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The People In Charge didn't think 'Video Games' should be a single

  • April 17, 2012
  • Mikey

Speaking to showbiz website Digitalspy, Justin Parker, the producer of Lana Del Rey's 'Video Games', has claimed that label 'bigwigs' initially didn't want to release it as a single.

"They liked the track but they didn't think radio stations would play it," he revealed of the radio-friendly ballad. Parker hoped after its success there'd be "more songs like it being played in the future".

"The charts are a bit of a racket at the moment," he astutely noted.

Earlier today 'Video Games' was nominated for Best Contemporary Song at the Ivor Novello Awards.

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