| Marina del Rey | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | George Strait |
| Album: | Strait from the Heart |
| B-Side: | I Can't See Texas from Here |
| Released: | September 16, 1982 |
| Recorded: | January 11, 1982 |
| Studio: | Music City Music Hall (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 3:00 |
| Label: | MCA 52120 |
| Producer: | Blake Mevis |
| Prev Title: | Fool Hearted Memory |
| Prev Year: | 1982 |
| Next Title: | Amarillo by Morning |
| Next Year: | 1983 |
"Marina del Rey" is a song recorded by American country music artist George Strait. It was released in September 1982 as the second single from his album Strait from the Heart, 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 Marina del Rey, California, and it is structured as a slow romantic ballad. Longtime country songwriters Frank Dycus and Dean Dillon composed the tune.[1] [2]
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.
Country music singer Tim McGraw covered the song from the television special George Strait: ACM Artist of the Decade All Star Concert.
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."[3]