"Honest" is a song by American electronic music duo

The Chainsmokers The Chainsmokers are an American electronic DJ and production duo consisting of Alexander "Alex" Pall and Andrew "Drew" Taggart. They started out by releasing remixes of songs by indie artists. The EDM- pop duo achieved a breakthrough with the ...

. It is the third single from the duo's debut album, '' Memories...Do Not Open''. The song was released to Top 40 radio on July 11, 2017.

Composition

The song is written in the key of

E♭ major E-flat major (or the key of E-flat) is a major scale based on E♭ (musical note), E, consisting of the pitches E, F (musical note), F, G (musical note), G, A♭ (musical note), A, B♭ (musical note), B, C (musical note), C, and D (musical note), ...

and has a tempo of 100 beats per minute. The intro features a spoken word part by

Bono Paul David Hewson (born 10 May 1960), known by his stage name Bono (), is an Irish singer-songwriter, activist, and philanthropist. He is the lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the rock band U2. Born and raised in Dublin, he attended M ...

of U2.

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2017 singles 2017 songs The Chainsmokers songs Songs written by Audra Mae Songs written by Sean Douglas (songwriter) Songs written by Andrew Taggart Disruptor Records singles {{2017-single-stub