Tears for Fears Songs List with album names, check all time popular songs by the English pop rock band. Tears for Fears is a British pop rock band that gained popularity during the 1980s. The band was formed in Bath, England, in 1981, and its core members were Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith. Their music is characterized by a blend of catchy pop melodies, introspective lyrics, and a new wave synth-pop sound. The most famous songs by the pop band are included in the Tears for Fears Concert Set List 2023, check new setlist here.
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Tears for Fears achieved international success with their debut album “The Hurting,” released in 1983. The album featured hits like “Mad World” and “Change,” which garnered significant attention and established the band’s presence in the music industry. Their second album, “Songs from the Big Chair,” released in 1985, was a massive success. It included several chart-topping singles, such as “Shout,” “Everybody Wants to Rule the World,” and “Head Over Heels.” This album solidified Tears for Fears’ position as one of the leading bands of the ’80s.
In 1989, the band released their third studio album, “The Seeds of Love,” which showcased a more diverse and mature sound, incorporating elements of soul and gospel music. The album featured the hit single “Sowing the Seeds of Love.” After the release of “The Seeds of Love,” tensions arose between Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith, leading to Smith’s departure from the band in 1991. Roland Orzabal continued to release music under the Tears for Fears name with the help of other musicians. In 2000, Orzabal and Smith reunited, and the original duo started to work together again. They released their first album in over a decade, titled “Everybody Loves a Happy Ending,” in 2004.
Tears for Fears Songs List
| Song Name | Album Name |
|---|---|
| “Elemental” | Elemental |
| “Cold” | Elemental |
| “Break It Down Again” | Elemental |
| “Mr. Pessimist” | Elemental |
| “Dog’s a Best Friend’s Dog” | Elemental |
| “Fish Out of Water” | Elemental |
| “Gas Giants” | Elemental |
| “Power” | Elemental |
| “Brian Wilson Said” | Elemental |
| “Goodnight Song” | Elemental |
| “Everybody Loves a Happy Ending” | Everybody Loves a Happy Ending |
| “Closest Thing to Heaven” | Everybody Loves a Happy Ending |
| “Call Me Mellow” | Everybody Loves a Happy Ending |
| “Size of Sorrow” | Everybody Loves a Happy Ending |
| “Who Killed Tangerine?” | Everybody Loves a Happy Ending |
| “Quiet Ones” | Everybody Loves a Happy Ending |
| “Who You Are” | Everybody Loves a Happy Ending |
| “The Devil” | Everybody Loves a Happy Ending |
| “Secret World” | Everybody Loves a Happy Ending |
| “Killing with Kindness” | Everybody Loves a Happy Ending |
| “Ladybird” | Everybody Loves a Happy Ending |
| “Last Days on Earth” | Everybody Loves a Happy Ending |
| “Pullin’ a Cloud” | Everybody Loves a Happy Ending |
| “Out of Control” | Everybody Loves a Happy Ending |
| “The Hurting” | The Hurting |
| “Mad World” | The Hurting |
| “Pale Shelter” | The Hurting |
| “Ideas as Opiates” | The Hurting |
| “Memories Fade” | The Hurting |
| “Suffer the Children” | The Hurting |
| “Watch Me Bleed” | The Hurting |
| “Change” | The Hurting |
| “The Prisoner” | The Hurting |
| “Start of the Breakdown” | The Hurting |
| “Change” (New Version) | The Hurting |
| “Pale Shelter” (Long Version) | The Hurting |
| “The Way You Are” (Extended) | The Hurting |
| “Mad World” (World Remix) | The Hurting |
| “Change” (Extended Version) | The Hurting |
| “Raoul and the Kings of Spain” | Raoul and the Kings of Spain |
| “Falling Down” | Raoul and the Kings of Spain |
| “Secrets” | Raoul and the Kings of Spain |
| “God’s Mistake” | Raoul and the Kings of Spain |
| “Sketches of Pain” | Raoul and the Kings of Spain |
| “Los Reyes Católicos” | Raoul and the Kings of Spain |
| “Sorry” | Raoul and the Kings of Spain |
| “Queen of Compromise” | Raoul and the Kings of Spain |
| “Don’t Drink the Water” | Raoul and the Kings of Spain |
| “Me and My Big Ideas” | Raoul and the Kings of Spain |
| “Los Reyes Católicos” | Raoul and the Kings of Spain |
| “Raoul and the Kings of Spain” | Raoul and the Kings of Spain |
| “Falling Down” | Raoul and the Kings of Spain |
| “Secrets” | Raoul and the Kings of Spain |
| “God’s Mistake” | Raoul and the Kings of Spain |
| “Sketches of Pain” | Raoul and the Kings of Spain |
| “Los Reyes Católicos” | Raoul and the Kings of Spain |
| “Sorry” | Raoul and the Kings of Spain |
| “Humdrum and Humble” | Raoul and the Kings of Spain |
| “I Choose You” | Raoul and the Kings of Spain |
| “Don’t Drink the Water” | Raoul and the Kings of Spain |
| “Los Reyes Católicos (Reprise)” | Raoul and the Kings of Spain |
| “All of the Angels” | Raoul and the Kings of Spain |
| “The Madness of Roland” | Raoul and the Kings of Spain |
| “Queen of Compromise” | Raoul and the Kings of Spain |
| “Until I Drown” | Raoul and the Kings of Spain |
| “War of Attrition” | Raoul and the Kings of Spain |
| “Raoul and the Kings of Spain” (acoustic) | Raoul and the Kings of Spain |
| “Break It Down Again” (acoustic) | Raoul and the Kings of Spain |
| “My Girls” (Animal Collective cover) | Ready Boy & Girls? |
| “Ready to Start” (Arcade Fire cover) | Ready Boy & Girls? |
| “And I Was a Boy from School” (Hot Chip cover) | Ready Boy & Girls? |
| “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” | Rule the World: The Greatest Hits |
| “Shout” (7″ edit) | Rule the World: The Greatest Hits |
| “I Love You but I’m Lost” | Rule the World: The Greatest Hits |
| “Mad World” | Rule the World: The Greatest Hits |
| “Sowing the Seeds of Love” | Rule the World: The Greatest Hits |
| “Advice for the Young at Heart” | Rule the World: The Greatest Hits |
| “Head over Heels” | Rule the World: The Greatest Hits |
| “Woman in Chains” (with Oleta Adams) | Rule the World: The Greatest Hits |
| “Change” (radio edit) | Rule the World: The Greatest Hits |
| “Stay” | Rule the World: The Greatest Hits |
| “Pale Shelter” | Rule the World: The Greatest Hits |
| “Mothers Talk” (U.S. remix) | Rule the World: The Greatest Hits |
| “Break It Down Again” | Rule the World: The Greatest Hits |
| “I Believe” | Rule the World: The Greatest Hits |
| “Raoul and the Kings of Spain” | Rule the World: The Greatest Hits |
| “Closest Thing to Heaven” | Rule the World: The Greatest Hits |
| “Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams (Fluke Remix)” | Saturnine Martial & Lunatic |
| “The Big Chair” | Saturnine Martial & Lunatic |
| “Schrödinger’s Cat” | Saturnine Martial & Lunatic |
| “My Life in the Suicide Ranks” | Saturnine Martial & Lunatic |
| “When in Love With a Blind Man” | Saturnine Martial & Lunatic |
| “Pharaohs (Single Version)” | Saturnine Martial & Lunatic |
| “Déjà-Vu and the Sins of Science” | Saturnine Martial & Lunatic |
| “The Marauders” | Saturnine Martial & Lunatic |
| “Tears Roll Down” | Saturnine Martial & Lunatic |
| “New Star” | Saturnine Martial & Lunatic |
| “The Body Wah” | Saturnine Martial & Lunatic |
| “Lord of Karma” | Saturnine Martial & Lunatic |
| “Bloodletting Go” | Saturnine Martial & Lunatic |
| “Always in the Past” | Saturnine Martial & Lunatic |
| “Sea Song” | Saturnine Martial & Lunatic |
| “Ashes to Ashes” | Saturnine Martial & Lunatic |
| “Empire Building” | Saturnine Martial & Lunatic |
| “The Way You Are” | Saturnine Martial & Lunatic |
| “Secret World” | Secret World Live in Paris |
| “Call Me Mellow” | Secret World Live in Paris |
| “Sowing the Seeds of Love” | Secret World Live in Paris |
| “Pale Shelter” | Secret World Live in Paris |
| “Closest Thing to Heaven” | Secret World Live in Paris |
| “Mad World” | Secret World Live in Paris |
| “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” | Secret World Live in Paris |
| “Head over Heels” | Secret World Live in Paris |
| “Shout” | Secret World Live in Paris |
| “Secret World (radio edit; bonus studio track)” | Secret World Live in Paris |
| “Floating Down the River (previously unreleased; bonus studio track)” | Secret World Live in Paris |
| “What Are We Fighting For (previously released on Curt Smith’s 1998 Mayfield album; bonus studio track)” | Secret World Live in Paris |
| “Woman in Chains” (featuring Oleta Adams) | The Seeds of Love |
| “Badman’s Song” | The Seeds of Love |
| “Sowing the Seeds of Love” | The Seeds of Love |
| “Advice for the Young at Heart” | The Seeds of Love |
| “Standing on the Corner of the Third World” | The Seeds of Love |
| “Swords and Knives” | The Seeds of Love |
| “Year of the Knife” | The Seeds of Love |
| “Famous Last Words” | The Seeds of Love |
| “Tears Roll Down” (B-side to “Sowing the Seeds of Love”) | The Seeds of Love |
| “Always in the Past” (B-side to “Woman in Chains”) | The Seeds of Love |
| “Music for Tables” (B-side to “Advice for the Young at Heart”) | The Seeds of Love |
| “Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams” (additional B-side to “Advice for the Young at Heart”) | The Seeds of Love |
| “Mad World” | Shout: The Very Best of Tears for Fears |
| “Change” | Shout: The Very Best of Tears for Fears |
| “Pale Shelter” | Shout: The Very Best of Tears for Fears |
| “The Way You Are” | Shout: The Very Best of Tears for Fears |
| “Suffer the Children” | Shout: The Very Best of Tears for Fears |
| “Mothers Talk (US remix)” | Shout: The Very Best of Tears for Fears |
| “Shout” | Shout: The Very Best of Tears for Fears |
| “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” | Shout: The Very Best of Tears for Fears |
| “Head over Heels” | Shout: The Very Best of Tears for Fears |
| “I Believe (A Soulful Re-Recording)” | Shout: The Very Best of Tears for Fears |
| “Sowing the Seeds of Love” | Shout: The Very Best of Tears for Fears |
| “Woman in Chains” | Shout: The Very Best of Tears for Fears |
| “Advice for the Young at Heart” | Shout: The Very Best of Tears for Fears |
| “Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down)” | Shout: The Very Best of Tears for Fears |
| “Break It Down Again” | Shout: The Very Best of Tears for Fears |
| “New Star” | Shout: The Very Best of Tears for Fears |
| “Goodnight Song” | Shout: The Very Best of Tears for Fears |
| “Shout” | Songs from the Big Chair |
| “The Working Hour” | Songs from the Big Chair |
| “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” | Songs from the Big Chair |
| “Mothers Talk” | Songs from the Big Chair |
| “I Believe” | Songs from the Big Chair |
| “Broken” | Songs from the Big Chair |
| “Head over Heels / Broken (reprise)” | Songs from the Big Chair |
| “Listen” | Songs from the Big Chair |
| “Sowing the Seeds of Love” | Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82–92) |
| “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” | Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82–92) |
| “Woman in Chains” (with Oleta Adams)” | Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82–92) |
| “Shout” | Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82–92) |
| “Head over Heels” | Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82–92) |
| “Mad World” | Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82–92) |
| “Pale Shelter” | Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82–92) |
| “I Believe” | Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82–92) |
| “Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down)” | Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82–92) |
| “Mothers Talk” | Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82–92) |
| “Change” (7″ Version)” | Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82–92) |
| “Advice for the Young at Heart” | Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82–92) |
| “Memories Fade” | Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82–92) |
| “The Start of the Breakdown” | Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82–92) |
| “The Hurting” | Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82–92) |
| “The Marauders” | Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82–92) |
| “The Working Hour” | Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82–92) |
| “Shout” (US Remix)” | Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82–92) |
| “Standing on the Corner of the Third World” | Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82–92) |
| “Johnny Panic & the Bible of Dreams” | Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82–92) |
| “Break It Down Again” | Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82–92) |
| “Elemental” | Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82–92) |
| “Bloodletting Go” | Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82–92) |
| “The Body Wah” | Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82–92) |
| “No Small Thing” | The Tipping Point (Tears for Fears album) |
| “The Tipping Point” | The Tipping Point (Tears for Fears album) |
| “Long, Long, Long Time” | The Tipping Point (Tears for Fears album) |
| “Break the Man” | The Tipping Point (Tears for Fears album) |
| “My Demons” | The Tipping Point (Tears for Fears album) |
| “Rivers of Mercy” | The Tipping Point (Tears for Fears album) |
| “Please Be Happy” | The Tipping Point (Tears for Fears album) |
| “Master Plan” | The Tipping Point (Tears for Fears album) |
| “End of Night” | The Tipping Point (Tears for Fears album) |
| “Stay” | The Tipping Point (Tears for Fears album) |
Tears for Fears Set List 2023
- No Small Thing
- The Tipping Point
- Everybody Wants to Rule the World
- Secret World
- Sowing the Seeds of Love
- Long, Long, Long Time
- Break the Man
- My Demons
- Rivers of Mercy
- Mad World
- Suffer the Children
- Woman in Chains
- Badman’s Song
- Pale Shelter
- Break It Down Again
- Head Over Heels / Broken
- Change
- Creep (Radiohead cover)
- Shout
Tears for Fears’ music has left a lasting impact on popular culture, and their songs are still appreciated by fans worldwide. The band’s signature sound and memorable hits continue to be celebrated in various ways, including through movie soundtracks, covers by other artists, and inclusions in retrospectives of ’80s music.
About Tears for Fears Band
Here are some interesting facts about Tears for Fears pop band:-
- Early Years and Formation: Before forming Tears for Fears, Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith were in a band called Graduate, which had a minor hit with the song “Elvis Should Play Ska.” After the disbandment of Graduate, they formed Tears for Fears in 1981.
- Influence and Musical Style: Tears for Fears drew influences from various genres, including new wave, synth-pop, post-punk, and art rock. Their music often explored deep and emotional themes, such as psychological struggles, introspection, and societal issues.
- Commercial Success: “Songs from the Big Chair” (1985) was their most successful album, reaching No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart and No. 1 on the US Billboard 200. The album sold millions of copies worldwide and established Tears for Fears as a major force in the music industry.
- Live Aid Performance: Tears for Fears participated in the historic Live Aid charity concert in 1985. They performed “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” at the Wembley Stadium in London, contributing to the event’s global impact.
- Solo Careers: After Curt Smith left the band in 1991, he pursued a solo career, releasing albums and collaborating with other artists. Roland Orzabal also explored a solo career and released albums under his own name.
- Reunion and New Album: The reunion of Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith in the early 2000s brought excitement to fans. They released “Everybody Loves a Happy Ending” in 2004, which marked their return to the studio as a duo.
- Influence on Contemporary Artists: Tears for Fears’ music continues to influence and inspire contemporary artists. Their songs have been covered by numerous musicians, and their impact on the pop and alternative music scenes can still be felt today.
- Resilience and Legacy: Tears for Fears faced challenges over the years, including lineup changes and personal struggles, but their enduring legacy and fan base demonstrate the timeless appeal of their music.
- Popular Tracks: Apart from the previously mentioned hits, some other well-known Tears for Fears songs include “Pale Shelter,” “Advice for the Young at Heart,” “Woman in Chains” (featuring Oleta Adams), “Break It Down Again,” and “Raoul and the Kings of Spain.”
- Recognition and Awards: Tears for Fears received several awards and nominations throughout their career. They were nominated for several Brit Awards and Grammy Awards, including Best New Artist at the Grammys in 1986.
Even though Tears for Fears’ peak popularity was during the 1980s, their music continues to resonate with audiences of different generations, making them an enduring and influential band in the history of pop and new wave music.
