Honesty
~ Recording by Billy Joel
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track Artist | Release Title | Release Artist | Release Group Type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.6 | Honesty | 3:52 | Billy Joel | Japanese Singles Collection -Greatest Hits- | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Records International (Japanese TEXTLESS walking eye imprint) | SICP 31510~2 |
| 1.40 | Honesty | 3:51 | Billy Joel | 50 Years of the Piano Man | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
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| 3.7 | Honesty | 3:48 | Billy Joel | NOW Yearbook Extra '79 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | CDYBENOW79 |
| 3.7 | Honesty | 3:49 | Billy Joel | NOW That’s What I Call Power Ballads: Total Eclipse of the Heart | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.2 | Honesty | 3:50 | Billy Joel | 52nd Street (price codes CB 271 and 57) | Billy Joel | Album |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | CBS 83181 |
| 1.2 | Honesty | 3:54 | Billy Joel | 52nd Street | Billy Joel | Album |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | 01-083181-10, 01-467382-10/2, 467382 2, CDCBS 83181, CK 35609 |
| 1.2 | Honesty | 3:54 | Billy Joel | 52nd Street | Billy Joel | Album |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | CDCBS 83181, CK 35609 |
| 1.2 | Honesty | 3:54 | Billy Joel | 52nd Street | Billy Joel | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | IDK 35609 |
| 1.2 | Honesty | 3:54 | Billy Joel | 52nd Street (made in USA) | Billy Joel | Album |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | CK 35609 |
| 1.15 | Honesty | 3:46 | Billy Joel | Original-Hit-118-Pops-Diary | Various Artists |
| SunJin Media | ||
| 2.3 | Honesty | 3:49 | Billy Joel | Simply the Best Ballads | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | |||
| 1.12 | Honesty | 3:54 | Billy Joel | The Essential Billy Joel (24bit/96kHz) | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation | Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | ||
| 1.12 | Honesty | 3:54 | Billy Joel | The Essential Billy Joel | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation | Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | [none] | |
| 1.15 | Honesty | 3:49 | Billy Joel | The Essential Collection | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation | Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697776802 | |
Relationships
| assistant engineer: | Dave Martone (US engineer) |
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| engineer: | Jim Boyer (producer/engineer) |
| producer: | Phil Ramone |
| mixer: | Jim Boyer (producer/engineer) Phil Ramone |
| acoustic guitar: | David Spinozza (in 1978) |
| brass [horns] and strings arranger: | Robert Freedman |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1978) Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 - Oct 1, 2008) (in 1978) Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1978) |
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| recorded at: | A & R Recording (Second studio, 799 7th Avenue) in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (in 1978) |
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| mixed at: | A & R Recording (Second studio, 799 7th Avenue) in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States |
| music videos: | Honesty Honesty |
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| recording of: | Honesty (in 1978) |
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Related works
Honesty
| lyricist and composer: | Billy Joel |
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| publisher: | April Music Inc. ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 CBS Songs Ltd. (in 1978) EMI April Music Inc. (in 1978) Impulsive Music (in 1978) |
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| later parody versions: | Quarantine (Honesty parody) |
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| later translated versions: | Ausus |
| music quoted on and lyrics quoted on: | Woodstock en Beauce |