Truth (Bloc Party song)

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"Truth"
Bloc Party Truth.svg
Single by Bloc Party
from the album Four
Released25 February 2013 [1]
Recorded2012
Genre
Length4:00
Label Frenchkiss
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Alex Newport
Bloc Party singles chronology
"Octopus"
(2012)
"Truth"
(2013)
"Ratchet"
(2013)

"Truth" is a song by the British indie rock band Bloc Party, released as the third single from the band's fourth album Four on 25 February 2013.

Contents

Music video

A video for the song, shot in November 2012, was released onto YouTube on 15 January 2013. [2] The video was shot at 120 frames per second by Clemens Habicht, [3] as it shows the members of the band dancing and jumping through colored smoke clouds in an open field.

It is the last music video to feature the band's original lineup, as their next music video (for "Ratchet") consists of footage from some of the band's previous music videos.

Track listing

Digital download – EP
No.TitleLength
1."Truth"4:00
2."Truth" (Jerome LOL Remix)6:18
3."Truth" (A.CHAL Remix)4:29
4."Truth" (IO Echo Remix)3:56

Personnel

Bloc Party
Production

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References

  1. "Truth EP Announced". Bloc Party. 11 January 2013. Archived from the original on 12 May 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  2. "Truth - Bloc Party (Official Video)". YouTube . 15 January 2013.
  3. "Truth - We shot it on a freezing cold day in the middle of November outside of London". Bloc Party . 15 January 2013. Archived from the original on 12 May 2012.