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"Clarity" is a song by Russian-German electronic dance music producer Zedd which serves as the third single from his debut studio album of the same name. 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Soundtracks TheMortalInstruments:CityofBones NowYouSeeMe Divergent NBA2K16 Collaborators ArianaGrande Foxes HayleyWilliams MiriamBryant MatthewKoma EllieGoulding LIZ Othersongs Asafeaturedartist BreakFree Starving Coversongs Levels SetFiretotheRain Mashups Don'tSlamtheCinema Soundtracksongs Codec IntotheLair FindYou IWantYoutoKnow Uncreditedproductions Aura BeautyandaBeat Donatella G.U.Y. Heaven IDon'tLikeYou Unreleasedsongs Demo OnionGirl Temple Videography Documentaries MomentofClarity ZeddTrueColors Characters Isaac Televisionshows MTVMovieAwards CMTMusicAwards AmericanMusicAwards GoodMorningAmerica NickelodeonHALOAwards Community Administration Affiliation Blogposts ParentPage Policies Sitepolicy FANDOM Games Anime Movies TV Video Wikis ExploreWikis CommunityCentral StartaWiki Don'thaveanaccount? Register SignIn Advertisement in: Songs,Singles,Claritysongs English Español Clarity(song) Viewsource History Talk(0) ThispageusesCreativeCommonsLicensedcontentfromWikipedia(viewauthors). "Clarity" Generalinformation Artist(s) Zedd(feat.Foxes) Writtenby AntonZaslavskiMatthewKomaPorterRobinsonHollyHafermann Producedby  Zedd Length 4:31 Clarity Singles Promotionalsingles "Spectrum""Clarity""StaytheNight" "Stache""Codec""FallIntotheSky" "Clarity"isasongbyRussian-GermanelectronicdancemusicproducerZeddwhichservesasthethirdsinglefromhisdebutstudioalbumofthesamename.ItfeaturesvocalsfromEnglishsingerFoxes,waswrittenbyZedd,MatthewKoma,PorterRobinson,andSkylarGrey(HollyHafermann)andwasreleasedastheiTunesSingleoftheWeekonOctober2,2012,aswellasanEPonFebruary12,2013,viaInterscopeRecords. FromDecember2012toFebruary4,2013,Zeddhostedaremixcontestforthetrack.Therewere982officialentries,withthewinningremixbyTomBudin. Contents 1Background 2Lyrics 3Videos 4Charts 4.1Weeklycharts 4.2Year-endcharts 5Awards 6OtherVersions 7Extendedplay 8Gallery 9References Background Priortoembarkingontheirback-to-backtour,Poseidon,ZeddandPorterRobinsonbeganworkonthesong,whichwasatthetimenamedafterthetour.Robinson,duringaninterviewwithMTV,describeditas"pretty"andashaving"kindoflikediscochordsontranciersounds,withanicetopline,andareallynicecrowdvocal."[1] WhenZeddfirstlistenedtoFoxes'song"Youth",heSkypedherandaskedhertobe"Clarity"'svocalist.AfterFoxesdidresearchonWikipediaabouthim,sheacceptedtheoffer.[2] Afterthesongwascompleted,Porterdecidedhewantednoneofthecredit;"Thefinalversionof'Clarity'wasnotthesamesongZeddandIproducedtogether.It'ssomethingmostpeoplearen’tawareofinthefirstplace.MeandZeddwerewriting'Poseidon,'butthefinalvocalproductionwasmuchdifferent.Icouldtellitwasgoingtobethistop-40hit...andIwasn’tinterestedinhavinganypartofthat."[3] Lyrics Highdiveintofrozenwaveswherethepastcomesbacktolife Fightfearfortheselfishpain,itwasworthiteverytime Holdstillrightbeforewecrash'causewebothknowhowthisends Aclockticks'tilitbreaksyourglassandIdrowninyouagain 'CauseyouarethepieceofmeIwishIdidn'tneed Chasingrelentlessly,stillfightandIdon'tknowwhy Ifourloveistragedy,whyareyoumyremedy? Ifourlove'sinsanity,whyareyoumyclarity? (Hey-ay,hey-ay-ay) (Hey-ay,hey-ay-ay) (Hey-ay,hey-ay-ay) (Hey-ay,hey) Ifourloveistragedy,whyareyoumyremedy? Ifourlove'sinsanity,whyareyoumyclarity? Walkonthrougharedparadeandrefusetomakeamends Itcutsdeepthroughourgroundandmakesusforgetallcommonsense Don'tspeakasItrytoleave'causewebothknowwhatwe'llchoose IfyoupullthenI'llpushtoodeepandI'llfallrightbacktoyou 'CauseyouarethepieceofmeIwishIdidn'tneed Chasingrelentlessly,stillfightandIdon'tknowwhy Ifourloveistragedy,whyareyoumyremedy? Ifourlove'sinsanity,whyareyoumyclarity? (Hey-ay,hey-ay-ay) (Hey-ay,hey-ay-ay) (Hey...) Whyareyoumyclarity? Whyareyoumyremedy? Whyareyoumyclarity? Whyareyoumyremedy? Ifourloveistragedy,whyareyoumyremedy? Ifourlove'sinsanity,whyareyoumyclarity? Videos OnDecember11,2012,abehind-the-scenesvideoforClaritywasreleasedontoYouTube.Inthisvideo,Zeddsaysthatthemusicvideocanbedividedintothreeparts:thefirstpart,whichisoptimistic;thesecond,whichcontainsmostofthedramaandemotion;andthethird,whichismeanttohavethesamemoodasthefirst.[4] Oneweeklater,onDecember18,anacousticandpianoversionwasreleased. Theofficialmusicvideoforthesongwasreleasedonemonthafterthebehind-the-scenesvideo,onJanuary11,2013.ItfeaturesFoxesandAJEnglishandwasshotlargelyinLosAngeles,California.[4] Zedd-MakingOf"Clarity"MusicVideoZedd-Clarityfeat.Foxes(AcousticVersion)Zedd-Clarity(OfficialVideo)ft.Foxes Charts "Clarity"debutedontheBillboardHot100at86,peakedat8,andwasZedd'sfirstentryontheBillboardHot100andhismostsuccessfulsongintheUSandworldwide.Ithassold2,238,000copiesintheUnitedStatesasofMarch2014. Weeklycharts Chart(2013-14) Peakposition Australia(ARIA) 13 AustraliaDance(ARIA) 2 AustraliaHitseekers(ARIA) 1 Belgium(Ultratop50Flanders) 38 Belgium(UltratopFlanders) 20 Belgium(UltratipWallonia) 11 Belgium(UltratopWallonia) 23 Brazil(BillboardBrasilHot100) 51 BrazilHotPopSongs 15 Canada(CanadianHot100) 17 CzechRepublic(RádioTop100) 38 Germany(MediaControlCharts) 94 Ireland(IRMA) 39 Italy(FIMI) 68 Netherlands(SingleTop100) 81 NewZealand(RecordedMusicNZ) 13 Scotland(OfficialChartsCompany) 22 Slovakia(RádioTop100) 66 UkraineDance(FDRMusicCharts) 12 UKDance(OfficialChartsCompany) 6 UKSingles(OfficialChartsCompany) 27 US(BillboardHot100) 8 USAdultTop40(Billboard) 16 USDance/MixShowAirplay(Billboard) 2 USHotDanceClubSongs(Billboard) 1 USHotDance/ElectronicSongs(Billboard) 2 USMainstreamTop40(Billboard) 2 USRhythmic(Billboard) 7 Year-endcharts Chart(2013) Peakposition Australia(ARIA) 57 AustraliaDance(ARIA) 12 Canada(CanadianHot100) 49 UKSingles(OfficialChartsCompany) 180 USBillboardHot100 24 USDance/ElectronicSongs(Billboard) 5 USHotDanceClubSongs(Billboard) 7 USMainstreamTop40(Billboard) 5 Awards Thesongwonthe2014GrammyAwardforBestDanceRecording. OtherVersions ThesongwascoveredbyJessicaSanchezinher2013gueststarringonGleewheresheperformedthissongforRegionalscompetitionintheepisode"AllorNothing".JessicaalsoperformedanacousticversionofthissongwithZeddwhichwasuploadedonYouTube. DJEarwormusedthesonginamashupcalled"SummerMash'13"alongwith10othersongsthathefeltwerethehottesttracksofsummer2013. MichelleChamuelalsocoveredthissongonthefourthseasonoftheTheVoice. ThesongwascoveredonthethirdseasonofTheXFactorUSAduringthefourchairchallengebyEllonaSantiago. ThesongwascoveredonthefifthseasonofTheXFactorAustraliaduringthesixthliveshowbyDamiIm. Extendedplay Mainarticle:Clarity(Remixes) Gallery Foxestweetedthisphotographofherselfholdingaplatinumdiskforthesingleon10October2013. References ↑Bhansali,Akshay(August6,2012)."PorterRobinsonRevealsBack-to-Back‘Poseidon’TourWithZedd".MTV.http://www.mtv.com/news/1691237/poter-robinson-zedd-poisedon-tour/.RetrievedJuly11,2016. ↑Wass,Mike(September20,2013)."FoxesOn"Clarity",HerDebutLP&TheElasticNatureOfYouth:TheIdolatorQ&A".Idolator.http://www.idolator.com/7486836/foxes-idolator-interview.RetrievedFebruary23,2015. ↑Goudie,Keegan."InterviewExclusive:PorterRobinsonBringsClarityToEDM".http://thesixthirty.com/ravefaced/interview-exclusive-porter-robinson-brings-clarity-to-edm/.RetrievedJuly11,2016. ↑4.04.1Zaslavski,Anton(December11,2012)."Zedd-MakingOf"Clarity"MusicVideo".YouTube.ZEDDVEVO.https://youtu.be/bUTJBAzyDf8. 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