 Belgian jazz musician , Toots Thielemans , recorded a harmonica instrumental cover version of the song with a five @-@ piece combo at Nippon Columbia 's Grand Studio in Tokyo , Japan in 1979 . " Honesty " has been particularly popular in South Korea and Japan for decades and covered by East Asian musicians including Hajime Mizoguchi on his album yours ; tears ( 2007 ) , and K on his album The Timeless Collection Vol . 1 ( 2007 ) . In 1981 , Mexican singer David Haro recorded under the title " Sinceridad " from the album Calido . " From Marcy to Hollywood " , a song by American rappers Jay @-@ Z , Memphis Bleek and Sauce Money from the soundtrack album The Players Club , ( 1998 ) featured a sample of " Honesty " . During his audutions for Fox 's Glee , Canadian actor Cory Monteith sang " Honesty " . Fellow Glee actor Kevin McHale , as his character Artie Abrams , covered the song in the show 's 2013 tribute episode " Movin ' Out " . In 2010 , Swedish singer Helen Sjöholm covered the song for her 2010 album Euforia – Helen Sjöholm sjunger Billy Joel under the title " Ärlighet " . Actress Maggie Gyllenhaal sings a cover of the song in the 2005 film Happy Endings . 
