calling it Del Rey's most interesting song and that "there was no denying its hypnotic quality."^[15] Stereogum also featured the track in their "5 Best Songs of the Week" article, writing, "It doesn't matter how experimental and weird and straight-up long this song gets, she's going to make it stick."^[10]

In his "Real Life Rock Top Ten" monthly column for Rolling Stone, Greil Marcus opined that the song "might be the most expansive California beach record ever made, and not just for its length," continuing: "It opens like a love letter, prosaic, direct; then a little more than two minutes in it begins to swirl, and you could be listening to an affair that began years ago or has yet to start. As the song goes on it turns into a series of reveries, suspended by the gorgeously sustained sound of liquid guitar feedback: it's the feeling of a series of clouds passing. Turn your head, look up again, and the last one you saw, the one that looked like a face, is already gone."^[11] In Rolling Stone's official review, Will Hermes said the song "is a woozily epic love song invoking Norman Rockwell, fading summers, getting high, and 'Crimson and Clover.'" He concluded that "it's the most experimental music she's ever made, and finally fades out after nine and a half minutes. And still it feels too short."^[16]

Noisey's Lauren O'Neill praised the song as "a shining encapsulation of who [Del Rey] is", further stating that the track "feels like a complete distillation of everything we've come to love about Del Rey. Its lyrics are firmly rooted in the American imagery she's beloved for ("I dream in jeans and leather"), and the song's hook — "Oh God, miss you on my lips / It's me, your little Venice Bitch" — seems nostalgic somehow, like she's not the sweet girl in the swimsuit anymore, but certainly was once. The feels like an encapsulation of all of the romance we associate with her, and has a distinct sense of the passage of time, capturing her where she is now."^[17]

Year-end lists

Publication	Rank	Ref.
Crack Magazine	2	^[18]
Dazed	8	^[19]
Esquire	—	^[20]
Hot Press	16	^[21]
Idolator	1	^[22]
Noisey	4	^[23]
Paper	3	^[24]
Pitchfork	37	^[7]
Slant Magazine	21	^[25]
Spin	3	^[26]
Uproxx	11	^[27]

Credits and personnel

Lana Del Rey – vocals, songwriting, production
Jack Antonoff – production, songwriting, recording engineering, mixing, drums, programming, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, synthesizers, keyboards, piano
Laura Sisk – recording engineering, mixing
Jon Sher – assistant recording engineering
Derrick Stockwell – assistant recording engineering
Greg Eliason – assistant recording engineering
Chris Gehringer – mastering
Will Quinnell – assistant mastering engineering

Music video

The music video for "Venice Bitch" was directed by Del Rey's sister, Chuck Grant. The vintage-inspired visual features "grainy footage, big moods, endless highways," according to Paper.^[28] Will Hermes of Rolling Stone noted that the video is "a collage of vintage Super 8-style freeway footage, faded, flashed, fogged, looped and sped up, intercut with weathered images of Lana hanging on her smartphone, or goofing around in a pickup bed with two female friends, trailed by what looks like a police car." He concluded that the video "magnified" the overall "hypnotic" effect of the song.^[16]

Charts

Chart (2018)	Peak position
France (SNEP)^[29]	95
Greece International Digital Singles (IFPI)^[30]	97
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)^[31]	32
Scotland (OCC)^[32]	80
Spain Physical/Digital Songs (PROMUSICAE)^[33]	35
UK Singles Downloads (OCC)^[34]	76
US Alternative Digital Songs (Billboard)^[35]	10

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)^[36]	Gold	35,000^‡
United States (RIAA)^[37]	Gold	500,000^‡
^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

^ "Venice Bitch / Lana Del Rey". Tidal. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
^ Renshaw, David (September 12, 2018). "Lana Del Rey to release two new songs ahead of 2019 album". The Fader. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
^ Bowenbank, Starr (September 17, 2018). "Lana Del Rey Previews New Song 'Venice Bitch,' Out Tuesday". Billboard. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
^ ^a ^b Blistein, Jon (September 18, 2018). "Hear Lana Del Rey's Sprawling New Psych-Pop Song, 'Venice Bitch'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
^ Hosken, Patrick (September 18, 2018). "Lana Del Rey's 'venice Bitch' Is a Shredding Psychedelic Journey Through the Soul". MTV. Archived from the original on September 19, 2018. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
^ ^a ^b Sodomsky, Sam (September 18, 2018). ""Venice Bitch" by Lana Del Rey Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
^ ^a ^b "The 100 best songs of 2018". Pitchfork. 10 December 2018. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
^ "Lana Del Rey: Her 21 Best Songs (So Far...)". Clash. July 5, 2021. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
^ Bruner, Raisa (September 21, 2018). "5 Songs You Need to Listen to This Week". Time. Retrieved September 22, 2018.
^ ^a ^b "The 5 Best Songs of the Week". Stereogum. September 21, 2018. Retrieved September 22, 2018.
^ ^a ^b Marcus, Greil (September 21, 2018). "Real Life Rock Top 10". Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
^ "Lana Del Rey – Venice Bitch Lyrics | Genius Lyrics". Genius.com. 17 September 2018. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
^ "Robert Frost – 5 Poems from NEW HAMPSHIRE (Newly released to the Public Domain)". Englewood Review of Books. February 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
^ Ewens, Hannah (2023-03-08). "Lana Del Rey: she does it for the girls". Rolling Stone UK. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
^ Roberts, Christopher (September 22, 2018). "12 Best Songs of the Week: Lana Del Rey, Frontperson, Helena Deland, Villagers, and More". Under the Radar. Retrieved September 23, 2018.
^ ^a ^b Hermes, Will (September 25, 2018). "Song You Need to Know: Lana Del Rey, 'Venice Bitch'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 26, 2018.
^ O'Neill, Lauren (September 21, 2018). "Lana Del Rey's New Songs Are a Shining Encapsulation of Who She Is". Noisey. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
^ Brailey, Louise. "The top 25 tracks of 2018". Crack Magazine. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
^ "Best songs of 2018". Dazed. 10 December 2018. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
^ Miller, Matt. "Best songs of 2018". Esquire. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
^ "Hot Press tracks of the year". Hot Press. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
^ Wass, Mike (8 January 2019). "Bangers, Ballads & Bops: The 100 Best Singles Of 2018". Idolater. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
^ "The 100 Best Songs of 2018". Vice Magazine. 6 December 2018. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
^ "Top 100 songs of 2018". Paper Magazine. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
^ "The 25 best singles of 2018". Slant Magazine. 10 December 2018. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
^ "The 101 best songs of 2018". Spin Magazine. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
^ "The 50 Best Songs Of 2018". Uproxx. 4 December 2018. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
^ Gillespie, Katherine (September 18, 2018). "Lana's New Album Is Called 'Norman Fucking Rockwell'". Paper. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
^ "Le Top de la semaine : Top Singles Téléchargés – SNEP (Week 38, 2018)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
^ "Official IFPI Charts – Digital Singles Chart (International) – Week: 38/2018". IFPI Greece. Archived from the original on October 1, 2018. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
^ "NZ Hot Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. October 1, 2018. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 22, 2018.
^ "Spain Digital & Physical Songs Sales". spanishcharts.com. September 23, 2018. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
^ "Official Singles Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 22, 2018.
^ "Alternative Digital Song Sales : Sep 29, 2018". Billboard. Retrieved October 6, 2018. (subscription required)
^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2023 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved November 2, 2023.
^ "American single certifications – Lana Del Rey – Venice Bitch". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved December 2, 2023.

[1] "Venice Bitch / Lana Del Rey". Tidal. Retrieved September 21, 2018.

[2] Renshaw, David (September 12, 2018). "Lana Del Rey to release two new songs ahead of 2019 album". The Fader. Retrieved September 21, 2018.

[3] Bowenbank, Starr (September 17, 2018). "Lana Del Rey Previews New Song 'Venice Bitch,' Out Tuesday". Billboard. Retrieved September 21, 2018.

[RS-4] Blistein, Jon (September 18, 2018). "Hear Lana Del Rey's Sprawling New Psych-Pop Song, 'Venice Bitch'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 21, 2018.

[5] Hosken, Patrick (September 18, 2018). "Lana Del Rey's 'venice Bitch' Is a Shredding Psychedelic Journey Through the Soul". MTV. Archived from the original on September 19, 2018. Retrieved September 21, 2018.

[P4K-6] Sodomsky, Sam (September 18, 2018). ""Venice Bitch" by Lana Del Rey Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved September 21, 2018.

[P4K2-7] "The 100 best songs of 2018". Pitchfork. 10 December 2018. Retrieved December 29, 2018.

[8] "Lana Del Rey: Her 21 Best Songs (So Far...)". Clash. July 5, 2021. Retrieved June 12, 2022.

[9] Bruner, Raisa (September 21, 2018). "5 Songs You Need to Listen to This Week". Time. Retrieved September 22, 2018.

[Stereogum-10] "The 5 Best Songs of the Week". Stereogum. September 21, 2018. Retrieved September 22, 2018.

[RS2-11] Marcus, Greil (September 21, 2018). "Real Life Rock Top 10". Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 24, 2018.

[12] "Lana Del Rey – Venice Bitch Lyrics | Genius Lyrics". Genius.com. 17 September 2018. Retrieved 2019-12-29.

[englewoodreview1-13] "Robert Frost – 5 Poems from NEW HAMPSHIRE (Newly released to the Public Domain)". Englewood Review of Books. February 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2019.

[:2-14] Ewens, Hannah (2023-03-08). "Lana Del Rey: she does it for the girls". Rolling Stone UK. Retrieved 2023-03-29.

[15] Roberts, Christopher (September 22, 2018). "12 Best Songs of the Week: Lana Del Rey, Frontperson, Helena Deland, Villagers, and More". Under the Radar. Retrieved September 23, 2018.

[RS3-16] Hermes, Will (September 25, 2018). "Song You Need to Know: Lana Del Rey, 'Venice Bitch'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 26, 2018.

[17] O'Neill, Lauren (September 21, 2018). "Lana Del Rey's New Songs Are a Shining Encapsulation of Who She Is". Noisey. Retrieved September 21, 2018.

[18] Brailey, Louise. "The top 25 tracks of 2018". Crack Magazine. Retrieved December 29, 2018.

[19] "Best songs of 2018". Dazed. 10 December 2018. Retrieved December 29, 2018.

[20] Miller, Matt. "Best songs of 2018". Esquire. Retrieved December 29, 2018.

[21] "Hot Press tracks of the year". Hot Press. Retrieved December 29, 2018.

[22] Wass, Mike (8 January 2019). "Bangers, Ballads & Bops: The 100 Best Singles Of 2018". Idolater. Retrieved January 8, 2019.

[23] "The 100 Best Songs of 2018". Vice Magazine. 6 December 2018. Retrieved December 29, 2018.

[24] "Top 100 songs of 2018". Paper Magazine. Retrieved December 29, 2018.

[25] "The 25 best singles of 2018". Slant Magazine. 10 December 2018. Retrieved December 29, 2018.

[26] "The 101 best songs of 2018". Spin Magazine. Retrieved December 29, 2018.

[27] "The 50 Best Songs Of 2018". Uproxx. 4 December 2018. Retrieved December 29, 2018.

[28] Gillespie, Katherine (September 18, 2018). "Lana's New Album Is Called 'Norman Fucking Rockwell'". Paper. Retrieved September 21, 2018.

[FRAweek38-29] "Le Top de la semaine : Top Singles Téléchargés – SNEP (Week 38, 2018)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved October 19, 2018.

[30] "Official IFPI Charts – Digital Singles Chart (International) – Week: 38/2018". IFPI Greece. Archived from the original on October 1, 2018. Retrieved October 18, 2018.

[31] "NZ Hot Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. October 1, 2018. Retrieved September 28, 2018.

[sc_Scotland_-32] "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 22, 2018.

[Spain-33] "Spain Digital & Physical Songs Sales". spanishcharts.com. September 23, 2018. Retrieved October 17, 2018.

[sc_UKdownload_-34] "Official Singles Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 22, 2018.

[35] "Alternative Digital Song Sales : Sep 29, 2018". Billboard. Retrieved October 6, 2018. (subscription required)

[AustraliaLana_Del_ReysingleCertRef-36] "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2023 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved November 2, 2023.

[United_StatesLana_Del_ReyVenice_BitchsingleCertRef-37] "American single certifications – Lana Del Rey – Venice Bitch". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved December 2, 2023.

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-"'''Venice Bitch'''" is a song by American singer and songwriter [[Lana Del Rey]]. It was released on September 18, 2018, through [[Polydor Records|Polydor]] and [[Interscope Records]], as the second single from her sixth studio album, ''[[Norman Fucking Rockwell!]]'' (2019). The song was written and produced by Del Rey and [[Jack Antonoff]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/94927869 |title=Venice Bitch / Lana Del Rey |work=[[Tidal (service)|Tidal]] |access-date=September 21, 2018}}</ref> The song was met with unanimous praise from [[music critics]] and was ranked by numerous publications amongst the best songs of the year and decade.
+"'''Venice Bitch'''" is a song by American singer and songwriter [[Lana Del Rey]]. It was released on September 18, 2018, through [[Polydor Records|Polydor]] and [[Interscope Records]], as the second single from her sixth studio album, ''[[Norman Fucking Rockwell!]]'' (2019). The song was written and produced by Del Rey and [[Jack Antonoff]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/94927869 |title=Venice Bitch / Lana Del Rey |work=[[Tidal (service)|Tidal]] |access-date=September 21, 2018}}</ref> The song was met with unanimous praise from [[music critics]] and was ranked by numerous publications amongst the best songs of the year and decade. The song title references [[Venice, Los Angeles]].
 ==Release==
-On September 12, 2018, ''[[The Fader]]'' announced that "Venice Bitch" would be released on September 18 as the second single from Del Rey's forthcoming studio album, following the first single, "[[Mariners Apartment Complex]]", released a week earlier.<ref>{{cite web |last=Renshaw |first=David |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/09/12/lana-del-rey-new-album-mariners-apartment-venice |title=Lana Del Rey to release two new songs ahead of 2019 album |work=[[The Fader]] |date=September 12, 2018 |access-date=September 21, 2018}}</ref> On September 17, Del Rey shared a preview of the track accompanied by a vintage-inspired visual on [[Instagram]], and announced that the song would be premiered on [[Zane Lowe]]'s [[Beats 1]] show.<ref>{{cite web |last=Bowenbank |first=Starr |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8475628/lana-del-rey-venice-bitch-preview-release-date |title=Lana Del Rey Previews New Song 'Venice Bitch,' Out Tuesday |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=September 17, 2018 |access-date=September 21, 2018}}</ref>
+On September 12, 2018, ''[[The Fader]]'' announced that "Venice Bitch" would be released on September 18 as the second single from Del Rey's forthcoming studio album, following the first single, "[[Mariners Apartment Complex]]", released a week earlier.<ref>{{cite web |last=Renshaw |first=David |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/09/12/lana-del-rey-new-album-mariners-apartment-venice |title=Lana Del Rey to release two new songs ahead of 2019 album |work=[[The Fader]] |date=September 12, 2018 |access-date=September 21, 2018}}</ref> On September 17, Del Rey shared a preview of the track accompanied by a vintage-inspired visual on [[Instagram]], and announced that the song would be premiered on [[Zane Lowe]]'s [[Beats 1]] show.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Bowenbank |first=Starr |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8475628/lana-del-rey-venice-bitch-preview-release-date |title=Lana Del Rey Previews New Song 'Venice Bitch,' Out Tuesday |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=September 17, 2018 |access-date=September 21, 2018}}</ref>
 ==Composition==
-"Venice Bitch" is a [[folk rock]], [[psychedelic pop]], and [[soft rock]] song which runs at nine minutes and thirty-six seconds long, making it Del Rey's longest track to date.<ref name="RS">{{cite web |last=Blistein |first=Jon |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-lana-del-reys-sprawling-new-psych-pop-song-venice-bitch-725597 |title=Hear Lana Del Rey's Sprawling New Psych-Pop Song, 'Venice Bitch' |work=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=September 18, 2018 |access-date=September 21, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Hosken |first=Patrick |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/3099857/lana-del-rey-venice-bitch-norman-fucking-rockwell |title=Lana Del Rey's 'venice Bitch' Is a Shredding Psychedelic Journey Through the Soul |work=[[MTV]] |date=September 18, 2018 |access-date=September 21, 2018}}</ref><ref name="P4K">{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/lana-del-rey-venice-bitch |title="Venice Bitch" by Lana Del Rey Review |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=September 18, 2018 |access-date=September 21, 2018}}</ref><ref name="P4K2"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Lana Del Rey: Her 21 Best Songs (So Far...)|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/lana-del-rey-her-21-best-songs-so-far|access-date=June 12, 2022|date=July 5, 2021|publisher=Clash}}</ref> ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' said the song "starts as an tender ballad, with Del Rey unspooling her unique mix of young love and contemporary Americana over an acoustic guitar and subtle strings: "Ice cream, ice queen / I dream in jeans and leather / Life's dream, I'm sweet for you / Oh God, miss you on my lips / It's me, your little Venice bitch." Halfway through, though, "Venice Bitch" transforms into an airy psych-pop jam that coasts to a cerebral, polychrome end."<ref name="RS"/>
+"Venice Bitch" is a [[folk rock]], [[psychedelic pop]], and [[soft rock]] song which runs at nine minutes and thirty-six seconds long, making it Del Rey's longest track to date.<ref name="RS">{{cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-lana-del-reys-sprawling-new-psych-pop-song-venice-bitch-725597 |title=Hear Lana Del Rey's Sprawling New Psych-Pop Song, 'Venice Bitch' |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=September 18, 2018 |access-date=September 21, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Hosken |first=Patrick |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/3099857/lana-del-rey-venice-bitch-norman-fucking-rockwell |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919022849/http://www.mtv.com/news/3099857/lana-del-rey-venice-bitch-norman-fucking-rockwell/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 19, 2018 |title=Lana Del Rey's 'venice Bitch' Is a Shredding Psychedelic Journey Through the Soul |work=[[MTV]] |date=September 18, 2018 |access-date=September 21, 2018}}</ref><ref name="P4K">{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/lana-del-rey-venice-bitch |title="Venice Bitch" by Lana Del Rey Review |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=September 18, 2018 |access-date=September 21, 2018}}</ref><ref name="P4K2"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Lana Del Rey: Her 21 Best Songs (So Far...)|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/lana-del-rey-her-21-best-songs-so-far|access-date=June 12, 2022|date=July 5, 2021|publisher=Clash}}</ref> ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' said the song "starts as an tender ballad, with Del Rey unspooling her unique mix of young love and contemporary Americana over an acoustic guitar and subtle strings: "Ice cream, ice queen / I dream in jeans and leather / Life's dream, I'm sweet for you / Oh God, miss you on my lips / It's me, your little Venice bitch." Halfway through, though, "Venice Bitch" transforms into an airy psych-pop jam that coasts to a cerebral, polychrome end."<ref name="RS"/>
-''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' noted that "the track has plenty of surprises in store, from distortion interludes to muted synth lines of varying insistence to eerie electric guitar plucks."<ref>{{cite web |last=Bruner |first=Raisa |url=http://time.com/5402367/5-songs-you-need-to-listen-to-this-week-62 |title=5 Songs You Need to Listen to This Week |work=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=September 21, 2018 |access-date=September 22, 2018}}</ref> ''[[Stereogum]]'' compared the lyrics to those on ''[[Born to Die]]'', but with a "far less pop-oriented" production than that of her previous work.<ref name="Stereogum">{{cite web |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2015520/the-5-best-songs-of-the-week-257/franchises/the-5-best-songs-of-the-week |title=The 5 Best Songs of the Week |work=[[Stereogum]] |date=September 21, 2018 |access-date=September 22, 2018}}</ref> [[Greil Marcus]] made comparisons to various songs from the 1960s, including [[the Beach Boys]]' "[[Surfer Girl (song)|Surfer Girl]]" and "[[In My Room]]", [[Randy Newman]]'s "[[12 Songs (Randy Newman album)|Lucinda]]", and [[Tommy James and the Shondells]]' "[[Crimson and Clover]]".<ref name="RS2">{{cite web |last=Marcus |first=Greil |author-link=Greil Marcus |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/greil-marcus-real-life-top-10-column-727342 |title=Real Life Rock Top 10 |work=Rolling Stone |date=September 21, 2018 |access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref>
+''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' noted that "the track has plenty of surprises in store, from distortion interludes to muted synth lines of varying insistence to eerie electric guitar plucks."<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Bruner |first=Raisa |url=https://time.com/5402367/5-songs-you-need-to-listen-to-this-week-62/ |title=5 Songs You Need to Listen to This Week |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=September 21, 2018 |access-date=September 22, 2018}}</ref> ''[[Stereogum]]'' compared the lyrics to those on ''[[Born to Die]]'', but with a "far less pop-oriented" production than that of her previous work.<ref name="Stereogum">{{cite web |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2015520/the-5-best-songs-of-the-week-257/franchises/the-5-best-songs-of-the-week |title=The 5 Best Songs of the Week |work=[[Stereogum]] |date=September 21, 2018 |access-date=September 22, 2018}}</ref> [[Greil Marcus]] made comparisons to various songs from the 1960s, including [[the Beach Boys]]' "[[Surfer Girl (song)|Surfer Girl]]" and "[[In My Room]]", [[Randy Newman]]'s "[[12 Songs (Randy Newman album)|Lucinda]]", and [[Tommy James and the Shondells]]' "[[Crimson and Clover]]".<ref name="RS2">{{cite magazine |last=Marcus |first=Greil |author-link=Greil Marcus |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/greil-marcus-real-life-top-10-column-727342 |title=Real Life Rock Top 10 |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=September 21, 2018 |access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref>
-The lyrics feature the line "[[Nothing Gold Can Stay (poem)|Nothing gold can stay]]" which is the title of a poem by [[Robert Frost]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genius.com/Lana-del-rey-venice-bitch-lyrics |title=Lana Del Rey – Venice Bitch Lyrics &#124; Genius Lyrics |publisher=Genius.com |access-date=2019-12-29}}</ref><ref name="englewoodreview1">{{cite web |title=Robert Frost – 5 Poems from NEW HAMPSHIRE (Newly released to the Public Domain) |url=http://englewoodreview.org/robert-frost-5-poems-from-new-hampshire/5/ |website=Englewood Review of Books |access-date=26 November 2019}}</ref>
+The lyrics feature the line "[[Nothing Gold Can Stay (poem)|Nothing gold can stay]]" which is the title of a poem by [[Robert Frost]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genius.com/Lana-del-rey-venice-bitch-lyrics |title=Lana Del Rey – Venice Bitch Lyrics &#124; Genius Lyrics |date=17 September 2018 |publisher=Genius.com |access-date=2019-12-29}}</ref><ref name="englewoodreview1">{{cite web |title=Robert Frost – 5 Poems from NEW HAMPSHIRE (Newly released to the Public Domain) |url=http://englewoodreview.org/robert-frost-5-poems-from-new-hampshire/5/ |website=Englewood Review of Books |date=February 2019 |access-date=26 November 2019}}</ref>
-The track was reprised on 'Taco Truck X VB', the final track of Del Rey's 2023 album [[Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd |Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd]]
+An early demo version of "Venice Bitch" was utilized on "Taco Truck x VB", the final track of Del Rey's 2023 album, ''[[Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd]]''.  This version was described as "the grimy, heavy, original and unheard version" of the song by the singer in a profile in ''Rolling Stone'' UK prior to release.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Ewens |first=Hannah |date=2023-03-08 |title=Lana Del Rey: she does it for the girls |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/lana-del-rey-she-does-it-for-the-girls-album-27426/ |access-date=2023-03-29 |website=Rolling Stone UK |language=en-GB}}</ref>
 ==Critical reception==
 "Venice Bitch" received universal acclaim from music critics upon its release. ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' featured the song as their "Best New Track", with critic Sam Sodomsky calling it one of Del Rey's most gripping songs and unlike anything she had written before, and that Del Rey "has never allowed herself to sink so completely into an atmosphere, burrowing deep into the song's dark blue, moody grooves."<ref name="P4K"/> Similarly, ''[[Under the Radar (magazine)|Under the Radar]]'' named it the best song of the week with Christopher Roberts calling it Del Rey's most interesting song and that "there was no denying its hypnotic quality."<ref>{{cite web |last=Roberts |first=Christopher |url=http://www.undertheradarmag.com/news/12_best_songs_of_the_week_lana_del_rey_frontperson_helena_deland_villagers |title=12 Best Songs of the Week: Lana Del Rey, Frontperson, Helena Deland, Villagers, and More |work=[[Under the Radar (magazine)|Under the Radar]] |date=September 22, 2018 |access-date=September 23, 2018}}</ref> ''[[Stereogum]]'' also featured the track in their "5 Best Songs of the Week" article, writing, "It doesn't matter how experimental and weird and straight-up long this song gets, she's going to make it stick."<ref name="Stereogum"/>
-In his "Real Life Rock Top Ten" monthly column for ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', [[Greil Marcus]] opined that the song "might be the most expansive California beach record ever made, and not just for its length," continuing: "It opens like a love letter, prosaic, direct; then a little more than two minutes in it begins to swirl, and you could be listening to an affair that began years ago or has yet to start. As the song goes on it turns into a series of reveries, suspended by the gorgeously sustained sound of liquid guitar feedback: it's the feeling of a series of clouds passing. Turn your head, look up again, and the last one you saw, the one that looked like a face, is already gone."<ref name="RS2"/> In ''Rolling Stone''{{'}}s official review, [[Will Hermes]] said the song "is a woozily epic love song invoking Norman Rockwell, fading summers, getting high, and 'Crimson and Clover.'" He concluded that "it's the most experimental music she's ever made, and finally fades out after nine and a half minutes. And still it feels too short."<ref name="RS3">{{cite web |last=Hermes |first=Will |author-link=Will Hermes |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/song-you-need-to-know-lana-del-rey-venice-bitch-728838 |title=Song You Need to Know: Lana Del Rey, 'Venice Bitch' |work=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=September 25, 2018 |access-date=September 26, 2018}}</ref>
+In his "Real Life Rock Top Ten" monthly column for ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', [[Greil Marcus]] opined that the song "might be the most expansive California beach record ever made, and not just for its length," continuing: "It opens like a love letter, prosaic, direct; then a little more than two minutes in it begins to swirl, and you could be listening to an affair that began years ago or has yet to start. As the song goes on it turns into a series of reveries, suspended by the gorgeously sustained sound of liquid guitar feedback: it's the feeling of a series of clouds passing. Turn your head, look up again, and the last one you saw, the one that looked like a face, is already gone."<ref name="RS2"/> In ''Rolling Stone''{{'}}s official review, [[Will Hermes]] said the song "is a woozily epic love song invoking Norman Rockwell, fading summers, getting high, and 'Crimson and Clover.'" He concluded that "it's the most experimental music she's ever made, and finally fades out after nine and a half minutes. And still it feels too short."<ref name="RS3">{{cite magazine |last=Hermes |first=Will |author-link=Will Hermes |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/song-you-need-to-know-lana-del-rey-venice-bitch-728838 |title=Song You Need to Know: Lana Del Rey, 'Venice Bitch' |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=September 25, 2018 |access-date=September 26, 2018}}</ref>
 ''[[Noisey]]''{{'}}s Lauren O'Neill praised the song as "a shining encapsulation of who [Del Rey] is", further stating that the track "feels like a complete distillation of everything we've come to love about Del Rey. Its lyrics are firmly rooted in the American imagery she's beloved for ("I dream in jeans and leather"), and the song's hook — "Oh God, miss you on my lips / It's me, your little Venice Bitch" — seems nostalgic somehow, like she's not the sweet girl in the swimsuit anymore, but certainly was once. The feels like an encapsulation of all of the romance we associate with her, and has a distinct sense of the passage of time, capturing her where she is now."<ref>{{cite web |last=O'Neill |first=Lauren |url=https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/pa8gxk/lana-del-rey-new-songs-venice-bitch-mariners-apartment-complex-music-aesthetic-2018 |title=Lana Del Rey's New Songs Are a Shining Encapsulation of Who She Is |work=[[Noisey]] |date=September 21, 2018 |access-date=September 21, 2018}}</ref>
 ===Year-end lists===
-{|class="sortable wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
+{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
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-! class="unsortable"|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
+! class="unsortable"| {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
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 | ''[[Crack Magazine]]''
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 | ''[[Dazed]]''
 | {{center|8}}
-| {{center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/42515/1/best-songs-of-2018-christine-queens-ariana-grande-childish-gambino|title=Best songs of 2018|work=Dazed|access-date=December 29, 2018}}</ref>}}
+| {{center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/42515/1/best-songs-of-2018-christine-queens-ariana-grande-childish-gambino|title=Best songs of 2018|work=Dazed|date=10 December 2018 |access-date=December 29, 2018}}</ref>}}
 |-
 | ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]''
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 | ''[[Idolator (website)|Idolator]]''
 | {{center|1}}
-| {{center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.idolator.com/7690250/100-best-singles-of-2018?chrome=1|title= Bangers, Ballads & Bops: The 100 Best Singles Of 2018|work=Idolater|access-date=January 8, 2019 |last=Wass |first=Mike}}</ref>}}
+| {{center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.idolator.com/7690250/100-best-singles-of-2018?chrome=1|title= Bangers, Ballads & Bops: The 100 Best Singles Of 2018|work=Idolater|access-date=January 8, 2019 |last=Wass |first=Mike|date= 8 January 2019}}</ref>}}
 |-
 | ''[[Vice (magazine)|Noisey]]''
 | {{center|4}}
-| {{center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://noisey.vice.com/en_uk/article/qvqwym/noisey-100-best-songs-of-2018|title=The 100 Best Songs of 2018|work=Vice Magazine|access-date=December 29, 2018}}</ref>}}
+| {{center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://noisey.vice.com/en_uk/article/qvqwym/noisey-100-best-songs-of-2018|title=The 100 Best Songs of 2018|work=Vice Magazine|date=6 December 2018 |access-date=December 29, 2018}}</ref>}}
 |-
 | ''[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]''
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 | ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
 | {{center|37}}
-| {{center|<ref name="P4K2">{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-100-best-songs-of-2018/?page=4|title=The 100 best songs of 2018|work=Pitchfork|access-date=December 29, 2018}}</ref>}}
+| {{center|<ref name="P4K2">{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-100-best-songs-of-2018/?page=4|title=The 100 best songs of 2018|work=Pitchfork|date=10 December 2018 |access-date=December 29, 2018}}</ref>}}
 |-
 | ''[[Slant Magazine]]''
 | {{center|21}}
-| {{center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/features/article/the-25-best-singles-of-2018|title=The 25 best singles of 2018|work=Slant Magazine|access-date=December 29, 2018}}</ref>}}
+| {{center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/features/article/the-25-best-singles-of-2018|title=The 25 best singles of 2018|work=Slant Magazine|date=10 December 2018 |access-date=December 29, 2018}}</ref>}}
 |-
 | ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]''
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 | ''[[Uproxx]]''
 | {{center|11}}
-| {{center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://uproxx.com/music/best-songs-of-2018-ranked/4/|title=The 50 Best Songs Of 2018|work=Uproxx|access-date=December 29, 2018}}</ref>}}
+| {{center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://uproxx.com/music/best-songs-of-2018-ranked/4/|title=The 50 Best Songs Of 2018|work=Uproxx|date=4 December 2018 |access-date=December 29, 2018}}</ref>}}
 |}
 ==Credits and personnel==
 * [[Lana Del Rey]] – vocals, songwriting, production
-* [[Jack Antonoff]]  – production, songwriting, recording engineering, mixing, drums, programming, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, synthesizers, keyboards, piano
+* [[Jack Antonoff]] – production, songwriting, recording engineering, mixing, drums, programming, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, synthesizers, keyboards, piano
 * Laura Sisk – recording engineering, mixing
 * Jon Sher – assistant recording engineering
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 ==Charts==
-{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
+{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
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 ! scope="col"| Chart (2018)
-! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position
+! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
 |-
 ! scope="row"| France ([[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|SNEP]])<ref name="FRAweek38">{{cite web|url=http://www.snepmusique.com/tops-semaine/top-singles-telecharges/?ye=2018&we=38|title=Le Top de la semaine : Top Singles Téléchargés – SNEP (Week 38, 2018)|publisher=[[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique]]|language=fr|access-date=October 19, 2018}}</ref>
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 | 97
 |-
-! scope="row"| New Zealand Hot Singles ([[Recorded Music NZ|RMNZ]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nztop40.co.nz/chart/hotsingles?chart=4536|title=NZ Hot Singles Chart|publisher=[[Recorded Music NZ]]|date=October 1, 2018|access-date=September 28, 2018}}</ref>
+! scope="row"| New Zealand Hot Singles ([[Recorded Music NZ|RMNZ]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/hot-singles/2018-09-28|title=NZ Hot Singles Chart|publisher=[[Recorded Music NZ]]|date=October 1, 2018|access-date=September 28, 2018}}</ref>
 | 32
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 {{single chart|UKdownload|76|date=20180921|rowheader=true|access-date=September 22, 2018}}
 |-
-! scope="row"| US [[Billboard charts#Rock|Alternative Digital Songs]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/node/8476584|title=Alternative Digital Song Sales : Sep 29, 2018|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=October 6, 2018}} {{subscription}}</ref>
+! scope="row"| US [[Billboard charts#Rock|Alternative Digital Songs]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/node/8476584|title=Alternative Digital Song Sales : Sep 29, 2018|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=October 6, 2018}} {{subscription required}}</ref>
 | 10
 |}
+==Certifications==
+{{Certification Table Top}}
+{{Certification Table Entry|type=single|region=Australia|artist=Lana Del Rey|award=Gold|certyear=2023|certmonth=9|relyear=2018|access-date=November 2, 2023}}
+{{Certification Table Entry|type=single|region=United States|artist=Lana Del Rey|title=Venice Bitch|award=Gold|certyear=2023|relyear=2018|access-date=December 2, 2023}}
+{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|noshipments=true|streaming=true}}
 ==References==
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 [[Category:Songs written by Jack Antonoff]]
 [[Category:Songs written by Lana Del Rey]]
-[[Category:Songs about California]]
+[[Category:Songs about Los Angeles]]

v t e Lana Del Rey songs
Discography Songs Unreleased songs
Born to Die	"Born to Die" "Off to the Races" "Blue Jeans" "Video Games" "National Anthem" "Dark Paradise" "Summertime Sadness"
Paradise	"Ride" "Cola" "Blue Velvet" "Gods & Monsters" "Bel Air" "Burning Desire"
Ultraviolence	"Ultraviolence" "Shades of Cool" "Brooklyn Baby" "West Coast"
Honeymoon	"Honeymoon" "Music to Watch Boys To" "Terrence Loves You" "High by the Beach" "Freak" "Burnt Norton" "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"
Lust for Life	"Love" "Lust for Life" "Summer Bummer" "Groupie Love" "Coachella – Woodstock in My Mind" "Tomorrow Never Came" "Change" "Get Free"
Norman Fucking Rockwell!	"Norman Fucking Rockwell" "Mariners Apartment Complex" "Venice Bitch" "Fuck It I Love You" "Doin' Time" "Cinnamon Girl" "The Greatest" "Hope Is a Dangerous Thing for a Woman Like Me to Have – but I Have It"
Chemtrails over the Country Club	"White Dress" "Let Me Love You like a Woman" "Chemtrails over the Country Club"
Blue Banisters	"Arcadia" "Blue Banisters"
Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd	"The Grants" "Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd" "A&W" "Candy Necklace" "Paris, Texas" "Let the Light In"
Collaborations	"Prisoner" "Stargirl Interlude" "Wait for Life" "God Save Our Young Blood" "You Must Love Me" "Woman" "Don't Call Me Angel" "Hallucinogenics (Remix)" "Snow on the Beach" "Tough"
Other songs	"Young and Beautiful" "Once Upon a Dream" "Big Eyes" "Goodbye Kiss" "Looking for America" "Season of the Witch" "Say Yes to Heaven" "Take Me Home, Country Roads"
Spoken word	"LA Who Am I to Love You"