Honesty (Editors song)

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"Honesty"
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Single by Editors
from the album The Weight of Your Love
Released25 November 2013
Recorded2013
Genre Alternative rock
Length4:49
Label PIAS Records
Songwriter(s) Edward Lay, Russell Leetch, Justin Lockey, Tom Smith, Elliott Williams
Producer(s) Jacquire King
Editors singles chronology
"Formaldehyde"
(2013)		"Honesty"
(2013)		"Sugar"
(2014)

"Honesty" is a song by British post-punk revival band Editors. It was released digitally on 25 November 2013, as the third single to promote the band's fourth studio album, The Weight of Your Love . [1]

Contents

Composition

"Honesty" was written by Edward Lay, Russell Leetch, Justin Lockey, Tom Smith and Elliott Williams. [2] The song is a "string-driven midtempo ballad," [3] and "a soaring, vulnerable number complete with Tom Smith's signature baritone vocals- and a touch of falsetto. The atmospheric track continues to build in momentum as it proceeds, telling the familiar tale of a broken heart atop an anthemic chorus, dramatic drums and spectacular strings." [4]

Music video

A music video for the song, directed by Favourite Colour: Black, [5] was released on 21 October 2013. [6] It was filmed on 20 September 2013 around Soho and Shaftesbury Avenue in London. It features "a hen party, a young streetwise girl and a scary-looking vagrant." "It's all shot from my point of view, and I kind of encounter all these 'undesirables' along the way," said Editors' frontman Tom Smith in an interview with XFM. [7]

Track listing

Digital download – single [8]
No.TitleLength
1."Honesty"4:49
2."Honesty" (Timothy J. Fairplay Remix)6:14

Charts

Chart performance for "Honesty"
Chart (2013)Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders) [9] 3

References

  1. ↑ "New single 'Honesty' released November 25th". editorsofficial.com. 15 October 2013. Archived from the original on 27 October 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
  2. ↑ "The Weight of Your Love - Editors". AllMusic . Retrieved 8 November 2013.
  3. ↑ Fleischer, Norman (22 October 2013). "Editors unveil "Honesty" music video". Nothing But Hope And Passion. Archived from the original on November 8, 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
  4. ↑ "Editors Reveal 'Honesty' Acoustic Video, LP Out Now". broadwayworld.com. 18 July 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
  5. ↑ "Editors - Honesty". YouTube. 21 October 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
  6. ↑ "Check out the official video for Honesty, the new single from Editors". Facebook. 21 October 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  7. ↑ O'Gorman, Martin (21 September 2013). "Editors Shoot New Video On Streets Of London". XFM . Retrieved 8 November 2013.
  8. ↑ "Honesty - Single by Editors". iTunes . 22 November 2013.
  9. ↑ "Editors – Honesty" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
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