Honesty (Editors song)

"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]

"Honesty"
Single by Editors
from the album The Weight of Your Love
Released25 November 2013
Recorded2013
GenreAlternative rock
Length4:49
LabelPIAS 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)

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 (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. 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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