List of songs by Tears for Fears
This list includes all songs by the British band Tears for Fears .
The order of the titles is sorted alphabetically. It provides information about the author.
Albums
All songs from the following Tears for Fears albums are listed:
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All singles and B-sides were also taken into account . Cover versions and remix versions were not included .
list
A.
| # | title | Duration | Authors | album | year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Advice for the Young at Heart was released as a single |
4:54 | Roland Orzabal, Nicky Holland | The Seeds of Love | 1989 |
| 2 | All of the Angels | 4:25 | Alan Griffiths, Roland Orzabal | B-side of Raoul and the Kings of Spain | 1995 |
| 3 | Always in the past | 4:35 | Ian Stanley, Roland Orzabal | B-side of Woman in Chains | 1989 |
B.
| # | title | Duration | Authors | album | year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Badman's song | 8:32 | Roland Orzabal, Nicky Holland | The Seeds of Love | 1989 |
| 2 | Bloodletting Go | 4:13 | Alan Griffiths, Roland Orzabal | B-side of Break It Down Again | 1993 |
| 3 |
Break It Down Again was released as a single |
4:31 | Roland Orzabal, Alan Griffiths | Elemental | 1993 |
| 4th | Brian Wilson said | 4:22 | Roland Orzabal, Alan Griffiths | Elemental | 1993 |
| 5 | Broken | 2:33 | Roland Orzabal | Songs from the Big Chair | 1985 |
C.
| # | title | Duration | Authors | album | year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Call Me Mellow
appeared as a single |
3:37 | Roland Orzabal, Curt Smith, Charlton Pettus | Everybody Loves a Happy Ending | 2004 |
| 2 |
Change was released as a single |
4:15 | Roland Orzabal | The hurting | 1983 |
| 3 |
Closest Thing to Heaven was released as a single |
3:37 | Roland Orzabal, Curt Smith, Charlton Pettus | Everybody Loves a Happy Ending | 2004 |
| 4th |
Cold was released as a single |
5:05 | Roland Orzabal | Elemental | 1993 |
D.
| # | title | Duration | Authors | album | year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Déjà-Vu & The Sins of Science | 6:23 | Roland Orzabal, Alan Griffiths | B-side of Cold | 1993 |
| 2 | Dog's a Best Friend's Dog | 3:38 | Roland Orzabal, Alan Griffiths | Elemental | 1993 |
| 3 |
Don't Drink the Water was released as a single |
4:50 | Roland Orzabal, Alan Griffiths | Raoul and the Kings of Spain | 1995 |
E.
| # | title | Duration | Authors | album | year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elemental | 6:14 | Roland Orzabal, Alan Griffiths | Elemental | 1993 |
| 2 | Empire Building | 2:49 | Curt Smith, Ian Stanley, Roland Orzabal | B-side of Mothers Talk | 1984 |
| 3 |
Everybody Loves a Happy Ending was released as a single |
4:21 | Roland Orzabal, Curt Smith, Charlton Pettus | Everybody Loves a Happy Ending | 2004 |
| 4th |
Everybody Wants to Rule the World was released as a single |
4:10 | Chris Hughes, Roland Orzabal, Ian Stanley | Songs from the Big Chair | 1985 |
| 5 |
Everybody Wants to Run the World New recording of the song Everybody Wants to Rule the World as part of the Sport Aid campaign |
4:30 | Chris Hughes, Roland Orzabal, Ian Stanley | - | 1986 |
F.
| # | title | Duration | Authors | album | year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Falling down
appeared as a single |
4:55 | Roland Orzabal | Raoul and the Kings of Spain | 1995 |
| 2 |
Famous Last Words
appeared as a single |
4:23 | Roland Orzabal, Nicky Holland | The Seeds of Love | 1989 |
| 3 | Fish out of water | 5:07 | Roland Orzabal, Alan Griffiths | Elemental | 1993 |
G
| # | title | Duration | Authors | album | year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas giant | 2:40 | Roland Orzabal, Alan Griffiths | Elemental | 1993 |
| 2 |
God's Mistake was released as a single |
3:47 | Roland Orzabal, Alan Griffiths | Raoul and the Kings of Spain | 1995 |
| 3 |
Goodnight Song was released as a single |
3:53 | Roland Orzabal, Alan Griffiths | Elemental | 1993 |
H
| # | title | Duration | Authors | album | year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Head Over Heels was released as a single |
5:00 | Roland Orzabal, Curt Smith | Songs from the Big Chair | 1985 |
| 2 | Humdum and Humble | 4:10 | Roland Orzabal, Alan Griffiths, | Raoul and the Kings of Spain | 1995 |
I.
| # | title | Duration | Authors | album | year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
I Believe was released as a single |
4:53 | Roland Orzabal | Songs from the Big Chair | 1985 |
| 2 | I choose you | 3:25 | Roland Orzabal, Alan Griffiths, | Raoul and the Kings of Spain | 1995 |
| 3 | Ideas as Opiates | 3:46 | Roland Orzabal | The hurting | 1982 |
| 4th |
I Love You but I'm Lost
appeared as a single |
4:21 | Roland Orzabal, Curt Smith, Dan Smith , Mark Crew | Rule the World: The Greatest Hits | 2017 |
J
| # | title | Duration | Authors | album | year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams | 4:16 | Roland Orzabal | B-side of Advice for the Young at Heart | 1985 |
K
| # | title | Duration | Authors | album | year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Killing with Kindness | 5:25 | Roland Orzabal, Curt Smith, Charlton Pettus, | Everybody Loves a Happy Ending | 2004 |
L.
| # | title | Duration | Authors | album | year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Ladybird was released as a single |
4:49 | Roland Orzabal, Curt Smith, Charlton Pettus, | Everybody Loves a Happy Ending | 2004 |
| 2 |
Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down) was released as a single |
4:45 | Roland Orzabal, David Bascombe | single | 1992 |
| 3 | Last Days On Earth | 5:41 | Roland Orzabal, Curt Smith, Charlton Pettus, | Everybody Loves a Happy Ending | 2004 |
| 4th | Lists | 6:54 | Roland Orzabal, Ian Stanley | Songs from the Big Chair | 1985 |
| 5 | Lord of Karma | 4:45 | Roland Orzabal, Alan Griffiths | B-Side to Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down) | 1992 |
| 6th | Los Reyes Católicos | 1:44 | Roland Orzabal, Alan Griffiths, | Raoul and the Kings of Spain | 1995 |
M.
| # | title | Duration | Authors | album | year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Mad World was released as a single |
3:35 | Roland Orzabal | The hurting | 1982 |
| 2 |
Me and My Big Ideas was released as a single |
4:32 | Roland Orzabal, Alan Griffiths, | Raoul and the Kings of Spain | 1995 |
| 3 |
Mothers Talk was released as a single |
3:53 | Roland Orzabal, Ian Stanley | Songs from the Big Chair | 1984 |
| 4th | Mr. pessimist | 6:16 | Roland Orzabal, Alan Griffiths | Elemental | 1993 |
| 5 | Music for tables | 3:32 | Roland Orzabal | B-side of Advice for the Young at Heart | 1985 |
N
| # | title | Duration | Authors | album | year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Star | 4:29 | Alan Griffiths, Roland Orzabal | B-side of Cold | 1993 |
O
| # | title | Duration | Authors | album | year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Out of control | 5:06 | Roland Orzabal, Curt Smith, Charlton Pettus, | Everybody Loves a Happy Ending | 2004 |
P
| # | title | Duration | Authors | album | year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Pale Shelter (You Don't Give Me Love) was released as a single |
4:34 | Roland Orzabal | The hurting | 1982 |
| 2 | Pharaohs | 3:41 | Chris Hughes, Curt Smith, Ian Stanley, Roland Orzabal | B-side of Everybody Wants to Rule the World | 1985 |
| 3 | power | 5:49 | Roland Orzabal, Alan Griffiths | Elemental | 1993 |
| 4th | Pullin 'a cloud | 2:47 | Brian MacLeod, Gail Ann Dorsey | Everybody Loves a Happy Ending | 2004 |
Q
| # | title | Duration | Authors | album | year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Queen of Compromise | 3:52 | Alan Griffiths, Brian Macleod, Gail Anne Dorsey, Jebin Bruni, Jeffrey Trott, Roland Orzabal | B-side of Raoul and the Kings of Spain | 1995 |
| 2 | Quiet Ones | 4:22 | Roland Orzabal | Everybody Loves a Happy Ending | 2004 |
R.
| # | title | Duration | Authors | album | year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Raoul And The Kings Of Spain was released as a single |
5:15 | Roland Orzabal, Alan Griffiths | Raoul and the Kings of Spain | 1995 |
S.
| # | title | Duration | Authors | album | year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Schroedinger's Cat | 5:03 | Alan Griffiths, Roland Orzabal | B-side of Break It Down Again | 1993 |
| 2 | Sea song | 3:50 | Robert Wyatt | B-side of I Believe | 1985 |
| 3 | Secrets was released as a single | 4:41 | Roland Orzabal, Alan Griffiths, | Raoul and the Kings of Spain | 1995 |
| 4th | Secret World was released as a single | 5:12 | Roland Orzabal | Everybody Loves a Happy Ending | 2004 |
| 5 |
Shout was released as a single |
6:35 | Roland Orzabal, Ian Stanley | Songs from the Big Chair | 1984 |
| 6th | Size of Sorrow | 4:43 | Roland Orzabal | Everybody Loves a Happy Ending | 2004 |
| 7th | Sketches Of Pain | 4:20 | Roland Orzabal | Raoul and the Kings of Spain | 1995 |
| 8th | Sorry | 4:48 | Roland Orzabal, Alan Griffiths, | Raoul and the Kings of Spain | 1995 |
| 9 |
Sowing the Seeds of Love was released as a single |
6:19 | Roland Orzabal, Curt Smith | The Seeds of Love | 1989 |
| 10 | Start of the breakdown | 5:01 | Roland Orzabal | The hurting | 1983 |
| 11 | Standing on the Corner of the Third World | 5:33 | Roland Orzabal | The Seeds of Love | 1989 |
| 12 | Stay | 4:29 | Roland Orzabal, Curt Smith, Dan Smith , Mark Crew | Rule the World: The Greatest Hits | 2017 |
| 13 | Suffer the Children was released as a single | 3:52 | Roland Orzabal | The hurting | 1981 |
| 14th | Swords and Knives | 6:14 | Roland Orzabal, Nicky Holland | The Seeds of Love | 1989 |
T
| # | title | Duration | Authors | album | year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tears Roll Down | 3:14 | David Bascombe, Roland Orzabal | B-side of The Seeds of Love | 1989 |
| 2 | The Big Chair | 3:22 | Roland Orzabal | B-side of Shout | 1984 |
| 3 | The Body Wah | 5:20 | Roland Orzabal, Alan Griffiths | B-Side to Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down) | 1992 |
| 4th | The Conflict | 4:06 | Roland Orzabal, Curt Smith, Ian Stanley | B-side of Change | 1983 |
| 5 | The Devil | 3:30 | Roland Orzabal | Everybody Loves a Happy Ending | 2004 |
| 6th | The hurting | 4:19 | Roland Orzabal | The hurting | 1983 |
| 7th | The Marauders | 4:14 | Ian Stanley, Roland Orzabal | The hurting | 1983 |
| 8th | The prisoner | 2:56 | Roland Orzabal | The hurting | 1982 |
| 9 |
The Way You Are
appeared as a single |
4:53 | Curt Smith, Ian Stanley, Manny Elias, Roland Orzabal | single | 1983 |
| 10 | The working hour | 6:29 | Roland Orzabal | Songs from the Big Chair | 1985 |
U
| # | title | Duration | Authors | album | year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Until I Drown | 3:23 | Alan Griffiths, Roland Orzabal | B-side of Secrets | 1995 |
W.
| # | title | Duration | Authors | album | year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | War of attrition | 3:41 | Alan Griffiths, Roland Orzabal | B-side of Secrets | 1995 |
| 2 | Watch me bleed | 4:17 | Roland Orzabal | The hurting | 1983 |
| 3 | We are broken | 4:08 | Roland Orzabal | B-side of Pale Shelter | 1983 |
| 4th | When in Love with a Blind Man | 2:22 | Ian Stanley | B-side of Head Over Heels | 1985 |
| 5 | Who Killed Tangerine? | 5:32 | Roland Orzabal, Curt Smith, Charlton Pettus | Everybody Loves a Happy Ending | 2004 |
| 6th | Who You Are | 3:41 | Curt Smith, Charlton Pettus | Everybody Loves a Happy Ending | 2004 |
| 7th | Wino | 2:21 | Curt Smith, Roland Orzabal | Suffer the Children (B-side) | 1981 |
| 8th |
Woman in Chains was released as a single |
6:30 | Roland Orzabal | The Seeds of Love | 1989 |
Y
| # | title | Duration | Authors | album | year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Year of the Knife | 6:55 | Roland Orzabal, Nicky Holland | The Seeds of Love | 1989 |
Web links
- All songs of the Tears for Fears at a glance
- List of Tears for Fears songs at Discogs
Individual evidence
- ↑ Booklet of the CD The Hurting by Tears for Fears, Mercury / Phonogram, 1983
- ↑ Booklet of the CD Songs from the Big Chair by Tears for Fears, Mercury (US), Phonogram (UK), 1985
- ↑ Booklet of the CD The Seeds of Love by Tears for Fears, Fontana / Mercury 1989
- ^ Booklet of the CD Elemental by Tears for Fears, Mercury Records Phonogram, 1993
- ↑ Booklet of the CD Raoul and the Kings of Spain by Tears for Fears, Epic Records, Cherry Pop, 1995
- ↑ Booklet of the CD Everybody Loves a Happy Ending by Tears for Fears, Edel Music, 2004
- ↑ Jonathan Kannaugh: Tears For Fears . In: Peter Buckley (Ed.): The Rough Guide to Rock . 3rd ed. London 2003, ISBN 1-85828-457-0 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).