TEARS FOR FEARS

- Discography for UK -

27 Oct 1981 7"/12" Suffer the Children

    Suffer the Children 4.15/Wino 2.17 (7": Mercury IDEA1)

    Suffer the Children 4.15//Suffer the Children (instrumental) 4.26/Wino 2.17 (12": IDEA12)

29 March 1982 7"/12" Pale Shelter (You Don't Give Me Love)
    Pale Shelter (You Don't Give Me Love) 4.28/The Prisoner 2.40 (7": Mercury IDEA2)

    Pale Shelter (You Don't Give Me Love) (Extended Version) 6.28//
    Pale Shelter (You Don't Give Me Love) 3.55 [faded-out single version]/The Prisoner 2.40 (12": IDEA212)

John Sylvien gave me this info about this single: "This version and The Prisoner B-side were produced by Mike Howlett and sound more raw and synth-poppy [than the album version] in my opinion. The 12" version is just an extended version of the 7" mix."

1 Sep 1982 7"/2x7"/12" Mad World

    Mad World 3.32/Ideas as Opiates 3.46 (7": Mercury IDEA3)

    Mad World 3.32/Mad World (World Remix) 3.50
    Suffer the Children 4.15/Ideas as Opiates 3.46 (2x7": IDEA33)

    Mad World 3.32//Ideas as Opiates 3.46/Saxophones as Opiates 3.54 (12": IDEA312)

'Saxophones as Opiates' is an instrumental version with saxophone instead of vocals.

28 Jan 1983 7"/12" Change

    Change 4.15/The Conflict 4.02 (7": Mercury IDEA4)

    Change (Extended Version) 5.54//Change (New Version) 3.59/The Conflict 4.02 (12": IDEA412)

25 March 1983 LP (+CD) THE HURTING
  1. The Hurting 4.21
  2. Mad World 3.35
  3. Pale Shelter 4.34 [remixed by Chris Hughes and Ross Collum]
  4. Ideas as Opiates 3.46
  5. Memories Fade 5.08
  6. Suffer the Children 3.53
  7. Watch Me Bleed 4.18
  8. Change 4.15
  9. The Prisoner 2.56
  10. Start of the Breakdown 5.00 (LP: Mercury MERS17)

    REMASTERED 1999 CD BONUS TRACKS:

  11. Pale Shelter (New Extended Version) 7.09 [full length 1983 12" version]
  12. The Way You Are (Extended Version) 7.44
  13. Mad World (World Remix) 3.42
  14. Change (Extended Version) 6.00 (Remastered CD: Mercury 558 104-2)
29 April 1983 7"/12" Pale Shelter
    Pale Shelter 4.08 (New Version) [=edit]/We Are Broken 4.03 (7": Mercury IDEA5)

    Pale Shelter (New Extended Version) 6.44//
    Pale Shelter 4.08/We Are Broken 4.03 (12": IDEA512)

John Sylvien gave me this info about this single: "The 'New Version' 7" is simply an edit of the LP version. The opening weird sounds are cut out, and the song fades out a few seconds early. The 'New Version' 12" seems to be an extended version of the same mix, and is exactly the same as the "Long Version" on The Hurting CD reissue (only shorter)."

25 Nov 1983 non-LP 7"/2x7"/12" The Way You Are

    The Way You Are 4.54/The Marauders 4.14 (7": Mercury IDEA6)

    The Way You Are 4.54/The Marauders 4.14
    Change (live) 4.36/Start of the Breakdown (live) 5.53 (2x7": IDEAS6)

    The Way You Are (Extended Version) 7.56//
    The Marauders 4.14/Start of the Breakdown (live) 5.53 (12": IDEA612)

18 Aug 1984 7"/12" Mothers Talk

    Mothers Talk 3.53/Empire Building 2.49 (7": Mercury IDEA7)

    Mothers Talk (Extended Version) 6.15/Empire Building 2.49 (12": IDEA712)

    Mothers Talk (Beat of the Drum Mix) 8.54/Empire Building 2.49 (special 12": IDEAR712)

1 Dec 1984 7"/10"/12" Shout
    Shout 4.51/The Big Chair 3.31 (7": Mercury IDEA8)

    Shout 6.30/The Big Chair 3.31 (10": Mercury IDEA810)

    Shout (Extended Version) 7.40//Shout 6.30/The Big Chair 3.31 (12": IDEA812)

17 Feb 1985 LP (+CD) SONGS FROM THE BIG CHAIR
  1. Shout 6.30
  2. The Working Hour 6.31
  3. Everybody Wants to Rule the World 4.10
  4. Mothers Talk 5.07
  5. I Believe 4.54
  6. Broken 2.39
  7. Head over Heels/Broken (live) 5.02
  8. Listen 6.54 (LP: Mercury MERH58)

    REMASTERED 1999 CD BONUS TRACKS:

  9. The Big Chair 3.20 [B-side Shout]
  10. Empire Building 2.49 [B-side Mothers Talk]
  11. The Marauders 4.16 [B-side The Way You Are]
  12. Broken Revisited 5.16 [extra track on special cassette version (MERHC 58) of SONGS FROM THE BIG CHAIR]
  13. The Conflict 4.02 [B-side Change, Jan 1983]
  14. Mothers Talk (U.S. 7" Remix) 4.13 [remixed by Bob Clearmountain]
  15. Shout (U.S. Remix) 8.00 [remixed by Steven Thompson & Micheal Barbiero] (Remastered CD 1999: Mercury 558 106-2)
    2005 DELUXE DOUBLE-CD:
  1. Shout 6.30
  2. The Working Hour 6.31
  3. Everybody Wants to Rule the World 4.10
  4. Mothers Talk 5.07
  5. I Believe 4.54
  6. Broken 2.39
  7. Head over Heels/Broken (live) 5.02
  8. Listen 6.54
  9. The Working Hour (Piano Version) 2.08 [included on the UK cassette version of the album]
  10. The Marauders 4.16 [B-side The Way You Are]
  11. Empire Building 2.49 [B-side Mothers Talk]
  12. The Big Chair 3.31 [B-side Shout]
  13. Pharaohs 3.42 [B-side Everybody Wants to Rule the World9
  14. When in Love with a Blind Man 2.22 [B-side Head over Heels]
  15. Sea Song 3.52 [B-side I Believe (A Soulful Re-Recording)]
  16. Broken Revisited 5.16 [extra track on special cassette version (MERHC 58) of SONGS FROM THE BIG CHAIR]
  1. The Way You Are (7" version) 4.54 [non-LP single Nov '83]
  2. Mothers Talk (7" version) 3.53
  3. Shout (7" version) 4.51
  4. Everybody Wants to Rule the World 4.10 [same as LP version!]
  5. Head Over Heels (Dave Bascombe 7" Remix) 4.15
  6. I Believe (A Soulful Re-Recording) 4.35
  7. Mothers Talk (Remix) 4.17 [previously unreleased, similar to U.S. 7" Remix]
  8. Shout (U.S. Remix) 8.00 [remixed by Steven Thompson & Micheal Barbiero]
  9. Shout (U.S. Dub Version) 6.49 [remixed by Steven Thompson & Micheal Barbiero]
  10. Everybody Wants to Rule the World (Urban Mix) 5.58
  11. Mothers Talk (Beat of the Drum Mix) 8.54
  12. Broken/Head Over Heels/Broken (Preacher Mix) 8.00 (Deluxe 2-CD 14 Nov 2005)
30 March 1985 7"/2x7"/12" Everybody Wants to Rule the World
    Everybody Wants to Rule the World 4.10/Pharaohs 3.42 (7": Mercury IDEA9)

    Everybody Wants to Rule the World 4.10/Pharaohs 3.42
    Everybody Wants to Rule the World (Urban Mix) 5.20/Interview 7.35 (2x7": IDEA 99)

    Everybody Wants to Rule the World (Extended Version) 5.40//
    Everybody Wants to Rule the World 4.10/Pharaohs 3.42 (12": IDEA912)

    Everybody Wants to Rule the World (Urban Mix) 5.58//
    Everybody Wants to Rule the World (instrumental) 4.26 (special 12": IDEAR912)

22 June 1985 7"/12" Head over Heels
    Head over Heels (Dave Bascombe 7" Remix) 4.14/When in Love with a Blind Man 2.22 (7": Mercury IDEA10)

    Broken/Head over Heels/Broken (Preacher Mix) 8.00//
    Head over Heels (Remix) 4.14/When in Love with a Blind Man 2.22 (12": IDEA1012)

12 Oct 1985 7"/2x7"/10"/12" I Believe (A Soulful Re-Recording)
    I Believe (A Soulful Re-Recording) 4.35/Sea Song 3.52 (7": Mercury IDEA11)

    I Believe (A Soulful Re-Recording) 4.35/Sea Song 3.52
    I Believe 3.50/Shout (Dub Version) 6.45 (2x7": IDEA 1111)

    I Believe (A Soulful Re-Recording) 4.35/Sea Song 3.52//Shout 6.00 (6.30??) (10": Mercury IDEA1110)

    I Believe (A Soulful Re-Recording) 4.35/Shout (Dub Version) 6.45//
    Sea Song 3.52/Shout (U.S. Remix) 8.03 (12": IDEA1112)

31 May 1986 reissue 7"/12" Everybody Wants to Run the World

    Everybody Wants to Run the World 4.30/(running version) 4.30 (7": Mercury RACE 1; 12": RACE 112)
Reissued (using 'Run' instead of 'Rule' in its title) to support the 'Sport Aid' famine relief campaign in 1986.

29 Aug 1989 7" / 12" / 3" CDS / 5" CDM Sowing the Seeds of Love

    Sowing the Seeds of Love 5.42/Tears Roll Down 3.14 (7": Fontana IDEA12; 3" CD-single: IDCDL12)

    Sowing the Seeds of Love 6.50//Tears Roll Down 3.14/Shout (US Remix) 8.00 (12": IDEAT12; 5" CD-maxi: IDCD12)

Apparently the 'full version' is 35 sec longer than the album version, but I have never heard it.

25 Sep 1989 LP/CD THE SEEDS OF LOVE

  1. Woman in Chains 6.30
  2. Badman's Song 8.32
  3. Sowing the Seeds of Love 6.15
  4. Advice for the Young at Heart 4.54
  5. Standing on the Corner of the Third World 5.33
  6. Swords and Knives 6.15
  7. Year of the Knife 7.07
  8. Famous Last Words 4.24 (LP/CD 1989: Fontana 838 730-1/2)

    REMASTERED 1999 CD BONUS TRACKS:

  9. Tears Roll Down 3.17
  10. Always in the Past 4.38
  11. Music for Tables 3.32
  12. Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams 4.17 (Remastered CD: Mercury 558 106-2)
18 Nov 1989 7" / 12" / 3" CDS / 5" CDM Woman in Chains
    Woman in Chains 5.28/Always in the Past 4.31 (7": Fontana IDEA13; 3" CD-single: IDCDL13)

    Woman In Chains 5.29/My Life in the Suicide Ranks 4.35//
    Always in the Past 4.31/Woman in Chains (Instrumental) 5.05 (12": IDEAT13)

  1. Woman In Chains 5.29
  2. Always in the Past 4.31
  3. My Life in the Suicide Ranks 4.35
  4. Woman in Chains (Instrumental) 5.05 (5" CD-maxi: IDCD 13)
3 March 1990 7" / 12" / 3" CDS / 5" CDM Advice for the Young at Heart
    Advice for the Young at Heart (single version) 4.49/Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams 4.17 (7": Fontana IDEA14; 3" CD-single: IDCDL14)

    Advice for the Young at Heart (single version) 4.49/Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams 4.17//
    Music for Tables 3.33/Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams (instrumental) 4.18 (12": IDEAT14; 5" CD-maxi: IDCD14)

July 1990 7"/12"/5" CDM Famous Last Words
    Famous Last Words 4.28/Mothers Talk (U.S. '86 Remix) 4.13 (7": Fontana IDEA15)

    Famous Last Words 4.28/Mothers Talk (U.S. '86 Remix) 4.13//Listen 6.54 [from previous LP] (12": IDEAT15; 5" CD-maxi: IDECD15)

3 March 1992 CDM/7"/12" Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down)

  1. Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down) 4.42
  2. The Body Wah 5.21
  3. Lord of Karma 4.45 (CD-maxi: Fontana IDECD17; 12": IDEA1712)
    Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down) 4.42/The Body Wah 5.21 (7": IDEA17)
17 March 1992 coll-CD/LP TEARS ROLL DOWN - GREATEST HITS 1982-1992
  1. Sowing the Seeds of Love [LP version]
  2. Everybody Wants to Rule the World [LP/single version]
  3. Woman in Chains [LP version]
  4. Shout [LP version]
  5. Head over Heels [single version]
  6. Mad World [LP/single version]
  7. Pale Shelter [LP version]
  8. I Believe [LP version]
  9. Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down) [new longer 1992 single version]
  10. Mothers Talk [LP version]
  11. Change [LP/single versionn]
  12. Advice For The Young at Heart [LP version] (CD: Fontana 510 939-2)
13 April 1992 reissue CDM/7"/12" Woman in Chains
  1. Woman in Chains 5.28
  2. Badman's Song 8.32
  3. Ghost Papa 4.01 (CD-maxi: Fontana IDECD16; 12": IDEAP16)
    Woman in Chains 5.28/Badman's Song 8.32 (7": IDEA16)

Nov 1992 UK various artists tribute 3-CD RUBY TRAX: THE NME'S ROARING FORTY

May 1993 CDM/7" Break It Down Again

  1. Break It Down Again 4.31
  2. Bloodletting Go 4.13
  3. Schrodinger's Cat 5.03
  4. Break It Down Again (Karaoke Version) 4.31 (CD-maxi: Mercury IDECD18)
    Break It Down Again 4.31/Bloodletting Go 4.13 (7": IDEA18)
2 June 1993 CD/LP ELEMENTAL
  1. Elemental 5.31
  2. Cold 5.05
  3. Break It Down Again 4.31
  4. Mr. Pessimist 6.16
  5. Dog's a Best Friend's Dog 3.38
  6. Fish out of Water 5.07
  7. Gas Giants 2.40
  8. Power 5.49
  9. Brian Wilson Said 4.22
  10. Goodnight Song 3.53 (CD: Mercury 514 875-2)
16 July 1993 CDM/7" Cold
  1. Cold 5.05
  2. New Star 4.29
  3. Déjà-Vu & the Sins of Science 6.22 (CD-maxi: Mercury IDECD19)
    Cold 5.05/New Star 4.29 (7": IDEA19)
Oct 1993 CDM/7" Goodnight Song
  1. Goodnight Song 3.53
  2. Dog's a Best Friend's Dog 3.37 [some contain 'Elemental (Sons of August Mix)' 5.25 instead by mistake]
  3. Gas Giants 2.40 (CD-maxi: Mercury IDECD20)
    Goodnight Song 3.53/New Star 4.29 (7": IDEA20)
  1. Goodnight Song 3.53
  2. Elemental (Sons of August Mix) (French CD-single: 862 976-2)
March 1994 CDM Elemental
  1. Elemental (Edit) 3.47
  2. New Star 4.26
  3. Dog's a Best Friend's Dog (Live) 3.49
  4. Elemental (Live) 5.33 (CD-maxi: Mercury 858 499-2)
Live tracks recorded 14 Dec 1993 at Wembley Arena.

22 Sep 1995 CDM/CDS Raoul and the Kings of Spain

  1. Raoul and the Kings of Spain 5.15
  2. Creep (Live) 4.55
  3. The Madness of Roland 5.09 (CD-maxi part 1: Epic 662 476 5)
  1. Raoul and the Kings of Spain 5.15
  2. Queen of Compromise 3.52
  3. All of the Angels 4.25 (CD-maxi part 2: 662 476 2)
  1. Raoul and the Kings of Spain 5.15
  2. Queen of Compromise 3.52 (CD-single: 662 476 2)
  1. Raoul and the Kings of Spain 5.15
  2. All of the Angels 4.25 (CD-single: 662 411 1)
6 Oct 1995 CD RAOUL AND THE KINGS OF SPAIN
  1. Raoul and the Kings of Spain 5.15
  2. Falling down 4.56
  3. Secrets 4.42
  4. God's Mistake 3.47
  5. Sketches of Pain 4.21
  6. Los Reyes Católicos 1.44
  7. Sorry 4.48
  8. Humdrum and Humble 4.11
  9. I Choose You 3.25
  10. Don't Drink the Water 4.51
  11. Me and My Big Ideas 4.33
  12. Los Reyes Católicos (reprise) 3.44 (Epic 480 982-2)
http://www.sonymusic.com/artists/TearsForFears/

Jan 1996 CDM/CDS Secrets

  1. Secrets 4.42
  2. Until I Drown 3.32
  3. War of Attrition 3.41 (Epic 662 757-2)
  1. Secrets 4.42
  2. War of Attrition 3.41 (Epic 662 737-2)
14 June 1996 CDM God's Mistake
  1. God's Mistake 3.47
  2. Raoul and the Kings of Spain (Acoustic Version) 4.26
  3. Break It Down Again (Acoustic Version) 3.11 (Epic 663 117-2)

June 1996 rarities CD SATURNINE MARTIAL & LUNATIC

  1. Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams (Fluke Mix One) 6.18 [remix by Fluke, single 1/1991]
  2. The Big Chair 3.20 [B-side Shout, 12/84]
  3. Schrodinger's Cat 5.03 [B-side Break It Down Again, 5/93]
  4. My Life in the Suicide Ranks 4.35 [B-side 12" Woman in Chains, 11/89]
  5. When in Love with a Blind Man 2.22 [B-side Head over Heels, 6/85]
  6. Pharaohs 3.42 [B-side Everybody Wants to Rule the World, 3/85]
  7. Déjà-Vu & the Sins of Science 6.22 [B-side Cold, 7/93]
  8. The Marauders 4.14 [B-side The Way You Are, 11/83]
  9. Tears Roll Down 3.14 [B-side Sowing the Seeds of Love, 8/89]
  10. New Star 4.29 [B-side Cold, 7/93]
  11. The Body Wah 5.21 [B-side Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down), 3/92]
  12. Lord of Karma 4.45 [B-side Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down), 3/92]
  13. Bloodletting Go 4.13 [B-side Break It Down Again, 5/93]
  14. Always in the Past 4.31 [B-side Woman in Chains, 11/89]
  15. Sea Song 3.52 [B-side I Believe (A Soulful Re-Recording), 10/85]
  16. Ashes to Ashes 4.30 [on various artists tribute 3-CD, 11/92]
  17. Empire Building 2.49 [B-side Mothers Talk, 8/84]
  18. The Way You Are 4.54 [non-LP single 11/83] (Mercury 528 114-2)

25 Sep 2001 US singles coll-CD SHOUT: THE VERY BEST OF TEARS FOR FEARS

  1. Mad World 3.32 [9/82]
  2. Change 3.59 [1/83] [= "New Version" on the original 12" B-side]
  3. Pale Shelter 4.25 [unknown version based on LP version; produced by Chris Hughes and Ross Cullum]
  4. The Way You Are 4.54 [11/83]
  5. Suffer the Children 3.50 [LP version] [single originally released 10/81]
  6. Mothers Talk (U.S. Remix) 4.15 [remixed by Bob Clearmountain]
  7. Shout 6.30 [LP version] [single originally released 12/84]
  8. Everybody Wants to Rule the World 4.07 [3/85]
  9. Head over Heels (Remix) 4.14 [6/85]
  10. I Believe (A Soulful Re-Recording) 4.39 [10/85]
  11. Sowing the Seeds of Love 5.42 [single version 8/89]
  12. Woman in Chains 6.26 [LP version] [single originally released 11/89]
  13. Advice for the Young at Heart (single version) 4.43 [3/90]
  14. Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down) 4.39 [3/92]
  15. Break It Down Again 4.31 [5/93]
  16. New Star 4.25 [in movie 'Threesone' '94; originally B-side 7/93]
  17. Goodnight Song 3.53 [10/93] (US CD: Mecrury/Universal 314 548 448-2)
I include this collection CD because it has the best selection of the singles. Other collection CDs exis too of course.

14 Sep 2004 US CD EVERYBODY LOVES A HAPPY ENDING

  1. Everybody Loves a Happy Ending 4.21
  2. Closest Thing To Heaven 3.37
  3. Call Me Mellow 3.37
  4. Size of Sorrow 4.43
  5. Who Killed Tangerine 5.32
  6. Quiet Ones 4.22
  7. Who You Are 3.41
  8. The Devil 3.30
  9. Secret World 5.12
  10. Killing with Kindness 5.25
  11. Lady Bird 4.49
  12. Last Days on Earth 5.41
21 Feb 2005 UK/European CDM Closest Thing To Heaven
  1. Closest Thing To Heaven (UK Radio Mix) 3.22
  2. Closest Thing To Heaven (Brothers in Rhythm Group Therapy Mix) 8.15
  3. Closest Thing To Heaven (Solasso Club Mix) 5.49
  4. Closest Thing To Heaven (Brothers in Rhythm Group Therapy Dub) 8.15
  5. Closest Thing To Heaven (Solasso Dub) 5.33 (CDGUT66)
7 March 2005 UK/European CD EVERYBODY LOVES A HAPPY ENDING
  1. Everybody Loves a Happy Ending 4.21
  2. Closest Thing To Heaven 3.37
  3. Call Me Mellow 3.37
  4. Size of Sorrow 4.43
  5. Who Killed Tangerine 5.32
  6. Quiet Ones 4.22
  7. Who You Are 3.41
  8. The Devil 3.30
  9. Secret World 5.12
  10. Killing with Kindness 5.25
  11. Lady Bird 4.49
  12. Last Days on Earth 5.41
  13. Pullin' a Cloud 2.48
  14. Out of Control 5.08
13 June 2005 UK/European CDM Everybody Loves a Happy Ending
  1. Everybody Loves a Happy Ending (Steve Fitzmaurice Mix) 2.33
  2. Call Me Mellow 3.37
  3. Call Me Mellow (Tin Tin Out Coney Island Club Mix) 7.48 (CDGUT70)

Feb/March 2006 limited European live CD/DVD SECRET WORLD

    CD:
  1. Secret World (live)
  2. Call Me Mellow (live)
  3. Sowing the Seeds of Love (live)
  4. Pale Shelter (live)
  5. Closest Thing To Heaven (live)
  6. Mad World (live)
  7. Everybody Wants To Rule the World (live)
  8. Head Over Heels (live)
  9. Shout (live)
  10. Secret World (Radio Edit) [new single]
  11. Floating down the River [previously unreleased studio track]
  12. What Are We Fighting For? [track from the 1998 CD by 'Mayfield', Curt Smith's group]
    DVD:
  1. Secret World
  2. Call Me Mellow
  3. Sowing the Seeds of Love
  4. Pale Shelter
  5. Cloest Thing To Heaven
  6. Mad World
  7. Everybody Wants To Rule the World
  8. Head Over Heels
  9. Shout
Released in France 27 Feb 2006, in Switzerland and Belgium 13 March 2006. Live tracks recorded 18 June 2005 at Parc des Princes, Paris. released in France

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