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It's the same length (+ a second) as the first version, but is horribly produced. It sounds quite unfinished and strips away the hypnotic quality of the original as a result.

I got the initial iTunes version and have been playing it every day since it came out. The song did take a few listens to digest but once I understood where the song was going I could really get into it more. West Coast is very seductive and I just LOVE the drums and guitars. Ugh, Lana is torturing me leaving me wanting more. Now I think I know how her ex lovers feel.

I got the initial iTunes version and have been playing it every day since it came out. The song did take a few listens to digest but once I understood where the song was going I could really get into it more. West Coast is very seductive and I just LOVE the drums and guitars. Ugh, Lana is torturing me leaving me wanting more. Now I think I know how her ex lovers feel.

Even though Lana is a "Star" I think she was just trying to be polite answering kinda odd small talk questions. Was this even a professional interview? I would feel awkward talking to strangers like that, too. Where is Lana's body guards??

I haven't anticipated an album like this in so long. I just know Ultraviolence is going to be a killer album.

Yeah, Lana's voice is enough to make anything sound ethereal lol. The production is spot on and West Coast still has that Lana mystique. I am on the edge of my seat waiting to hear more from the album!

I think Lana might be shelving the string's that permeated her previous albums. I love the strings, but if Lana goes more rock/guitar oriented on this album I will be soooo psyched!

"Her new song appears headed for the list's top half next week thanks to expected high sales following her buzzworthy Coachella set"Lana Del Rey's new single "West Coast" looks likely to debut in the upper half of next week's Billboard Hot 100. Highlights of the chart, which blends songs' sales data, via Nielsen SoundScan, and airplay and streaming figures, according to Nielsen BDS, will post on Billboard.com on Wednesday (April 23), while the survey will update in full the following day.
                                                                              
 
  Industry sources suggest that the song, the studio version of which was made available for purchase on Monday (14) after she'd premiered the song live the night before for throngs of fans at the Coachella festival, could sell 110,000-120,000 downloads for the SoundScan tracking week ending Sunday (20). While the track is not yet being actively promoted to radio by Interscope Records, its sales and any early airplay and streaming should spur a start in the Hot 100's top 50, with a top 40, or higher, launch possible.
  Del Rey has charted three titles on the Hot 100 so far: "Video Games," which spent a week at No. 91 (Jan. 28, 2012); "Young and Beautiful," which reached No. 22 last June; and "Summertime Sadness," which soared to No. 6 in September after it was remixed by Cedric Gervais.
  She co-wrote "Coast" with Rick Nowels, who also co-wrote "Young" and "Summertime" and has been a chart visitor since the mid-'80s, having penned hits for and/or with Belinda Carlisle (the No. 1 "Heaven Is a Place on Earth"), Madonna, Dido, John Legend, Colbie Caillat and others.
  "People are starving for real artistry," Nowels told Billboard last year. "As more people hear [Del Rey's] music, she's gaining more fans."
  Del Rey is working with the Black Keys' Dan Auerbach on her new album, "Ultraviolence." While a release date has not been announced for the set, sources say it won't reach retailers before June. Her major label debut, "Born to Die," crossed the one million-sold mark in March, according to SoundScan. The set debuted and peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart following its release on Jan. 31, 2012. She followed with the "Paradise" EP later that year, which hit No. 10 and has sold 332,000.
  Del Rey's Coachella performance and anticipation for her new music has already resulted in gains for her social profile. She was the most-mentioned artist during the first weekend of Coachella last weekend, according to data gathered and compiled by Twitter. She rises 42-37 on Billboard's Social 50 chart this week, with 137,000 mentions of her name on Twitter (up 158 percent over the previous week) and an 83 percent rise in conversation on Facebook.
 
 
source: http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6062527/lana-del-reys-west-coast-set-for-strong-hot-100-debut
 

I think Lana might be shelving the string's that permeated her previous albums. I love the strings, but if Lana goes more rock/guitar oriented on this album I will be soooo psyched!

I think Lana might be shelving the string's that permeated her previous albums. I love the strings, but if Lana goes more rock/guitar oriented on this album I will be soooo psyched!

I think Lana might be shelving the string's that permeated her previous albums. I love the strings, but if Lana goes more rock/guitar oriented on this album I will be soooo psyched!

Yeah, Lana's voice is enough to make anything sound ethereal lol. The production is spot on and West Coast still has that Lana mystique. I am on the edge of my seat waiting to hear more from the album!

I read this review and sort of chuckled. Sometimes the audience is so loud it drowns Lana out. It's fun in a way but sometimes a little too much lol. I want to hear Lana sing, not a thousand screeching banshees.
 
Review: Lana Del Rey dazzles in San Francisco

 
The weeks had turned to months, then years. Some probably thought it might never happen. Others surely kept the faith, and their fingers crossed.

Finally, the moment was at hand. And these fans acted accordingly:

They roared.

The sound of pure joy, cranked up to approximately jet engine volume, was what greeted Lana Del Rey as she finally took to the stage in San Francisco on Friday night. It was the torch singer's first official Bay Area gig, not counting an appearance at a record store a few years back.

And she'd make it count.

The New Yorker, who was on the West Coast to perform at Southern California's mammoth Coachella music festival, delivered a dizzying, hypnotic evening of music for the capacity crowd of some 8,000 exuberant fans at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium.

I think Lana might be shelving the string's that permeated her previous albums. I love the strings, but if Lana goes more rock/guitar oriented on this album I will be soooo psyched!

I think Lana might be shelving the string's that permeated her previous albums. I love the strings, but if Lana goes more rock/guitar oriented on this album I will be soooo psyched!

I'm pretty convinced she is. But Lana doesn't need strings for her songs to sound big and ethereal, which she has proven with West Coast. I love the strings too, but this rock direction works so well for her!

I think Lana might be shelving the string's that permeated her previous albums. I love the strings, but if Lana goes more rock/guitar oriented on this album I will be soooo psyched!

I think Go Go Dancer is one of Lana's most sexy and seductive songs. I wish she would put out an official version because that song is killer.

I said aggressive men, not abusive ones. There is a difference. Most men that I see today seem to have their balls clipped and I find it quite sad. Lana's songs and lyrics aren't about metrosexual hipsters that's for sure. I don't see what was shady or condescending in my post either, I wasn't condoning abuse, which I do know something about btw.

#3 right now

I have purchased Lana's newest HIT single West Coast from iTunes!
 
I only had the chance to hear it once this morning on Youtube before heading out to work today. It was stuck in my head all day, as most of Lana's songs are hehe. Then I get home and see it's on iTunes! I tell you one thing, it's a mind trip. And to be a little blunt, excuse my French, bit this song is fuckin' sick, rockin' and groovin'! It's Lana's "sound" for sure, but from a different parallel universe. It's almost if like Connie Francis and The Ventures did a song together while on L.S.D.
 
Thank you to the fans here on Lana Boards for keeping me up to date with all the little snippets and information!

This is such a great day for Lana fans. She is at No.3 on iTunes now and has taken down the freakin Frozen song. I am so happy for her and I am sure she is overwhelmed with the reactions she is gettin. I haven't seen even one bad official review for this. 
 
Lana, sorry for all the bitchin. All is forgiven! 

I have purchased Lana's newest HIT single West Coast from iTunes!
 
I only had the chance to hear it once this morning on Youtube before heading out to work today. It was stuck in my head all day, as most of Lana's songs are hehe. Then I get home and see it's on iTunes! I tell you one thing, it's a mind trip. And to be a little blunt, excuse my French, bit this song is fuckin' sick, rockin' and groovin'! It's Lana's "sound" for sure, but from a different parallel universe. It's almost if like Connie Francis and The Ventures did a song together while on L.S.D.
 
Thank you to the fans here on Lana Boards for keeping me up to date with all the little snippets and information!

I'm genuinely impressed.