Coachella – Woodstock in My Mind

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| name = Coachella – Woodstock in My Mind

| cover = Coachella - Woodstock In My Mind - Lana Del Rey.jpg

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| border = yes

| type = promo

| artist = Lana Del Rey

| album = Lust for Life

| released = {{Start date|2017|05|15}}

| recorded = April 17, 2017

| studio =

Hampstead Studios (London, England){{cite AV media notes|title=Lust for Life|others=Lana Del Rey|year=2017|publisher=Polydor Records / Interscope Records}}
The Green Building (Los Angeles, CA){{cite AV media notes|title=Lust for Life|others=Lana Del Rey|year=2017|publisher=Polydor Records / Interscope Records}}

| venue =

| genre = Trap

| length = {{duration|m=4|s=18}}

| label =

| writer =

Lana Del Rey
Rick Nowels

| producer =

Lana Del Rey
Rick Nowels
Dean Reid
Kieron Menzies

| chronology = Lana Del Rey promotional singles

| prev_title = Honeymoon

| prev_year = 2015

| next_title = Season of the Witch

| next_year = 2019

| misc = {{External music video|header=Official audio|type=song|{{YouTube|cjDfD_RtYiA|"Coachella – Woodstock in My Mind"}}}}

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"Coachella – Woodstock in My Mind" is a trap song written by American songwriters Lana Del Rey and Rick Nowels. The song was recorded by Del Rey and placed on her fifth studio album Lust for Life. It was released on May 15, 2017 as a promotional single from the album.

Del Rey wrote the song after attending the Coachella Valley Music Festival in April 2017. The song was written out of guilt of the enjoyment of the festival, during a time tension between the United States and North Korea which began in 2017.

Background and writing

The song was first announced on the Arabic streaming service Anghami on May 13, 2017.{{Cite news|url=https://www.readdork.com/news/we-might-be-getting-another-new-lana-del-rey-track-coachella-woodstock-in-my-mind-tomorrow/|title=We might be getting another new Lana Del Rey track, 'Coachella - Woodstock In My Mind', tomorrow {{!}} Dork|date=May 14, 2017|work=Dork|access-date=May 16, 2017}} The song was then released as a promotional single from Lust for Life on May 15, 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/coachella-woodstock-in-my-mind-single/id1235773700|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170611191129/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/coachella-woodstock-in-my-mind-single/id1235773700|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 11, 2017|title=Coachella - Woodstock In My Mind - Single by Lana Del Rey on Apple Music|website=iTunes|access-date=May 20, 2017}}

Del Rey wrote the song and posted a video of herself on Instagram singing a short snippet of it on April 17, 2017. She recorded the video after attending the 2017 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California, and she captioned the video saying: {{blockquote|I'm not gonna lie—I had complex feelings about spending the weekend dancing whilst watching tensions w[ith] North Korea mount. I find [i]t's a tightrope between being vigilantly observant of everything going on in the world and also having enough space and time to appreciate God's good earth the way it was intended to be appreciated. On my way home I found myself compelled to visit an old favorite place of mine at the rim of the world highway where I took a moment to sit down by the sequoia grove and write a little song. I just wanted to share this in hopes that one individual's hope and prayer for peace might contribute to the possibility of it in the long run. Hope everyone has a nice day, with love from California.{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BTAU9BbjLvs/|title=Instagram post by Lana Del Rey • Apr 17, 2017 at 11:35pm UTC|website=Instagram|accessdate=May 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170515125059/https://www.instagram.com/p/BTAU9BbjLvs/|archive-date=May 15, 2017|url-status=dead}}}}

Composition

"Coachella – Woodstock in My Mind" has been described by The Guardian as a "sedated trap track".{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jul/21/lana-del-rey-lust-for-life-album-review|title=Lana Del Rey: Lust for Life review – in a luxurious league of her own|date=July 21, 2017|website=The Guardian|access-date=July 22, 2017|last1=Gibsone|first1=Harriet}} It is a ballad that Exclaim! has described as "an electronic spin on Lana's classic torch-song style".{{Cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/listen_to_lana_del_reys_new_song_coachella_-_woodstock_in_my_mind|title=Listen to Lana Del Rey's New Song "Coachella - Woodstock in My Mind"|last=Hudson|first=Alex|date=May 15, 2017|website=Exclaim!|access-date=July 26, 2017}} The song's chorus is a "lyrical hat-tip" to "Stairway to Heaven" by Led Zeppelin.

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.{{Cite web|url=https://listen.tidal.com/track/73857807|title=Coachella - Woodstock In My Mind / Lana Del Rey TIDAL|website=listen.tidal.com|access-date=May 20, 2017}}

Lana Del Rey – vocals, production, composition
Rick Nowels – production, celesta, mellotron, composition, synthesizer programmer
Dean Reid – production, engineering, mixing, drums, bass guitar, flute, synthesizer programmer
Kieron Menzies – production, engineering, mixing, drums, keyboard, magnetic tape realization, percussion
Chris Garcia – engineering
Trevor Yasuda – keyboard, engineering
Adam Ayan – mastering engineer

Charts

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"\| Chart (2017) ! scope="col"\| Peak position
scope="row"\| France (SNEP){{cite web\|url=http://www.snepmusique.com/tops-semaine/top-singles-telecharges/?ye=2017&we=20\|title=Le Top de la semaine : Top Singles Téléchargés – SNEP (Week 20, 2017)\|work=SNEP \|date=25 January 2014 \|publisher=Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique\|language=French\|accessdate=May 20, 2017}} \| 82
{{single chart\|Scotland\|84\|date=2017-05-19\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=May 20, 2017}}
scope="row"\| US Rock Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[http://www.billboard.com/artist/306420/lana-del-rey/chart?f=1085 "Lana Del Rey – Chart history" Billboard Rock Digital Song Sales for Lana Del Rey.] \| 14

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

scope="col"| Chart (2017)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

scope="row"| France (SNEP){{cite web|url=http://www.snepmusique.com/tops-semaine/top-singles-telecharges/?ye=2017&we=20|title=Le Top de la semaine : Top Singles Téléchargés – SNEP (Week 20, 2017)|work=SNEP |date=25 January 2014 |publisher=Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|language=French|accessdate=May 20, 2017}}

| 82

{{single chart|Scotland|84|date=2017-05-19|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 20, 2017}}

scope="row"| US Rock Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[http://www.billboard.com/artist/306420/lana-del-rey/chart?f=1085 "Lana Del Rey – Chart history" Billboard Rock Digital Song Sales for Lana Del Rey.]

| 14