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Tears For Fears was a UK pop, dance and alternative duo with Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith. The greatest hit by Tears For Fears was 1985 number one song Shout. Tears For Fears had three number one songs. The first pop number one song for Tears For Fears was Everybody Wants To Rule The World, which was one of two number one rock songs for the group. In rock, Everybody Wants To Rule The World was the greatest hit by Tears For Fears. The third pop number one was Sowing The Seeds Of Love, which was also the second rock number one.
Everybody Wants To Run The World was a redesign of Everybody Wants To Rule The World for charity.


Tears For Fears artist popular songs

Pop Top Songs for Tears For Fears
official pop top hits January 1960 to June 2015
brown # = weekly rock chart peak      blue # = pop chart peak
1 Everybody Wants To Rule The World 1 1   May 1985
2 Shout 2 1   Jul 1985
3 Sowing The Seeds Of Love 1 1   Oct 1989
4 Head Over Heels 11 2   Oct 1985
5 Break It Down Again 12 22   Sep 1993

Secondary Song Lists

Rock Top Songs for Tears For Fears
official rock top songs January 1980 to June 2015
brown # = weekly rock chart peak      blue # = pop chart peak
1 Shout 2 1   Jul 1985
2 Sowing The Seeds Of Love 1 1   Sep 1989
3 Everybody Wants To Rule The World 1 1   Apr 1985
4 Break It Down Again 12 22   Jul 1993
5 Head Over Heels 11 2   Aug 1985
6 Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down) 18     Mar 1992

End Secondary Song Lists

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Tears For Fears was a UK pop, dance and alternative duo with Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith. The greatest hit by Tears For Fears was 1985 number one song Shout. Tears For Fears had three number one songs. The first pop number one song for Tears For Fears was Everybody Wants To Rule The World, which was one of two number one rock songs for the group. In rock, Everybody Wants To Rule The World was the greatest hit by Tears For Fears. The third pop number one was Sowing The Seeds Of Love, which was also the second rock number one.
Everybody Wants To Run The World was a redesign of Everybody Wants To Rule The World for charity.

Song List for Tears For Fears
brown # = weekly rock chart peak      blue # = pop chart peak
1 Mad World   Nov 1982
2 Pale Shelter   Jun 1983
3 Change 18 29   Aug 1983
4 The Way You Are   Dec 1983
5 Everybody Wants To Rule The World 1 1   May 1985
6 Shout 2 1   Jul 1985
7 Suffer The Children   Sep 1985
8 I Believe (A Soulful Re-Recording)   Oct 1985
9 Head Over Heels 11 2   Oct 1985
10 Mothers Talk 17 30   May 1986
11 Everybody Wants To Run The World   Jun 1986
12 Sowing The Seeds Of Love 1 1   Oct 1989
13 Woman In Chains 19 29   Dec 1989
14 Year Of The Knife   1989
15 Advice For The Young At Heart   Mar 1990
16 Famous Last Words   Aug 1990
17 Johnny Panic And The Bible Of Dreams   1991
18 Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down) 18     Mar 1992
19 Cold   Jul 1993
20 Break It Down Again 12 22   Sep 1993
21 Goodnight Song   Nov 1993
22 Elemental   Apr 1994
23 Raoul And The Kings Of Spain   Oct 1995
24 God's Mistake   Nov 1995
25 Secrets   Jan 1996
26 Falling Down   1996
27 Call Me Mellow   Oct 2004
28 Everybody Loves A Happy Ending   Nov 2004
29 Secret World   Mar 2005
30 Closest Thing To Heaven   Apr 2005
31 My Girls   2014
brown # = weekly rock chart peak      blue # = pop chart peak
1 Advice For The Young At Heart   Mar 1990
2 Break It Down Again 12 22   Sep 1993
3 Call Me Mellow   Oct 2004
4 Change 18 29   Aug 1983
5 Closest Thing To Heaven   Apr 2005
6 Cold   Jul 1993
7 Elemental   Apr 1994
8 Everybody Loves A Happy Ending   Nov 2004
9 Everybody Wants To Rule The World 1 1   May 1985
10 Everybody Wants To Run The World   Jun 1986
11 Falling Down   1996
12 Famous Last Words   Aug 1990
13 God's Mistake   Nov 1995
14 Goodnight Song   Nov 1993
15 Head Over Heels 11 2   Oct 1985
16 I Believe (A Soulful Re-Recording)   Oct 1985
17 Johnny Panic And The Bible Of Dreams   1991
18 Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down) 18     Mar 1992
19 Mad World   Nov 1982
20 Mothers Talk 17 30   May 1986
21 My Girls   2014
22 Pale Shelter   Jun 1983
23 Raoul And The Kings Of Spain   Oct 1995
24 Secret World   Mar 2005
25 Secrets   Jan 1996
26 Shout 2 1   Jul 1985
27 Sowing The Seeds Of Love 1 1   Oct 1989
28 Suffer The Children   Sep 1985
29 The Way You Are   Dec 1983
30 Woman In Chains 19 29   Dec 1989
31 Year Of The Knife   1989