Lana Del Rey’s “Doin' Time” is a cover of the American band Sublime’s 1996 song of the same name, which itself is a cover of Summertime from the opera Porgy & Bess.

As explained by Interscope CEO John Janick, Del Rey ended up doing the cover since the label “was involved in executive-producing the documentary… and Lana was talking about how big a fan she was.” After recording the track, “she felt like it fit the aesthetic” of her upcoming record Norman Fucking Rockwell! and decided to include it in the tracklist.

To promote NFR!, a music video for the song directed by Rich Lee was uploaded to Lana’s YouTube channel on August 29th, the day before the album release.

On May 7, 2019, after speculation about the song from fans, Del Rey confirmed that the track was “coming soon”, by posting a snippet to her social media accounts.

Ten days later, upon the song’s release, Lana took to social media to share the trailer for the documentary Sublime, which featured her cover.