Clarity

**Clarity** is a song by German/Russian electronic dance music producer Zedd which serves as the third single from his debut studio album of the same name. It featured vocals from English singer-songwriter Foxes. A live version of the song is also featured on the deluxe edition of Foxes' debut album, *Glorious*.

## Background

When Zedd listened to Foxes' song *Youth*, he contacted her and asked her to be the vocalist on *Clarity*. After Foxes researched about him on Wikipedia, she accepted the offer.

## Lyrics

High dive into frozen waves where the past comes back to life

Fight fear for the selfish pain, it was worth it every time

Hold still right before we crash 'cause we both know how this ends

A clock ticks 'til it breaks your glass and I drown in you again

'Cause you are the piece of me I wish I didn't need

Chasing relentlessly, still fight and I don't know why

If our love is tragedy, why are you my remedy?

If our love's insanity, why are you my clarity?

(Hey-ay, hey-ay-ay. Hey-ay, hey-ay-ay. Hey-ay, hey-ay-ay. Hey-ay, hey)

If our love is tragedy, why are you my remedy?

If our love's insanity, why are you my clarity?

Walk on through a red parade and refuse to make amends

It cuts deep through our ground and makes us forget all common sense

Don't speak as I try to leave 'cause we both know what we'll choose

If you pull then I'll push too deep and I'll fall right back to you

'Cause you are the piece of me I wish I didn't need

Chasing relentlessly, still fight and I don't know why

If our love is tragedy, why are you my remedy?

If our love's insanity, why are you my clarity?

(Hey-ay, hey-ay-ay. Hey-ay, hey-ay-ay. Hey-ay, hey-ay-ay. Hey-ay, hey)

Why are you my clarity?

Why are you my remedy?

Why are you my clarity?

Why are you my remedy?

If our love is tragedy, why are you my remedy?

If our love's insanity, why are you my clarity?

## Videos

On 11 December 2012, a behind-the-scenes video for Clarity was released onto YouTube. In this video, Zedd says that the music video can be divided into three parts: the first part, which is optimistic; the second, which contains most of the drama and emotion; and the third, which is meant to have the same mood as the first.

One week later, on 18 December, an acoustic version was released under one of Zedd's alternate accounts.

The official music video for the song was released onto Zedd's VEVO channel on 11 January 2013.

Zedd - Making Of "Clarity" Music VideoZedd - Clarity feat. Foxes (Acoustic Version)Zedd - Clarity (Official Video) ft. Foxes

## Trivia

* *Clarity* debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at 86, peaked at 8, and was Zedd's first entry on the Billboard Hot 100 and is his most successful song in the US and worldwide.
	+ It has sold 2,238,000 copies in the United States as of March 2014.
* On 10 October 2013, Foxes tweeted a picture to Zedd of herself posing with a platinum *Clarity* disk.
* On 26 January 2014, the song won a Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording
	+ Foxes tweeted about this the same day.

## References

1. ↑ On the "Glorious" album
2. ↑ On the "Glorious" album
3. ↑ "Glorious (Deluxe Version) - Foxes". iTunes Store (GB). Apple. 04 November 2013. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/glorious-deluxe-version/id723035134.
4. ↑ "Foxes On “Clarity”, Her Debut LP & The Elastic Nature Of Youth: The Idolator Q&A". Wass, Mike. 30 September 2013. http://www.idolator.com/7486836/foxes-idolator-interview.
5. ↑ "Zedd - Making Of "Clarity" Music Video". ZEDDVEVO. YouTube. 11 December 2012. https://youtu.be/bUTJBAzyDf8.
6. ↑ "Zedd - Clarity feat. Foxes (Acoustic Version)". Zedd. YouTube. 18 December 2012. https://youtu.be/FPHhNuSdrYE.
7. ↑ "Zedd - Clarity (Official Video) ft. Foxes". ZEDDVEVO. YouTube. 11 January 2013. https://youtu.be/IxxstCcJlsc.
8. ↑ "AHH PLATINUM CLARITY DISK 🙌 @zedd". Allen, Louisa Rose. Twitter. 10 October 2013. https://twitter.com/iamfoxes/status/388278346309988352.
9. ↑ "That awkward moment when you realise you just won a Grammy #ThatAwkwardMoment". Allen, Louisa Rose. Twitter. 26 January 2014. https://twitter.com/iamfoxes/status/427693957964107776.

**Track listing:**
"Talking to Ghosts" • "Youth" • "Holding onto Heaven" • "White Coats" • "Let Go for Tonight" • "Night Glo" • "Night Owls Early Birds" • "Glorious" • "Echo" • "Shaking Heads" • "Count the Saints" • "**Clarity (Live)**" • "Beauty Queen" • "Home" • "In Her Arms" • "The Unknown"