Shout
| Shout | |
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| Tears for Fears | |
| publication | November 19, 1984 |
| length | 5:58 |
| Genre (s) | Synthpop , New Wave |
| Author (s) | Roland Orzabal , Ian Stanley |
| Producer (s) | Chris Hughes |
| Label | Mercury Records |
| album | Songs from the Big Chair |
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Shout is the title of a 1984 new wave song by the band Tears for Fears , written by Roland Orzabal and Ian Stanley. It was sung by Roland Orzabal, with Curt Smith on the chorus .
However, there is a song of the same name by the group The Isley Brothers from 1959 and corresponding cover versions e.g. B. from The Shangri-Las .
Emergence
Roland Orzabal and producer Chris Hughes said of the creation :
“The song was played in my room on a small synthesizer and a drum computer . At first I repeated the chorus like a mantra. I played it to Ian Stanley, our keyboardist, and Chris Hughes, our producer. I saw it as a good album track, but the others were convinced it could be a number one hit - and they were right. "
“We were in the middle of recording Mothers Talk when Roland played us a rough version of the song. It was very slow and very easy. I remember once saying, 'It's so easy, we recorded that in five minutes.' "
Meanings of the song
Orzabal and Smith commented on the significance as follows:
“A lot of people think that Shout is about the primal scream , as a continuation of the themes of our first album. It's more related to political protest. The song came out at a time when many people were concerned about the Cold War , and it was used to encourage protest. "
“It's about protest in that it encourages people not to do things without questioning them. People act thoughtlessly because that's the way society works. So you could say that it is a general song about how the public accepts any old suffering to which it is subjected. "
Single version
The publication took place on November 19, 1984. Shout is the most remixed song of all Tears for Fears songs . At least fifteen different versions were released under the band name.
As was customary in the 1980s , the remixes were recorded on vinyl. Three of them were reworked into a cappella versions by Steve Thompson and Michael Barbiero . More recently, remixes of the song by artists such as Jakatta , Fergie , Skylark and Beatchuggers have also appeared .
Republication
In addition to the records and CDs , Shout was released as collectibles: a 10 "single and 7" box with a Tears-for-Fears calendar from 1985. A similar box also appeared with a twelve-page booklet with photos of the Tape.
The B-side of the single
The B-side of the single is the instrumental piece The Big Chair . This track uses dialog samples from the 1976 film Sybil , from which - like the other tracks on the album Songs from the Big Chair - its name is derived. This is one of the few Tears for Fears songs that Curt Smith was a writer on.
“This track was very inspired by the film Sybil about a woman with great suffering in a psychiatric hospital. The therapist's office, in which the chairwoman sits, was the safest place for the main characters of the film to talk about the terrible experiences. "
Music video
The music video for Shout was filmed on the picturesque beach at Durdle Door on the south coast of England in late summer 1984 and again produced by Nigel Dick. Like Everybody Wants to Rule the World , Shout had great success in the United States due to the clip's popularity on MTV .
Cover versions
The track has been covered a number of times, including by:
- 1986: Weird Al Yankovic Polka Party
- 1986: Joan Baez feat. Neville Brothers
- 1989: Pop Will Eat Itself Radio PWEI (contains a sample of "Shout")
- 1994: Concrete Blonde Mexican Moon
- 1994: Fugees Giggles
- 1997: Atrocity
- 1998: Sweetbox
- 1999: At Vance
- 2000: Disturbed Shout 2000
- 2005: Kirk Franklin Let It Go
- 2006: Mark 'Oh Let It Out (Shout, Shout, Shout)
- 2006: Faithless feat. LSK The Man in You
- 2008: Eric Prydz Pjanoo
- 2010: OneRepublic
- 2011: Bernhoft
- 2012: Busta Rhymes I'm Talking to You
- 2016: Scandroid
- 2018: Arch Enemy
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Charts DE Charts AT Charts CH Charts UK Charts US
- ^ Tears for Fears - Shout sheet music . In: Just Sheet Music . Justsheetmusic.com. Accessed January 8, 2014. "This dual New wave composition by Ian Stanley and Roland Orzabal got released in 1985 as part of the album, Songs From the Big Chair." ( English )
- ↑ Shout by Tears For Fears on WhoSampled.com