"Honestly" is a song by American rock band

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. It was released as the third single from their second album ''

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'' on March 22, 2012. The song premiered exclusively via ''

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'' on March 7, 2012. The song was written by Ryan Follese, Nash Overstreet, Ian Keaggy, C. Kelly, Sam Hollander, Dave Katz and produced by

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, Chad Royce, and Scott Mann.

Critical reception

Scott Shelter of ''

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'' stated, "Hot Chelle Rae have created a tell-off tune for anyone whose young love doesn't work out as planned. Though some elements of the track, like the 'Hey!' and 'Oh!' chants during the chorus, feel a little too by-the-numbers, the song's infectious nature makes it a solid follow-up to recent hits ' Tonight Tonight' and ' I Like It Like That'."

Music video

The music video for the song was released on March 23, 2012 and featuring actress

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from ''

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''.

Track listing

Credits and personnel

*Lead vocals – Hot Chelle Rae *Producers – S*A*M and Sluggo, Chad Royce, Scott Mann *

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– Ryan Follese, Nash Overstreet, Ian Keaggy, C. Kelly, Sam Hollander, Dave Katz *Label:

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Charts

References

2012 singles 2011 songs Hot Chelle Rae songs Columbia Records singles Songs written by Claude Kelly Songs written by Sam Hollander Songs written by Dave Katz Song recordings produced by S*A*M and Sluggo Songs written by Keith Follesé {{2010s-pop-song-stub