"Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd" is a song by American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey from the 2023 studio album of the same name, her ninth album. It was released as the lead single from the album on December 7, 2022.[1][2] Del Rey wrote the song with Mike Hermosa and both produced it with Jack Antonoff, Drew Erickson, and Zach Dawes.
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from the album Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd | ||||
Released | December 7, 2022 | |||
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"Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd" on YouTube |
The song was written by Del Rey and Mike Hermosa, with whom she also co-produced it, alongside Jack Antonoff, Drew Erickson, and Zach Dawes. The track is a slow dreamy ballad[3] described as baroque orchestral pop.[4]
In an interview with Billie Eilish for Interview, Del Rey revealed that "Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd" was the first song written for its parent album of the same name. She also shared that the song and title were inspired by a sealed tunnel under the Jergins Trust Building in Long Beach, California, and a 1974 track by Harry Nilsson titled "Don't Forget Me". She had read that "the [tunnel's beautiful] mosaic ceilings were still perfectly preserved, but no one could get in", and was compelled to write a song inspired by Nilsson's track using her own metaphors.[5]
The Jergins Tunnel that was referenced in the song received renewed interest after the song was released.[6] In November of 2023, it was announced that the Jergins Tunnel will reopen as a speakeasy that will be part of a new Hard Rock Hotel. The project will be completed in 2027, one year prior to the 2028 Summer Olympics.[7]
Sam Sodomsky of Pitchfork described the song as a "slow, dreamy ballad filled" with "incidental moments" and found the tunnel in the title to be "less a geographic focal point than a window into the potential she sees in the most familiar scenes and well-traveled routes".[3]
Credits are adapted from Tidal.[8]
Chart (2022) | Peak position |
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Greece International (IFPI)[9] | 41 |
Ireland (IRMA)[10] | 87 |
Lithuania (AGATA)[11] | 94 |
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[12] | 19 |
UK Singles (OCC)[13] | 98 |
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard)[14] | 23 |