It was released as iTunes Single of the Week on 2 October 2012, and as an 4-track remix EP on 12 February 2013, by Interscope Records.

[5] When Koma listened to Foxes' song "Youth", he contacted her through Skype and asked her to be the vocalist on "Clarity".

[6] In June 2014, following the success of "Stay the Night" featuring Hayley Williams in the United Kingdom, "Clarity" was re-released there, and this time reached a better peak of number 27, compared to the previous one of 29 in 2013.

It ended up being awarded silver certification by the BPI following the intake of streaming into Official Charts data in the UK.

The video starts with the camera panning over the desert, and later switching to see Foxes and the male lead driving in different cars, until they suddenly collide head-to-head, with enough force for both characters to rocket backward.