Popjustice
  • Home
    • Briefing archive
  • Features
  • Playlists
  • Get Popjustice emails
  • About Popjustice
    • About
    • Popjustice: Est 2000
    • The Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize
  • Contact
    • General contact details
    • Submit music
  • Forum
Recent Posts
  • New Music Monday: Griff's Black Hole is super, and massive
  • New Music Friday: Let's kick off 2021 with some KLF
  • The Top 45 Singles Of 2020
  • New Music Friday: Mae Muller doesn't want to be dependent
  • New Music Friday: There's a big one from Royal & The Serpent
Hello! In theory you should only be seeing this if you're using a mobile or tablet. How's the site looking? If anything's wonky click here and tell us so we can fix it. Thanks! x
Popjustice
  • Briefing
  • Features
  • Playlists
    • New Music Friday: The Popjustice Edit
    • Big Hit Energy
    • 21st Century Pop
    • 2018% Solid Pop Music
    • Full archive
  • About
    • About Popjustice
    • Contacting Popjustice
    • Send music
    • Popjustice: Est 2000
    • The Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize
  • Forum
  • The News

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.

  • lana del rey
Previous Article
  • The News

Adele's been nominated for four Ivor Novello awards

  • April 17, 2012
  • Brad O'Mance
Have a read
Next Article
  • The News

Azealia Banks has put her EP on hold again

  • April 17, 2012
  • Mikey
Have a read
Further listening
Greatest hits
  • Giorgio Moroder interview: "I hated the moustache"
  • 100 things the Rihanna album's better than
  • Interview: The Internet versus Lily Allen
Further reading
  • 1
    New Music Monday: Griff's Black Hole is super, and massive
  • 2
    New Music Friday: Let's kick off 2021 with some KLF
  • 3
    The Top 45 Singles Of 2020
  • 4
    New Music Friday: Mae Muller doesn't want to be dependent
  • 5
    New Music Friday: There's a big one from Royal & The Serpent
  • 6
    New Music Friday: Baby Queen takes the throne
Est 2000. Still going.
Socials

 Spotify
 Facebook
 Twitter
 Instagram
 Soundcloud

'Quick links'

About Popjustice
Contact Popjustice
Sign up for the news­let­ter
Submit music
Est 2000
Twenty Quid Music Prize

Playlists

21st Century Pop
New Music Friday: The Popjustice Edit
2018% Solid Pop Music
The Sound Of Popjustice
Playlist archive

© 2020 Popjustice Ltd. Scrolled to the bottom now you're here
  • Privacy, Ts & Cs, cookies etc
  • Corrections

Input your search keywords and press Enter.