Tears for Fears
Tears for Fears are an English pop rock band formed in Bath in 1981 by Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal. Founded after the dissolution of their first band, the mod-influenced Graduate, Tears for Fears were associated with the synth-pop bands of the 1980s, and attained international chart success as part of the Second British Invasion. The band's debut album, The Hurting (1983), reached number one on the UK Albums Chart, and their first three hit singles – "Mad World", "Change", and "Pale Shelter" – all reached the top five in the UK Singles Chart. Their second album, Songs from the Big Chair (1985), reached number one on the US Billboard 200, achieving multi-platinum status in both the US and the UK.
📊 Lifetime Chart Disk Log History
| Song Title Line Track | 🇺🇸 US Peak | 🇺🇸 US Weeks | 🇬🇧 UK Peak | 🇬🇧 UK Weeks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Everybody Wants To Rule The World | 1 | 12 wks | 2 | 56 wks |
| Shout | 1 | 11 wks | 4 | 20 wks |
| Sowing The Seeds Of Love | 2 | 8 wks | 5 | 9 wks |
| Mad World | — | — | 3 | 18 wks |
| Head Over Heels | 3 | 9 wks | 12 | 9 wks |
| Change | — | — | 4 | 9 wks |
| Everybody Wants To Run The World | — | — | 5 | 8 wks |
| Pale Shelter | — | — | 5 | 8 wks |
| Mothers Talk | — | — | 14 | 9 wks |
| Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down) | — | — | 17 | 5 wks |
| Bak It Down Again | — | — | 20 | 5 wks |
| I Believe (A Soulful -Cording) | — | — | 23 | 5 wks |
| The Way You A | — | — | 24 | 8 wks |
| Break It Down Again | 25 | 1 wks | — | — |
| Woman In Chains | — | — | 26 | 9 wks |
| Raoul And The Kings Of Spain | — | — | 31 | 3 wks |
| Advice For The Young At Heart | — | — | 36 | 4 wks |
| Closest Thing To Heaven | — | — | 40 | 2 wks |
| Suffer The Childn | — | — | 52 | 5 wks |
| God'S Mistake | — | — | 61 | 1 wks |
| Cold | — | — | 72 | 1 wks |
| Famous Last Words | — | — | 83 | 2 wks |