There's a Honey

"There's a Honey" is a song by English indie pop band Pale Waves. The band's debut single, it was released through Dirty Hit on 20 February 2017 and is the lead single of their debut studio album, My Mind Makes Noises (2018).

"There's a Honey"
Single by Pale Waves
from the album My Mind Makes Noises
Released	20 February 2017 10 November 2017 (7")
Recorded	2016
Genre	Indie pop synth-pop
Length	3:47 3:51 (album version)
Label	Dirty Hit
Songwriter(s)	Ciara Doran & Heather Baron-Gracie
Producer(s)	Matthew Healy George Daniel
Pale Waves singles chronology
"There's a Honey" (2017) "Television Romance" (2017)

It was re-released on 10 November as a limited-edition double 7", coupled with "Television Romance". Upon its re-release, it debuted at #83 on the Scottish Singles Chart on 17 November and at #2 on the UK Vinyl Singles and UK Singles Sales Charts.[1]

Release

The song was originally released on 20 February 2017 as a download and made available on streaming services the same day.[2] There's A Honey was re-released on 10 November 2017 with single "Television Romance", released as a limited edition white 7" double A-side single.[3]

Reception

"There's A Honey" received positive reviews from critics upon release. While reviewing the song Cécile Howard, writing for The Edge, called the song "An enchanting debut" and mentioned that the single was "Eerily catchy through its chilling vocals and unique perspective on a crumbling relationship", giving the song a 4/5 star review.[4] Writing for DIY, Will Richards stated that the band's debut single was "laying down the chorus of the year so far" and that Pale Waves had "set themselves up for extremely big things".[5]

Editor of Music Week, Mark Sutherland named the song as his personal track of the year as part of the 2017 Music Week staff picks. He talked about why he picked the song in particular, stating: "There’s A Honey was my song of the year at the halfway stage of 2017 but you know what? Nothing has come along to get close to it in terms of sky-kissing ‘90s-style alt-rock majesty" he went on to compliment the debut further writing the song "has the edge as the most brilliantly bristling-with-intent debut single in an age, as poppy as it is Gothy and a rare instantly-irresistible song that will stay with you forever."[6]

On 27 November 2017, NME named "There's A Honey" at number 22 in their "Tracks of The Year 2017" list, they described the song as having "shimmering soundscapes and a bloody brilliant festival-ready chorus" and that the track has "a juggernaut riff gets things off to a killer start and soon after, Heather Baron-Gracie’s heavenly vocals prove to cast an utterly bewitching and unbreakable spell".[7]

Year-end lists

Publication	Rank	Ref.
NME Single of the Year (2017)	22	[8]
The Line of Best Fit: Best Fifty Songs of 2017	24	[9]

Music video

There's a Honey Music Video

The music video for "There's A Honey" was directed by Silent Tapes and it was released on 11 April 2017. Matty Healy of The 1975 worked with the band on the video as Creative Director with Duane Nasis working as the Art Director.[10]

The music video is performance based and features the band playing under a material cover with various psychedelic lighting projected on to the material, with several close up shots of each band member also engulfed in the light. Speaking of the videos style and design choices to Fader Heather Baron-Gracie said; "For the first Pale Waves video we wanted to create something that was minimal and beautiful. Drawing inspiration from American sculptor Daniel Wurtzel, romantic yet evoking a feeling of claustrophobia".[11]

As of January 2021 the music video has been viewed over 5.4 million times on the bands YouTube page.[12]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Pale Waves; all music is composed by Pale Waves.

Download, Streaming

No.	Title	Length
1.	"There's A Honey (original recording)"	3:47
2.	"There's A Honey (album version)"	3:51

7" (AA re-release)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Television Romance"	3:25
2.	"There's A Honey"	3:47

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2017)	Peak position
Scotland (OCC)[13]	83
UK Physical Sales Chart (Official Charts Company)[14]	2
UK Vinyl Chart (Official Charts Company)[15]	2

• "Television Romance/There's a Honey re-released as a double A side Vinyl single on 10 November 2017.[16]

Release history

Country	Date	Format	Label	Catalog no.
Worldwide	20 February 2017	DL	Dirty Hit
	10 November 2017	LP		DH00258

References

1. "Television Romance Chart Positions" Official Charts Retrieved on 11 December 2017
2. "There's A Honey release date" Amazon. Retrieved on 12 December 2017.
3. "Pale Waves Television Romance Vinyl" Dirty Hit Retrieved on 11 December 2017
4. "There's A Honey Edge Review"The Edge 10 May 2017, Retrieved 12 December 2017
5. "There's A Honey DIY Review" DIY Magazine 21 February 2017, Retrieved 12 December 2017
6. "Music Week staff picks"Music Week 21 December 2017, retrieved 17 January 2018
7. "NME Tracks of the Year 2018"NME 27 November 2017, retrieved 10 January 2018
8. "NME Tracks of the Year 2018"NME 27 November 2017, retrieved 10 January 2018
9. "Line of Best Fit Tracks of the Year 2017"The Line of Best Fit retrieved 31 January 2018
10. "Video Directors"coupdemainmagazine retrieved 11 January 2018
11. "DIY Interview"DIY retrieved 11 January 2018
12. "There's A Honey Video" Youtube Retrieved 12 December 2017.
13. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
14. "Chart Position" Official Charts Company Retrieved 12 December 2017
15. "Chart Position" Official Charts Company Retrieved 12 December 2017
16. "Pale Waves Singles"Pale Waves. Retrieved 27 November 2017.