<P> The song was recorded by psychobilly band Tiger Army, released in 2018 on the EP of the same name . </P> <P> In an interview in June 2012, Del Rey said she would not release the song as a single but did plan to release a music video in September 2012 . However, no music video was released, and on January 29, 2013, an official radio edit of "Dark Paradise" was serviced to German radio stations . On the same day, it was announced that the song would serve as the fifth single in Austria and Germany, and the sixth single in Switzerland . It was released as a digital download in the three countries on March 1, 2013 . </P> <P> Billboard said about the song's lyrics: "Del Rey once again declares her undying love for her bad - boy lover," adding that the song's melody "recalls late -' 80s Madonna". </P> <P> The song garnered mixed reviews from critics . Most critical reviews came from the melodramatic tone of the song, along with the lyrical content and repetitive production . Billboard gave the song a negative review, saying that "fatigue sets in" when this song comes up on the album, and that the song "would be a subpar ballad for Del Rey" even if she had never released "Blue Jeans" or "Video Games". Jaime Gill from BBC Music used the song as an example as why "Born to Die" isn't perfect, saying that "it slumps slightly towards the end, and the glossy trip - hop production grows wearying on lesser (G) othic melodramas like Dark Paradise ." David Edwards from Drowned in Sound said along with "Carmen" that they weren't the best tracks on the album, saying "The dreary fallen angel whimsy of' Carmen' sums up precisely the unfocused drift that critics often use to malign her and on songs such as' Dark Paradise', the caricature extends beyond our empathy ." </P>

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