Delilah (Florence and the Machine song)

Jon Blistein of Rolling Stone wrote that "Delilah" begins sparsely with Welch's multi-tracked call-and-response vocals sailing atop a simple piano and simmering synths.^[4]

The music video for "Delilah" was directed by Vincent Haycock and premiered on 21 October 2015 as part of the video series The Odyssey.^[5] Filmed in Los Angeles,^[6] the video opens with an intense monologue from an old man.^[5] Florence Welch is then seen roaming through a "maze of motel rooms – dancing, writhing intensely, cutting a man's hair and encountering a horrifying goblin."^[5] At the end of the video, Welch "triumphantly rides through the streets of Los Angeles [...] as a hat tip to her newfound freedom."^[6]

In an interview with Rookie, Haycock said of the video, "The cutting of the hair was a direct reference to the biblical [story of] Delilah, but then it veered off into something more personal to Florence. Since this song was always planned as being the end of the series, we decided to make it about [her] returning to her true self, killing off the ego version of herself, and finding her way home again."^[7]

• Digital download – Galantis Remix^[8]

1. "Delilah" (Galantis Remix) – 5:37
2. "Delilah" (Galantis Remix / Radio Edit) – 4:11

• Limited-edition 12-inch single (Record Store Day exclusive)^[9]

A1. "Delilah" – 4:53

A2. "Delilah" (Demo) – 4:23

B. "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" (live) – 2:58

Credits adapted from the liner notes of How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful.^[10]

• Engineered at The Pool (London)
• Mixed at Toast Studios (London)
• Mastered at Sterling Sound (New York City)