{{Infobox song | name = Mariners Apartment Complex | cover = Lana Del Rey - Mariners Apartment Complex.png | type = single | artist = Lana Del Rey | album = Norman Fucking Rockwell! | released = {{Start date|2018|09|12}} | recorded = | studio = Conway (Los Angeles) | genre = <!-- These genres are sourced in Composition section. Do not add unsourced genres --> * Country * psychedelic folk * soft rock | length = {{Duration|m=4|s=6}} | label = * Polydor * Interscope | writer = * Lana Del Rey * Jack Antonoff | producer = * Jack Antonoff * Lana Del Rey | prev_title = Woman | prev_year = 2018 | next_title = Venice Bitch | next_year = 2018 | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|1uFv9Ts7Sdw|"Mariners Apartment Complex"}}}} }}
"'''Mariners Apartment Complex'''" is a song by American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey from her sixth studio album ''Norman Fucking Rockwell!'' (2019). She wrote the song after a late night walk with her then partner, while they were reaching an "apartment complex". Produced by Del Rey and co-writer Jack Antonoff, it combines country, psychedelic folk, and soft rock over a balladic production. Lyrically, the narrator assures her lover of constant support and guidance in their beautiful yet problematic relationship. The song was released as the lead single from the album on September 12, 2018, by Polydor and Interscope Records.
Critics lauded "Mariners Apartment Complex" for its songwriting, production, and Del Rey's vocals. It was listed as one of the best songs of 2018 by ''Consequence of Sound'' and ''Rolling Stone''. The song entered on the national charts in Australia, Croatia, France, Hungary, Ireland, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
==Release== On September 7, 2018, Del Rey announced that she would be releasing two new songs, with "Mariners Apartment Complex" being released the following week. She subsequently shared a snippet of the song and its accompanying music video, which was shot by her sister, Chuck Grant.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Bowenbank |first=Starr |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/lana-del-rey-mariners-apartment-complex-new-songs-tease-8474043/ |title=Lana Del Rey Teases 'Mariners Apartment Complex,' One of Two New Singles Releasing Next Week |magazine=Billboard |date=September 7, 2018 |access-date=October 4, 2018}}</ref> The song was released on September 12 after premiering on BBC Radio 1.<ref name="RS">{{cite magazine |last=Reed |first=Ryan |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/lana-del-rey-jack-antonoff-new-song-mariners-apartment-complex-723271 |title=Lana Del Rey Recruits Jack Antonoff for New Song 'Mariners Apartment Complex' |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=September 12, 2018 |accessdate=October 4, 2018}}</ref> In an interview preceding the premiere, Del Rey stated:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0000bh9 |title=Lana Del Rey Hottest Record, Radio 1's Future Sounds with Annie Mac |website=BBC Radio 1 |accessdate=October 4, 2018}}</ref>
<blockquote>"The song is about this time I took a walk late at night with a guy I was seeing, and we stopped in front his friend's apartment complex, and he put his hand around my shoulder, and he said "I think we are together because we're both similar, like we're both really messed up" and I thought it was the saddest thing I'd ever heard. And I said, "I'm not sad, I didn't know that's why you thought you were relating to me on that level, I'm actually doing pretty good". And he was upset, and that's when I wrote the song. I thought, I had to do so many times, where you know like I had to sort of step on that role where I was showing the way and I was sort of being the brighter light. But that's why it's so cool that you’re playing it. 'Cause I thought that I'd just put it out and it would be one of those things that I'd put out just to have there for myself, but it's cool being able to share it with people too."</blockquote>
== Music video == A music video for "Mariners Apartment Complex" was released on September 18, 2018, six days after the song's release.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lana Del Rey - Mariners Apartment Complex|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uFv9Ts7Sdw|website=YouTube| date=12 September 2018 |accessdate=12 September 2018}}</ref> The video was filmed by Del Rey's sister, Chuck Grant.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lana Del Rey shares new song/video "Mariners Apartment Complex"|url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/09/12/lana-del-rey-mariners-apartment-complex-music-video|website=The FADER|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=WATCH IT: Lana Del Rey "Mariners Apartment Complex" (Chuck Grant, dir.)|url=https://www.videostatic.com/watch-it/2018/09/17/lana-del-rey-mariners-apartment-complex-chuck-grant-dir|last=Gottlieb|first=Steven|website=VideoStatic}}</ref>
==Composition== "Mariners Apartment Complex" was characterized by ''Rolling Stone''{{'}}s Ryan Reed as a folky psychedelic song.<ref name="RS"/> ''Pitchfork'' critic Marc Hogan described the song as "a somber 1970s-style rock ballad with piano, acoustic guitar, and swooping strings."<ref name="P4K"/> Mark Beaumont of ''NME'' called it "a classically Del Rey smoulder of silken acoustic country music and orchestral washes."<ref name="NME">{{cite web |last=Beaumont |first=Mark |title=Lana Del Rey's new 2019 album – everything we know so far |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/lana-del-reys-new-album-everything-know-far-2379108 |work=NME |date=September 14, 2018 |accessdate=December 8, 2018}}</ref>
==Critical reception== The song received widespread acclaim from music critics. ''Billboard''{{'}}s Starr Bowenbank wrote that the song "features Del Rey's lush vocals against a beautiful backdrop of country-influenced guitar work, with her singing in wondrous whispers and dreamy layered harmonies about a beautiful, yet tumultuous, romance."<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Bowenback |first=Starr |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/lana-del-rey-mariners-apartment-complex-8474874/ |title=Lana Del Rey Delivers 'Mariners Apartment Complex' Song & Video |magazine=Billboard |date=September 12, 2018 |access-date=October 5, 2018}}</ref> In a review for ''Pitchfork'', Marc Hogan stated that the song "posits a Lana Del Rey who is not only a fully rounded character but also a port in a storm, as recognizable and reassuring as the old AM radio staples the song updates."<ref name="P4K">{{cite web |last=Hogan |first=Marc |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/lana-del-rey-mariners-apartment-complex |title="Mariners Apartment Complex" by Lana Del Rey Review |work=Pitchfork |date=September 12, 2018 |accessdate=October 5, 2018}}</ref> ''Rolling Stone''{{'}}s Brittany Spanos opined that the song "feels like a spiritual sequel" to Leonard Cohen's "Chelsea Hotel #2", stating that "Negating her earliest works, growing out of her previous attitudes and forsaking the image of the Good American Girl looking for a figure to make her feel wanted, desired and cool, this Del Rey has 'become the daddy.'"<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Spanos |first=Brittany |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/song-you-need-know-lana-del-rey-mariners-apartment-complex-726138 |title=Song You Need to Know: Lana Del Rey, 'Mariners Apartment Complex' |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=September 19, 2018 |accessdate=October 5, 2018}}</ref> Anna Gaca from ''Spin'' noted that Del Rey "asks your understanding... your forgiveness... your grace... and in return, she offers everything: her power as a cypher and her vulnerability as an individual, bottled up tight in the character of Lana Del Rey and cast into the waves."<ref>{{cite web |last=Gaca |first=Anna |url=https://www.spin.com/2018/09/lana-del-rey-mariners-apartment-complex-review |title=Lana Del Rey "Mariners Apartment Complex" Track Review |work=Spin |date=September 12, 2018 |access-date=October 5, 2018}}</ref>
===Critics' lists=== ''Rolling Stone'' and ''Consequence of Sound'' ranked "Mariners Apartment Complex" at number 6 and number 29 on their respective lists of the 50 Best Songs of 2018.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Spanos |first1=Brittany |last2=Sheffield |first2=Rob |last3=Hermes |first3=Will |last4=Johnston |first4=Maura |last5=Exposito |first5=Suzy |last6=Vozick-Levinson |first6=Simon |last7=Leight |first7=Elias |last8=Holmes |first8=Charles |last9=Reeves |first9=Mosi |last10=Bernstein |first10=Jonathan |last11=Hoard |first11=Christian |display-authors=2 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/50-best-songs-of-2018-764204/6-lana-del-rey-mariners-apartment-complex-764211/ |accessdate=December 14, 2018 |title=50 Best Songs of 2018 |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=December 13, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://consequence.net/2018/12/top-50-songs-of-2018/ |title=Top 50 Songs of 2018 |work=Consequence of Sound |date=December 11, 2018 |access-date=January 16, 2019 |last1=Melis |first1=Matt }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |- ! Publication ! List ! Rank ! class="unsortable"| {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- | ''Consequence of Sound'' | Best Songs of the 2018 | {{center|29}} | {{center|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://consequence.net/2018/12/top-50-songs-of-2018/ |title=Top 50 Songs of 2018 |work=Consequence of Sound |date=December 11, 2018 |access-date=January 16, 2019 |last1=Melis |first1=Matt }}</ref>}} |- | ''Rolling Stone'' | 50 Best Songs of 2018 | {{center|6}} | {{center|<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Spanos |first1=Brittany |last2=Sheffield |first2=Rob |last3=Hermes |first3=Will |last4=Johnston |first4=Maura |last5=Exposito |first5=Suzy |last6=Vozick-Levinson |first6=Simon |last7=Leight |first7=Elias |last8=Holmes |first8=Charles |last9=Reeves |first9=Mosi |last10=Bernstein |first10=Jonathan |last11=Hoard |first11=Christian |display-authors=2 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/50-best-songs-of-2018-764204/6-lana-del-rey-mariners-apartment-complex-764211/ |accessdate=December 14, 2018 |title=50 Best Songs of 2018 |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=December 13, 2018}}</ref>}} |}
==Credits and personnel== * Lana Del Rey – vocals, songwriting, production * Jack Antonoff – production, songwriting, drums, programming, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboards, piano, recording engineering, mixing * Laura Sisk – recording engineering, mixing, additional programming * Jon Sher – assistant recording engineering * Serban Ghenea – mixing * John Hanes – mix engineering * Chris Gehringer – mastering * Will Quinnell – assistant mastering engineering
==Charts== ===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2018–2020) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- ! scope="row"| Australia (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.auspop.com.au/2018/9/aria-chart-watch-491/|title=ARIA Chart Watch #491|publisher=auspOp|date=September 22, 2018|access-date=October 4, 2018|archive-date=September 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922135906/https://www.auspop.com.au/2018/9/aria-chart-watch-491/|url-status=dead}}</ref> | 93 |- {{single chart|Flanders Tip|35|artist=Lana Del Rey|song=Mariners Apartment Complex|rowheader=true|access-date=October 13, 2018}} |- ! scope="row"| Canadian Digital Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/lana-del-rey/chart-history/cns/|title=Lana Del Rey Chart History - Hot Canadian Digital Song Sales|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 6, 2018}}</ref> | 34 |- ! scope="row"| Croatia (HRT)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://radio.hrt.hr/clanak/arc-100-datum-1-listopada-2018/180176/|title=Croatia ARC TOP 100|publisher=HRT|access-date=October 9, 2018|archive-date=October 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004021542/http://radio.hrt.hr/clanak/arc-100-datum-1-listopada-2018/180176/|url-status=dead}}</ref> | 66 |- ! scope="row"| France (SNEP)<ref name="FRAweek38">{{cite web|url=http://www.snepmusique.com/tops-semaine/top-singles-telecharges/?ye=2018&we=38|title=Le Top de la semaine : Top Singles Téléchargés – SNEP (Week 38, 2018)|publisher=Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|language=fr|access-date=October 18, 2018}}{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> | 35 |- !scope="row"|Greece International Digital Singles (IFPI)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.gr/digital_ien.html|publisher=IFPI Greece|access-date=October 18, 2018|title=Official IFPI Charts – Digital Singles Chart (International) – Week: 37/2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180925222125/https://www.ifpi.gr/digital_ien.html|archive-date=September 25, 2018}}</ref> | 37 |- {{single chart|Hungarysingle|39|year=2018|week=37|artist=Lana Del Rey|song=Mariners Apartment Complex|rowheader=true|access-date=January 25, 2019}} |- {{single chart|Ireland3|74|artist=Lana Del Rey|rowheader=true|access-date=October 4, 2018}} |- ! scope="row"| New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/hot-singles/2018-09-21|title=NZ Hot Singles Chart|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|date=September 24, 2018|access-date=October 4, 2018}}</ref> | 11 |- {{single chart|Scotland|72|date=20180921|rowheader=true|access-date=October 4, 2018}} |- ! scope="row"| Spain Physical/Digital Songs (PROMUSICAE)<ref name="Spain">{{cite web|url=https://spanishcharts.com/weekchart.asp?cat=s3&year=2018&date=20180923&lang=|title=Spain Digital & Physical Songs Sales|publisher=spanishcharts.com|date=September 23, 2018|access-date=October 17, 2018}}</ref> | 14 |- {{single chart|Sweden|78|artist=Lana Del Rey|song=Mariners Apartment Complex|rowheader=true|access-date=October 4, 2018}} |- {{single chart|Switzerland|89|artist=Lana Del Rey|song=Mariners Apartment Complex|rowheader=true|access-date=October 4, 2018}} |- {{single chart|UK|79|date=20180921|rowheader=true|access-date=October 4, 2018}} |- {{single chart|Billboardalternativesongs|27|artist=Lana Del Rey|rowheader=true|access-date=January 14, 2020}} |- {{single chart|Billboardadultalternativesongs|13|artist=Lana Del Rey|rowheader=true|access-date=May 11, 2020}} |- ! scope="row"| US Digital Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/digital-song-sales/2018-09-29|title=Digital Song Sales : Sep 29, 2018|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 6, 2018}}</ref> | 42 |}
===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2020) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| US Adult Alternative Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/adult-alternative-songs|title=Adult Alternative Songs – Year-End 2020|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 27, 2021}}</ref> | 42 |}
==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|type=single|region=Australia|artist=Lana Del Rey|title=Mariners Apartment Complex|award=Platinum|certyear=2024|certmonth=3|access-date= April 21, 2024}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Brazil|title=Mariners Apartment Complex|artist=Lana Del Rey|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=2018|certyear=2024|access-date=March 13, 2024}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|artist=Lana Del Rey|title=Mariners Apartment Complex|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2018|certyear=2023|source=radioscope|access-date=January 15, 2025}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Lana Del Rey|title=Mariners Apartment Complex|award=Silver|relyear=2018|certyear=2023|id=19340-3320-1|access-date=September 29, 2023}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|artist=Lana Del Rey|title=Mariners Apartment Complex|award=Gold|relyear=2018|certyear=2023|access-date=December 2, 2023}} {{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|noshipments=true|streaming=true}}
==Release history== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col"| Region ! scope="col"| Date ! scope="col"| Format ! scope="col"| Label ! scope="col" colspan="2"| {{abbr|Ref.|References}} |- ! scope="row" rowspan="3"| United States | September 12, 2018 | {{flatlist| * Digital download * streaming}} | rowspan="3"| {{hlist|Interscope|Polydor}} | <ref name="iTunes">{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/mariners-apartment-complex-single/1435631216|title = Mariners Apartment Complex - Single by Lana del Rey|date = 14 September 2018}}</ref> |- | November 4, 2019 | Triple A radio | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allaccess.com/triple-a/future-releases|title=Future Releases on Triple A (AAA) Radio Stations|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20191104125115/https://www.allaccess.com/triple-a/future-releases|publisher=AllAccess|accessdate=October 30, 2019|archivedate=November 4, 2019}}</ref> |- | November 5, 2019 | Alternative radio | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allaccess.com/alternative/future-releases|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20191104125526/https://www.allaccess.com/alternative/future-releases|title=Future Releases on Alternative Radio Stations|publisher=AllAccess|accessdate=November 5, 2019|archivedate=November 4, 2019}}</ref> |}
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