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Today's hit was the fourth and final single released in the U.S. from Tears For Fears' wildly popular #1 album "Songs From the Big Chair." Here are Roland and Curt with "Mother's Talk"...




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"Mothers Talk"

Single by Tears for Fears
from the album Songs from the Big Chair
B-side "Empire Building" (UK)
"Sea Song" (USA)
Released 6 August 1984 (UK)
1 April 1986 (USA)
Format 7", 12"
Recorded Original: 1984
US Remix: 1986
Genre New Wave
Length Original: 3:53
US Remix: 4:14
Label Phonogram Records
Mercury
Writer(s) Roland Orzabal
Ian Stanley
Producer Chris Hughes

U.S. Billboard Hot 100 peak: #27
UK peak: #14

#6

The first words I ever heard from today's group were "Welcome to your life." After that there was no stopping Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith as the 1985 album "Songs from the Big Chair" would dominate the airwaves and MTV for months to come including today's video at #6 on The Excellent 80's countdown.
It doesn't really make much sense to me other than the little hispanic boy trying to shoot down Curt at the beginning of the video - that boy has some ambition! But, otherwise, what's up with the two brothers dressed in tuxedos grooving in front of some old school gas pumps? Here is the British pop/rock group that hit it big in the mid to late 80's with my favorite song of theirs, because this blog will rule the world someday... believe it!

#6 "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"
by Tears For Fears




Lyrics | Tears For Fears lyrics - Everybody Wants To Rule The World lyrics

Come On - I'm Talking To You

So come on! It's the Brits again today as I bring you Roland and Curt for a third time in The Excellent 80's... also known as Tears For Fears... here they are with their mega-hit - considered to be the biggest hit of 1985, it is the video with pretty nature scenes... I wish I could stand on a mountain and "Shout"... (let it all out...)

Tears For Fears - Shout
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Lyrics | Tears For Fears lyrics - Shout lyrics

"Shout"
Single by Tears for Fears
from the album Songs from the Big Chair
B-side "The Big Chair"
Released November 19, 1984 (UK)
June 4, 1985 (USA)
Format 7", 12"
Recorded 1984
Genre New Wave
Length 6:33 (album version)
5:53 (UK single version)
3:59 (US single version)
Label Phonogram Records
Mercury
Writer(s) Roland Orzabal
Ian Stanley

U.S. Hot 100 peak: #1

You're Just Wasting Time

Anytime you can put a monkey in your video, it's genius! It's one strange library, and another hit back in 1985 for Roland and Curt and the band known as Tears For Fears... "Head Over Heels"...

Tears For Fears - Head Over Heels
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Lyrics | Head Over Heels lyrics

“Head over Heels”

Single by Tears for Fears
from the album Songs from the Big Chair
B-side "When in Love with a Blind Man"
Released June 10, 1985
Format 7", 10", 12"
Recorded 1984
Genre New Wave
Length 4:14
Label Mercury Records
Writer(s) Roland Orzabal
Curt Smith
Producer Chris Hughes

US Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #3
UK Peak: #12

Nothing Ever Lasts Forever

It's ok. Everybody wants to rule the world... yes, it's Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith again...




Everybody Wants To Run The World Lyrics

from the album Songs from the Big Chair
Released March 18, 1985
Recorded 1984
Genre New Wave
Length 4:10
Label Mercury Records
Writer(s) Roland Orzabal
Ian Stanley
Chris Hughes
Producer(s) Chris Hughes
Peak chart positions
#2 (UK)
#1 (USA Billboard Hot 100)
#1 (Hot Dance Music/Club Play)
#1 (Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales)
#2 (Mainstream Rock Tracks)
#2 (Adult Contemporary)
#2 (Australia)
#1 (New Zealand)
#11 (Germany)