Clarity (Zedd song) - Wikipedia

"Clarity" is a song by Russian-German DJ Zedd featuring the vocals of British singer Foxes. It was released on November 14, 2012 as the third single from ... Clarity(Zeddsong) FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch 2012singlebyZedd "Clarity"SinglebyZeddfeaturingFoxesfromthealbumClarityReleased14 November 2012 (2012-11-14)Recorded2012GenreProgressivehouse[1]electrohouse[2]Length4:314:01(radioedit)5:43(extendedversion)LabelInterscopeSongwriter(s) AntonZaslavski HollyHafermann MatthewKoma PorterRobinson Producer(s)ZeddZeddsingleschronology "Spectrum"(2012) "Clarity"(2012) "StaytheNight"(2013) Foxessingleschronology "Clarity"(2012) "RightHere"(2013) Musicvideo"Clarity"onYouTube Clarity(Remixes)RemixalbumbyZeddReleasedFebruary 12, 2013 (2013-02-12)Recorded2012–13Length17:22LabelInterscopeProducerZeddZeddchronology Clarity(2012) Clarity(Remixes)(2013) "Clarity"isasongbyRussian-GermanDJZeddfeaturingthevocalsofBritishsingerFoxes.ItwasreleasedonNovember14,2012asthethirdsinglefromthedebutstudioalbumofthesamename.ThesongwaswrittenbyAntonZaslavski,MatthewKoma,PorterRobinsonandSkylarGreyandproducedbyZedd.ItwasreleasedasiTunesSingleoftheWeekonOctober2,2012,andasan4-trackremixEPonFebruary12,2013,byInterscopeRecords.ZeddreleasedanextendedmixofthesongexclusivelyonBeatportonFebruary18,2018.[3] WhenMatthewlistenedtoFoxes'song"Youth",heSkypedherandaskedhertobethevocaliston"Clarity".AfterFoxesdidresearchonWikipediaaboutZedd,sheacceptedtheoffer.[4]InJune2014,followingthesuccessof"StaytheNight"featuringHayleyWilliamsintheUnitedKingdom,Claritywasre-releasedthere,andthistimereachedabetterpeakofnumber27,comparedtothepreviousoneof29in2013.ItendedupbeingawardedsilvercertificationbytheBPIfollowingtheintakeofstreamingintoOfficialChartsdataintheUK. TheextendedplayofthetrackwasreleasedonFebruary18,2013.ItfeaturestenremixesincludingTiësto,HeadhunterzandFunkagenda,amongothers.[5]FromDecember2012toFebruary4,2013,Zeddhostedaremixcontestforthetrack.Therewere982officialentries.[6]ThewinningremixbyTomBudinwasduetobefeaturedonanupcomingZeddrelease.[7] "Clarity"wontheGrammyAwardforBestDanceRecordingatthe56thGrammyAwards,becomingtheirfirstwin.[8] Contents 1Criticalreception 2Composition 3Musicvideo 4Usageinothermediaandcoverversions 5Tracklisting 6Chartsandcertifications 6.1Weeklycharts 6.2Year-endcharts 6.3Decade-endcharts 6.4Certifications 7Releasehistory 8Seealso 9References 10Externallinks Criticalreception[edit] IdolatoreditorSamLanskypraisedthevocalsproducedbyFoxes,andpraisedZeddfor"[transforming]hisEDMsoundintoalovely,downtempoemo-styleset."[9] Composition[edit] "Clarity"hasatempoof128beatsperminute,andiswrittenintheA♭majorkey.ItsmainchordprogressionisB♭m7sus4/E♭/Fm7/Cm7/D♭–B♭m7sus4/E♭/Fm7/Cm7/D♭/A♭.[10] Musicvideo[edit] Amusicvideofor"Clarity"directedbyJodebwasreleasedon11January2013.ThemusicvideofeaturedFoxesandactorandmodelAJEnglishasacouple.Thevideostartswiththecamerapanningoverthedesert,andlaterswitchingtoseeFoxesandthemaleleaddrivingindifferentcars,untiltheysuddenlycollidehead-to-head,withenoughforceforbothcharacterstorocketbackward.Themaleleadwakesupafterbeingknockedunconsciousfromthecollision,andfindstheinjuredFoxes.However,sherunsawaythroughthedesert,makinghimfollowheruntilshefallsunconsciousinthesand.Arewindofthewholeeventwasshownafterwards,beforeinthefinalscene,thetwopeopledriveinthesamecar,presumablyenjoyingthemselves.Allsceneswereaccompaniedbycomputereffectsofcollisionsandotherimagesthatsynchronizewiththemusic.ThemusicvideoalsofeaturesacameofromZedd. AsofMay2021,thevideohasreceivedmorethan300millionviewsonYouTube.[11] Usageinothermediaandcoverversions[edit] ThesongwasalsofeaturedasthebackgroundmusicoftheintroductionvideoofF12013.ThesongwascoveredbyJessicaSanchezinher2013gueststarringonGleewheresheperformedthissongforRegionalscompetitionintheepisode"AllorNothing".JessicaalsoperformedanacousticversionofthissongwithZeddwhichwasuploadedonYouTube.MichelleChamuelalsocoveredthissongonthefourthseasonoftheNorthAmericanversionofTheVoice.ThesongwascoveredonthethirdseasonofTheXFactorUSAduringtheauditionroundbyauditioneeRylieBrown[12]andthefourchairchallengebyEllonaSantiago.ItdebutedontheBillboardHot100atnumber86,peakedatnumber8,andwashisfirstentryontheBillboardHot100andhismostsuccessfulsongintheUnitedStatesandworldwide.Ithassold2,238,000copiesintheUnitedStatesasofMarch2014.ThissongwasperformedbyJenaIreneonAmericanIdol2014.CharliePuthhasanacousticcoveraswell.AngelicaHaleperformeditduringthequarterfinalsoftheAmerica'sGotTalentseason12.AKoreanversionbyKimJisooofBlackPinkcoveredthesongforthe2019WorldTourofBlackpink.ClarityisalsofeaturedinKonami'slatestDanceDanceRevolutionarcadegamerelease,DanceDanceRevolutionA20. Tracklisting[edit] Digitaldownload[13]No.TitleLength1."Clarity"4:31 Digitaldownload(Extendedmix)[3]No.TitleLength1."Clarity"(ExtendedMix)5:43 Digitaldownload(RemixesEP)[14]No.TitleLength1."Clarity"(ZeddUnionMix)3:272."Clarity"(TiëstoRemix)5:543."Clarity"(StyleofEyeRemix)6:374."Clarity"(BrillzRemix)5:57 Chartsandcertifications[edit] Weeklycharts[edit] Chart(2013) Peakposition Australia(ARIA)[15] 13 AustraliaDance(ARIA)[16] 2 AustraliaHitseekers(ARIA)[17] 1 Belgium(Ultratop50Flanders)[18] 38 BelgiumDance(UltratopFlanders)[19] 20 Belgium(UltratipWallonia)[20] 11 BelgiumDance(UltratopWallonia)[21] 23 Brazil(BillboardBrasilHot100)[22] 51 BrazilHotPopSongs[22] 15 Canada(CanadianHot100)[23] 17 CzechRepublic(Rádio–Top100)[24] 38 Germany(OfficialGermanCharts)[25] 94 Ireland(IRMA)[26] 39 Netherlands(SingleTop100)[27] 81 NewZealand(RecordedMusicNZ)[28] 13 Scotland(OCC)[29] 22 Slovakia(RádioTop100)[30] 66 UKSingles(OCC)[31] 27 UKDance(OCC)[32] 6 USBillboardHot100[33] 8 USAdultTop40(Billboard)[34] 16 USDanceClubSongs(Billboard)[35] 1 USHotDance/ElectronicSongs(Billboard)[36] 2 USLatinPopAirplay(Billboard)[37] 28 USMainstreamTop40(Billboard)[38] 2 USRhythmic(Billboard)[39] 7 Year-endcharts[edit] Chart(2013) Position Australia(ARIA)[40] 57 AustraliaDance(ARIA)[41] 12 Canada(CanadianHot100)[42] 49 UKSingles(OfficialChartsCompany)[43] 180 USBillboardHot100[44] 24 USDanceClubSongs(Billboard)[45] 7 USHotDance/ElectronicSongs(Billboard)[46] 5 USMainstreamTop40(Billboard)[47] 5 USRhythmic(Billboard)[48] 41 Chart(2014) Position USHotDance/ElectronicSongs(Billboard)[49] 30 Decade-endcharts[edit] Chart(2010–2019) Position USHotDance/ElectronicSongs(Billboard)[50] 31 Certifications[edit] Region Certification Certifiedunits/sales Australia(ARIA)[51] 2×Platinum 140,000^ Canada(MusicCanada)[52] Platinum 80,000* Italy(FIMI)[53] Gold 15,000* Mexico(AMPROFON)[54] Gold 30,000* NewZealand(RMNZ)[55] Gold 7,500* UnitedKingdom(BPI)[56] Platinum 600,000 UnitedStates(RIAA)[57] 5×Platinum 5,000,000 *Salesfiguresbasedoncertificationalone.^Shipmentsfiguresbasedoncertificationalone.Sales+streamingfiguresbasedoncertificationalone. Releasehistory[edit] Country Date Format Label Italy[58] November14,2012 Contemporaryhitradio Universal Australia[59] February1,2013 Digitaldownload Interscope NewZealand[60] UnitedStates[61] February12,2013 Digitaldownload(remixesEP) Australia[62] February18,2013 Germany[63] NewZealand[64] UnitedStates[65] March5,2013 Contemporaryhitradio UnitedKingdom[66] June6,2014 Digitaldownload(remixesEP) Seealso[edit] Listofnumber-onedancesinglesof2013(U.S.) References[edit] ^Rollingstone ^DancingAstronautStaff(2020-01-06)."DancingAstronaut'sTop100SongsoftheDecade".DancingAstronaut.Archivedfromtheoriginalon2020-01-07.Retrieved2020-01-07. ^ab"Clarity(ExtendedMix)".Beatport.InterscopeRecords. ^Wass,Mike(30September2013)."FoxesOn"Clarity",HerDebutLP&TheElasticNatureOfYouth:TheIdolatorQ&A".Foxes.Retrieved16August2014. ^"Zedd,FoxesNewReleases:ClarityonBeatport".Beatport.2013-02-18. ^"Zedd/'Clarity'RemixCompetition".Zedd.net.2013-02-04.Archivedfromtheoriginalon2013-06-04.Retrieved2013-06-02. ^"ZeddFt.Foxes–Clarity(TomBudinRemix)byTomBudin".SoundCloud.2013-01-08. ^"GRAMMY.com".GrammyAwards.Archivedfromtheoriginalon2011-12-01.Retrieved2013-12-07. ^"Zedd&FoxesPerform"Clarity"On'LateNightWithDavidLetterman':Watch".Idolator.January4,2013. ^"Zedd"Clarity"SheetMusic".musicnotes.com. ^"Zedd–Clarity(OfficialVideo)ft.Foxes".YouTube.RetrievedAugust21,2015. ^RylieBrown ^"Clarity(feat.Foxes)–Single".iTunesAU.AppleInc.Retrieved15July2013. ^"iTunes–Music–Clarity(Remixes)–EPbyZedd".iTunesStore.2013-02-12. ^"Zeddfeat.Foxes–Clarity".ARIATop50Singles. ^"ARIAReport:Issue1225"(PDF).ARIA.Archivedfromtheoriginal(PDF)on2013-09-18.Retrieved2August2014. ^"ARIAReport:Issue1218"(PDF).ARIA.Archivedfromtheoriginal(PDF)on2013-07-18.Retrieved2August2014. ^"Zeddfeat.Foxes–Clarity"(inDutch).Ultratop50.Retrieved6April2013. ^"Zeddfeat.Foxes–Clarity"(inDutch).UltratopDance. ^"Zeddfeat.Foxes–Clarity"(inFrench).Ultratip.Retrieved6April2013. ^"Zeddfeat.Foxes–Clarity"(inFrench).UltratopDance. ^abBPP,ed.(November–December2013)."BillboardBrasilHot100Airplay".BillboardBrasil(46):88. ^"ZeddChartHistory(CanadianHot100)".Billboard. ^"ČNSIFPI"(inCzech).Hitparáda–RadioTop100Oficiální.IFPICzechRepublic.Note:ChangethecharttoCZ–RADIO–TOP100andinsert201342intosearch. ^"Zeddfeat.Foxes–Clarity"(inGerman).GfKEntertainmentcharts.Retrieved25February2019. ^"ChartTrack:Week11,2013".IrishSinglesChart. ^"Zeddfeat.Foxes–Clarity"(inDutch).SingleTop100.Retrieved6April2013. ^"Zeddfeat.Foxes–Clarity".Top40Singles.Retrieved2013-08-05. ^"OfficialScottishSinglesSalesChartTop100".OfficialChartsCompany.RetrievedFebruary24,2013. ^"ČNSIFPI"(inSlovak).Hitparáda–RadioTop100Oficiálna.IFPICzechRepublic.Note:insert201312intosearch. ^"OfficialSinglesChartTop100".OfficialChartsCompany.RetrievedFebruary24,2013. ^"OfficialDanceSinglesChartTop40".OfficialChartsCompany.RetrievedFebruary24,2013. ^"ZeddChartHistory(Hot100)".Billboard. ^"ZeddChartHistory(AdultPopSongs)".Billboard. ^"ZeddChartHistory(DanceClubSongs)".Billboard. ^"ZeddChartHistory(HotDance/ElectronicSongs)".Billboard. ^"ZeddChartHistory(LatinPopSongs)".Billboard. ^"ZeddChartHistory(PopSongs)".Billboard. ^"ZeddChartHistory(Rhythmic)".Billboard. ^"2013YearEndSinglesChart".ARIA.Archivedfromtheoriginalon2014-02-15.Retrieved2013-02-07. ^"2013Top50YearEndDanceSinglesChart".ARIA.Archivedfromtheoriginalon8January2014.Retrieved2August2014. ^"Bestof2013:CanadianHot100".PrometheusGlobalMedia.Retrieved13December2013. ^"EndofYear2013"(PDF).UKChartsPlus.Retrieved2August2014. ^"ZeddChartHistory:Year-EndHot100Songs".Billboard.com.PrometheusGlobalMedia.Retrieved2014-06-01. ^"ZeddChartHistory:Year-EndDanceClubSongs".Billboard.com.PrometheusGlobalMedia.Retrieved2014-06-01. ^"HotDance/ElectronicSongs–Year-End2013".Billboard.Retrieved21October2019. ^"Zedd–ChartHistory:Year-EndPopSongs".Billboard.com.PrometheusGlobalMedia.Retrieved2014-06-01. ^"RhythmicSongs–Year-End2013".Billboard.Retrieved2019-08-25. ^"HotDance/ElectronicSongs–Year-End2014".Billboard.13December2013.Retrieved21October2019. ^"Decade-EndCharts:HotDance/ElectronicSongs(2013-ON)".Billboard.31October2019.Retrieved19December2019. ^"ARIACharts–Accreditations–2013Singles"(PDF).AustralianRecordingIndustryAssociation. ^"Canadiansinglecertifications–Zedd–Clarity".MusicCanada. ^"Italiansinglecertifications–Zedd–Clarity"(inItalian).FederazioneIndustriaMusicaleItaliana.Select"2013"inthe"Anno"drop-downmenu.Select"Clarity"inthe"Filtra"field.Select"Singoli"under"Sezione". ^"Certificaciones"(inSpanish).AsociaciónMexicanadeProductoresdeFonogramasyVideogramas.TypeZeddintheboxundertheARTISTAcolumnheading andClarityintheboxundertheTÍTULOcolumnheading. ^"NewZealandsinglecertifications–Zedd–Clarity".RecordedMusicNZ. ^"Britishsinglecertifications–ZeddftFoxes–Clarity".BritishPhonographicIndustry.RetrievedJanuary7,2022. ^"Americansinglecertifications–Zedd–Clarity".RecordingIndustryAssociationofAmerica.Retrieved28May2022. ^Naccari,Claudio."ZEDD–Clarity(Universal)"(inItalian).RadioAirplaySRL.ArchivedfromtheoriginalonFebruary25,2015.RetrievedNovember14,2012. ^"Clarity(feat.Foxes)–SinglebyZedd".iTunesStore(AU).Apple.ArchivedfromtheoriginalonJanuary7,2014. ^"Clarity(feat.Foxes)–SinglebyZedd".iTunesStore(NZ).Apple.ArchivedfromtheoriginalonOctober11,2013. ^"Clarity(Remixes)–EPbyZedd".iTunesStore(US).Apple.January2013.RetrievedFebruary12,2013. ^"Clarity(Remixes)–EPbyZedd".iTunesStore(AU).Apple.January2013.RetrievedJuly12,2014. ^"Clarity(Remixes)–EPvonZedd".iTunesStore(DE)(inGerman).Apple.January2013.RetrievedJuly12,2014. ^"Clarity(Remixes)–EPbyZedd".iTunesStore(NZ).Apple.January2013.RetrievedJuly12,2014. ^"Top40/MFutureReleases".AllAccessMusicGroup.ArchivedfromtheoriginalonJanuary21,2013.RetrievedJuly12,2014. ^"Clarity(Remixes)–EPbyZedd".iTunesStore(GB).Apple.January2014.RetrievedJuly12,2014. Externallinks[edit] "Clarity"officialmusicvideoonYouTube "Clarity"onSpotify vteZedd Discography Studioalbums Clarity TrueColors Singles "ShaveIt" "Spectrum" "Clarity" "StaytheNight" "FindYou" "IWantYoutoKnow" "BeautifulNow" "Papercut" "Candyman" "TrueColors" "Stay" "GetLow" "TheMiddle" "HappyNow" "LostinJapan(Remix)" "365" "GoodThing" "Funny" "InsideOut" Featuredsingles "BreakFree" "Starving" Promotionalsingles "AddictedtoaMemory" "BumbleBee" Tours TrueColorsTour Category vteFoxesDiscographyStudioalbums Glorious AllINeed TheKick EPs Warrior FriendsintheCorner Singles "Youth" "LetGoforTonight" "HoldingontoHeaven" "Glorious" "BodyTalk" "Amazing" Featuredsingles "Clarity" "RightHere" Authoritycontrol MusicBrainzreleasegroup MusicBrainzwork Retrievedfrom"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Clarity_(Zedd_song)&oldid=1105815925" Categories:2012songs2012singles2013singlesFoxes(singer)songsZeddsongsGrammyAwardforBestDanceRecordingInterscopeRecordssinglesSongswrittenbyMatthewKomaSongswrittenbySkylarGreySongswrittenbyZeddSongswrittenbyPorterRobinsonHiddencategories:CS1Italian-languagesources(it)CS1Spanish-languagesources(es)CS1German-languagesources(de)ArticleswithshortdescriptionShortdescriptionmatchesWikidataArticleswithhAudiomicroformatsAlbumarticleslackingalttextforcoversSinglechartusagesforAustraliaSinglechartusagesforFlandersSinglechartusagesforFlandersDanceSinglechartusagesforWalloniaTipSinglechartusagesforWalloniaDanceSinglechartusagesforBillboardcanadianhot100SinglechartusagesforCzechRepublicSinglechartcalledwithoutartistSinglechartcalledwithoutsongSinglechartusagesforGermanySinglechartusagesforIrishSinglechartusagesforDutch100SinglechartusagesforNewZealandSinglechartusagesforScotlandSinglechartusagesforSlovakiaSinglechartusagesforUKSinglechartusagesforUKdanceSinglechartusagesforBillboardhot100SinglechartusagesforBillboardadultpopsongsSinglechartusagesforBillboarddanceclubplaySinglechartusagesforBillboarddanceelectronicSinglechartusagesforBillboardlatinpopsongsSinglechartusagesforBillboardpopsongsSinglechartusagesforBillboardrhythmicCertificationTableEntryusagesforAustraliaPagesusingcertificationTableEntrywithshipmentsfiguresCertificationTableEntryusagesforCanadaPagesusingcertificationTableEntrywithsalesfiguresCertificationTableEntryusagesforItalyCertificationTableEntryusagesforMexicoCertificationTableEntryusagesforNewZealandCertificationTableEntryusagesforUnitedKingdomPagesusingcertificationTableEntrywithstreamingfiguresCertificationTableEntryusagesforUnitedStatesPagesusingcertificationTableEntrywithsalesfootnotePagesusingcertificationTableEntrywithshipmentsfootnotePagesusingcertificationTableEntrywithstreamingfootnoteArticleswithMusicBrainzreleasegroupidentifiersArticleswithMusicBrainzworkidentifiers Navigationmenu Personaltools NotloggedinTalkContributionsCreateaccountLogin Namespaces ArticleTalk English Views ReadEditViewhistory More Search Navigation MainpageContentsCurrenteventsRandomarticleAboutWikipediaContactusDonate Contribute HelpLearntoeditCommunityportalRecentchangesUploadfile Tools WhatlinkshereRelatedchangesUploadfileSpecialpagesPermanentlinkPageinformationCitethispageWikidataitem Print/export DownloadasPDFPrintableversion Languages DeutschEspañol한국어BahasaIndonesiaItalianoעבריתNederlandsPortuguêsРусскийSuomiTiếngViệt中文 Editlinks