Rock Star City Life

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"Rock Star City Life"
Rock Star City Life LK.webp
Single by Lenny Kravitz
from the album Black and White America
ReleasedJuly 7, 2011
Genre
Length3:24
LabelRoadrunner, Loud & Proud
Songwriter(s)Lenny Kravitz, Craig Ross
Producer(s)Lenny Kravitz
Lenny Kravitz singles chronology
"Stand"
(2011) 		"Rock Star City Life"
(2011) 		"Black and White America"
(2011)
Music video
Lenny Kravitz - Rock Star City Life on YouTube

"Rock Star City Life" is a song recorded by the American singer Lenny Kravitz and released on February 20, 2011, as the third single from his album Black and White America. The track was the last one recorded for the album.[1]

Background[]

The song is a funky guitar composition written with rock-and-roll colors about Kravitz's admiration for a glamorous underage named Lolita. The girl in question is Cherie Currie of the band The Runaways. Kravitz was inspired by Dakota Fanning's portrayal of the singer in the 2010 movie.[2]

Kravitz explained to Rolling Stone, "The process was longer than any other time I've made an album. I definitely prolonged it. There were points where I said, 'The album's done.' Then I'd go to Europe and be playing it in the car, and I'm like, 'No, I hear more stuff.' It's the first time that I've gone this far in shaping, reshaping, shaping, reshaping, shaping, reshaping. And the result is that I'm actually 100 percent satisfied with every millisecond of the album."[1][3]

Reception[]

Ryan Reed of Paste stated, "Unfortunately, Kravitz’s whiter side proves far less interesting. The rollicking “Rock Star City Life” is catchy in a commercial kinda way—you certainly don’t feel good about singing along (even as you inevitably do). The lyrics are generic (as you can deduce, based on the title), even if every detail of the production and arrangement is immaculately groomed."[4] James Montgomery of MTV called the song "a down-and-dirty ode to excess".[5]

Track listing[]

All tracks are written by Lenny Kravitz, Craig Ross.

No.TitleLength
1."Rock Star City Life"3:24

Weekly charts[]

Chart (2011) Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[6] 62
Germany (Official German Charts)[7] 98

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Hart, Josh (7 July 2011). "Lenny Kravitz Offering Free Download of New Song, "Rock Star City Life"". Guitar World. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Rock Star City Life by Lenny Kravitz - Songfacts". songfacts.com. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  3. ^ Vozick-Levinson, Simon (2011-07-08). "Download Lenny Kravitz's New Song 'Rock Star City Life'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  4. ^ Reed, Ryan (2011-08-29). "Lenny Kravitz: Black and White America". Paste Magazine. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  5. ^ Montgomery, James (5 July 2011). "Lenny Kravitz Reveals Inspiration For Black And White America". MTV. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Lenny Kravitz – Rock Star City Life" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
  7. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Lenny Kravitz – Rock Star City Life" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved July 1, 2021.

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