Tom Smith (born 1980 or 1981) is an English musician, best known as the lead singer, songwriter, keyboardist and rhythm guitarist of the indie rock band Editors.

After a number of name changes and preluding singles, Editors released their debut album The Back Room on 25 July 2005 to critical acclaim.

[2] An equally well received second album, An End Has a Start, followed on 25 June 2007, which included singles such as "Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors" and the eponymous track.

In July 2008, he contributed a cover of "Bonny" (by Prefab Sprout) for the UK edition of the Independents Day charity album.

Editors released their fourth studio album The Weight of Your Love on 28 June 2013, after a hiatus and the departure of guitarist Chris Urbanowicz in 2012.

On the first recording sessions of the album, Smith stated that it had been "a long, hard couple of years and it got pretty dark because whenever we tried creating new songs it wasn’t good enough.

Regarding the sound of the album, lead singer Tom Smith stated that it "[has] a foot in that alt rock/Americana world" and that it feels "untouchable at times".

In 2011, Smith contributed vocals for songs "Joshua" by Northern Irish electronic band The Japanese Popstars and "The Call" by London/Manchester progressive house project Raized by Wolves.

Smith also provided backing vocals to the lead single from the second Andy Burrows' solo album Company, "Keep On Moving On".

[10] In 2012, Smith worked with the French band Indochine for the song "The Lovers" on their album Black City Parade.

In 2014, Belgian dance project Magnus teamed up with Smith for their song "Singing Man", which was the lead single from their second album Where Neon Goes to Die.

In April 2011, he ran the London Marathon alongside Editors bandmate Russell Leetch, raising over £10,000 for Oxfam.