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<h1>Marina del Rey (song)</h1><p>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/6aOPDVe.jpg"></p><p><br></p><p>"<strong>Marina del Rey</strong>" is a song recorded by American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">country music</a> artist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Strait" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">George Strait</a>. It was released in September 1982 as the second single from his album <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_from_the_Heart" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Strait from the Heart</em></a>, which went on to be certified platinum by the RIAA. It peaked at number 6 in the United States, and number 2 in Canada. The song is set in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_del_Rey,_California" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Marina del Rey, California</a>, and it is structured as a slow romantic <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballad" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ballad</a>. Longtime country songwriters Frank Dycus and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Dillon" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dean Dillon</a> composed the tune.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_del_Rey_(song)#cite_note-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[1]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_del_Rey_(song)#cite_note-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[2]</a></p><h2>Content</h2><p>The song is about a love affair on the beach. A man and a woman get together and have a good time during a vacation. They create many memories and then go their separate ways – back to their normal lives.</p><h2>Critical reception</h2><p>Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe gave the song a B grade, saying that the lyrics are "appropriately longing and sentimental for times gone by, but Strait hasn’t yet developed enough as a vocalist to pull off the mature performance required."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_del_Rey_(song)#cite_note-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[3]</a></p>