Lana Del Rey: Her Best 10 Songs

By Ed Nash /

4. Video Games

Sometimes you can hear a song so often you just forget how wonderful it is. This was her introduction proper, a really subdued story of day to day life and love. The first time I heard this I thought 'nice Mazzy Star impersonation, but no cigar'. But repeated listens on the radio told me I was wrong. 'Video games' was the introduction to the story, and set the template €“ words of devotion, sung by an angel that you wouldn't be ashamed to share on a second date, it' What seems simple on first listen is actually very deceptive €“ it's a very complicated song, with a simple message, which is this - 'It's you'. Love songs should and must be as clear and pure as this. Lana makes lots of references to heaven being a place called love; the way she writes her songs makes me think she's one of the few artists who can sound credible doing that. Right, I've three songs to go €“ and as you've just read; her most famous song isn't one of them.