Tears For Fears Lyrics
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From the Album
1. Say Goodbye To Mum And Dad
2. The Girl That I Call Home
3. Emily Said
4. Astronaut
5. No Small Thing
6. Tipping Point
7. Everybody Wants To Rule The World
8. Secret World
9. Sowing The Seeds Of Love
10. Long Long Long Time
11. Break The Man
12. My Demons
13. Rivers Of Mercy
14. Mad World
15. Suffer The Children
16. Woman In Chains
17. Bad Man's Song
18. Pale Shelter
19. Break It Down Again
20. Head Over Heels
21. Change
22. Shout
From the Single The Girl That I Call Home
From the Album 1. No Small Thing 2. The Tipping Point 3. Long Long Long Time 4. Break The Man 5. My Demons 6. Rivers Of Mercy 7. Please Be Happy 8. Master Plan 9. End Of Night 10. Stay
From the Album 1. Woman In Chains 2. Badmans Song 3. Sowing The Seeds Of Love 4. Advice For The Young At Heart 5. Standing On The Corner Of The Third World 6. Swords And Knives 7. Year Of The Knife 8. Famous Last Words
From the Single Everybody Wants To Rule The World
From the Album 1. Shout 2. The Working Hour 3. Everybody Wants To Rule The World 4. Mothers Talk 5. I Believe 6. Broken 7. Head over Heels / Broken (live) 8. Listen
From the Single
Shout
From the Album
1. The Hurting
2. Mad World
3. Pale Shelter
4. Ideas As Opiates
5. Memories Fade
6. Suffer The Children
7. Watch Me Bleed
8. Change
9. The Prisoner
10. Start Of The Breakdown
Other Songs All The Angels All You Need Is Love [DVD; Live] Always In The Past Ashes To Ashes Bloodletting Go Brian Wilson Said Broken Revisited Broken-Head Over Heels-Broken Call Me Mellow Calling Out [Bonus Track] Closest Thing To Heaven Cold Conflict [Bonus Track; Mix] Deja Vu And The Sins Of Science Deja Vu The Sins of Science Dogs A Best Friends Dog Dont Drink The Water Elemental Empire Building Everybody Loves A Happy Ending Falling Down Fish Out Of Water Gas Giants Gods Mistake Goodnight Song Head Over Heels / Broken Head Over Heels/Broken Humdrum And Humble I Choose You Johnny Panic And The Bible Of Dreams Killing With Kindness Ladybird Laid So Low Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down) Laid so Low (Tears Roll Down) [DVD Video] Last Days On Earth Lord Of Karma Los Reyes Católicos Los Reyes Católicos (Reprise) Los Reyes Catolicos Madness Of Roland Me And My Big Ideas Mr. Pessimist My Life In The Suicide Ranks New Star Out of Control Pharaohs Pharoahs Power Pullin' a Cloud Queen Of Compromise Quiet Ones Raoul And The Kings Of Spain Schrodingers Cat Schroedingers Cat Sea Song Secrets Size Of Sorrow Sketches Of Pain Sorry Soul on Board [Bonus Track] Start Of Breakdown Tears Roll Down The Big Chair The Body Wah The Conflict The Devil The Marauder The Marauders The Way You Are Until I Drown War Of Attrition Way You Are [Extended; Bonus Track] We Are Broken When In Love With A Blind Man Who Killed Tangerine? Who You Are
From the Single The Girl That I Call Home
From the Album 1. No Small Thing 2. The Tipping Point 3. Long Long Long Time 4. Break The Man 5. My Demons 6. Rivers Of Mercy 7. Please Be Happy 8. Master Plan 9. End Of Night 10. Stay
From the Album 1. Woman In Chains 2. Badmans Song 3. Sowing The Seeds Of Love 4. Advice For The Young At Heart 5. Standing On The Corner Of The Third World 6. Swords And Knives 7. Year Of The Knife 8. Famous Last Words
From the Single Everybody Wants To Rule The World
From the Album 1. Shout 2. The Working Hour 3. Everybody Wants To Rule The World 4. Mothers Talk 5. I Believe 6. Broken 7. Head over Heels / Broken (live) 8. Listen
From the Single
From the Album
Other Songs All The Angels All You Need Is Love [DVD; Live] Always In The Past Ashes To Ashes Bloodletting Go Brian Wilson Said Broken Revisited Broken-Head Over Heels-Broken Call Me Mellow Calling Out [Bonus Track] Closest Thing To Heaven Cold Conflict [Bonus Track; Mix] Deja Vu And The Sins Of Science Deja Vu The Sins of Science Dogs A Best Friends Dog Dont Drink The Water Elemental Empire Building Everybody Loves A Happy Ending Falling Down Fish Out Of Water Gas Giants Gods Mistake Goodnight Song Head Over Heels / Broken Head Over Heels/Broken Humdrum And Humble I Choose You Johnny Panic And The Bible Of Dreams Killing With Kindness Ladybird Laid So Low Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down) Laid so Low (Tears Roll Down) [DVD Video] Last Days On Earth Lord Of Karma Los Reyes Católicos Los Reyes Católicos (Reprise) Los Reyes Catolicos Madness Of Roland Me And My Big Ideas Mr. Pessimist My Life In The Suicide Ranks New Star Out of Control Pharaohs Pharoahs Power Pullin' a Cloud Queen Of Compromise Quiet Ones Raoul And The Kings Of Spain Schrodingers Cat Schroedingers Cat Sea Song Secrets Size Of Sorrow Sketches Of Pain Sorry Soul on Board [Bonus Track] Start Of Breakdown Tears Roll Down The Big Chair The Body Wah The Conflict The Devil The Marauder The Marauders The Way You Are Until I Drown War Of Attrition Way You Are [Extended; Bonus Track] We Are Broken When In Love With A Blind Man Who Killed Tangerine? Who You Are
Tears for Fears are an English pop rock band formed in Bath in 1981 by Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal. Founded after the dissolution of their first band, the mod-influenced Graduate, Tears for Fears were associated with the synth-pop bands of the 1980s, and attained international chart success as part of the Second British Invasion.
The band's debut album, The Hurting (1983), reached number one on the UK Albums Chart, and their first three hit singles - "Mad World", "Change", and "Pale Shelter" - all reached the top five in the UK Singles Chart. Their second album, Songs from the Big Chair (1985), reached number one on the US Billboard 200, achieving multi-platinum status in both the US and the UK. The album contained two US Billboard Hot 100 number one hits: "Shout" and "Everybody Wants to Rule the World", both of which also reached the top five in the UK with the latter winning the Brit Award for Best British Single in 1986. Their belated follow-up, The Seeds of Love (1989), entered the UK chart at number one and yielded the transatlantic top 5 hit "Sowing the Seeds of Love".
After touring The Seeds of Love in 1990, Orzabal and Smith had an acrimonious split. Orzabal retained the Tears for Fears name as a solo project, releasing the albums Elemental (1993) - which produced the international hit "Break It Down Again" - and Raoul and the Kings of Spain (1995). Orzabal and Smith reconciled in 2000 and released an album of new material, Everybody Loves a Happy Ending, in 2004. The duo have toured on a semi-regular basis since then. After being in development for almost a decade, the band's seventh album, The Tipping Point, was released in 2022, giving the band their sixth UK Top 5 album and their highest chart peak in 30 years, and reaching the Top 10 in numerous other countries, including the US.
In 2021, Orzabal and Smith were honoured with the Ivor Novello Award for 'Outstanding Song Collection' recognising their "era-defining Tears for Fears albums" and "critically acclaimed, innovative hit singles".
Members:
The band's debut album, The Hurting (1983), reached number one on the UK Albums Chart, and their first three hit singles - "Mad World", "Change", and "Pale Shelter" - all reached the top five in the UK Singles Chart. Their second album, Songs from the Big Chair (1985), reached number one on the US Billboard 200, achieving multi-platinum status in both the US and the UK. The album contained two US Billboard Hot 100 number one hits: "Shout" and "Everybody Wants to Rule the World", both of which also reached the top five in the UK with the latter winning the Brit Award for Best British Single in 1986. Their belated follow-up, The Seeds of Love (1989), entered the UK chart at number one and yielded the transatlantic top 5 hit "Sowing the Seeds of Love".
After touring The Seeds of Love in 1990, Orzabal and Smith had an acrimonious split. Orzabal retained the Tears for Fears name as a solo project, releasing the albums Elemental (1993) - which produced the international hit "Break It Down Again" - and Raoul and the Kings of Spain (1995). Orzabal and Smith reconciled in 2000 and released an album of new material, Everybody Loves a Happy Ending, in 2004. The duo have toured on a semi-regular basis since then. After being in development for almost a decade, the band's seventh album, The Tipping Point, was released in 2022, giving the band their sixth UK Top 5 album and their highest chart peak in 30 years, and reaching the Top 10 in numerous other countries, including the US.
In 2021, Orzabal and Smith were honoured with the Ivor Novello Award for 'Outstanding Song Collection' recognising their "era-defining Tears for Fears albums" and "critically acclaimed, innovative hit singles".
Roland Orzabal - guitars, keyboards, lead and backing vocals, bass (1981-present)
Curt Smith - bass, keyboards, lead and backing vocals (1981-1991, 2000-present)
Former members:
Ian Stanley - keyboards, backing vocals (1981-1987)
Manny Elias - drums, percussion (1981-1986)
From: Bath, Somerset, England
Genre(s): New wave, pop rock, synth-pop
Active From: 1981-present
Associated Acts: Graduate, Neon
Quotes:
"Nothing ever lasts forever
Everybody wants to rule the world"
-Tears For Fears
from Everybody Wants To Rule The World (1985)
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Everybody wants to rule the world"
-Tears For Fears
from Everybody Wants To Rule The World (1985)
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