Tears for Fears

Formed 1981
from Bath

On fono: 105 songs
24 collaborators
11 cited facts
11 sources

The people around them

Who works with them most. Tap a person to see everything they made.

Who makes their records

People credited as writer, producer, engineer or mixer on their songs.

Alan Griffiths
Written by, Produced by
26 songs
Charlton Pettus
Produced by, Written by, Mixed by
22 songs
Chris Hughes
Produced by, Written by
20 songs
Tim Palmer
Mixed by, Produced by
15 songs
Ross Cullum
Produced by
12 songs
Max Von Ameln
Engineered by
11 songs
Mark O’Donoughue
Engineered by
10 songs
David Bascombe
Engineered by, Produced by, Written by
8 songs
Steven Wilson
Mixed by
7 songs

Worth knowing

Counted from cited credits on fono.

Chris Hughes produced 8 of Tears for Fears’s top 10 songs
Tim Palmer is Tears for Fears’s most frequent collaborator, credited on 29 songs
Tears for Fears wrote or co-wrote 1 of 105 songs on fono (1%)
Credited songs by Tears for Fears span 41 years, 1981 to 2022 (100 songs)

Top songs

1
Everybody Wants to Rule the World
Tears for Fears, 1985
From The Hurting
1. 2
  Mad World
  1982
2. 3
  Pale Shelter
  1983
4
Shout
Tears for Fears, 1985
5
Change
Tears for Fears, 1983
From Songs From the Big Chair
1. 6
  I Believe
  1985
2. 7
  Mothers Talk
  1985
3. 8
  The Working Hour
  1985
From The Seeds of Love
1. 9
  Woman in Chains
  1989
2. 10
  Advice for the Young at Heart
  1989

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Releases

2024
- The Girl That I Call Home
  Single
- Astronaut
  Single
2022
- The Tipping Point
  Album
2020
- The Seeds of Love
  Album
2017
- Rule the World: The Greatest Hits
  Album
- I Love You But I’m Lost
  Single
2009
- Raoul and The Kings of Spain
  Album
2004
- Everybody Loves a Happy Ending
  Album
2003
- The Collection
  Album
2001
- Shout: The Very Best of Tears for Fears
  Album

Members

Elsewhere

Sources (11)

Every fact on this page comes from one of these sources.

1MusicBrainz Tears for Fears is from Bath
Tears for Fears is from Bath
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2Wikidata Tears for Fears is from Bath
Tears for Fears is from Bath
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3Wikidata Tears for Fears is from United Kingdom
Tears for Fears is from United Kingdom
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4MusicBrainz The genre of Tears for Fears is art pop
The genre of Tears for Fears is art pop
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5Wikidata The genre of Tears for Fears is new wave
The genre of Tears for Fears is new wave
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6MusicBrainz The genre of Tears for Fears is new wave
The genre of Tears for Fears is new wave
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7MusicBrainz The genre of Tears for Fears is pop
The genre of Tears for Fears is pop
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8MusicBrainz The genre of Tears for Fears is pop rock
The genre of Tears for Fears is pop rock
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9MusicBrainz The genre of Tears for Fears is psychedelic pop
The genre of Tears for Fears is psychedelic pop
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10MusicBrainz The genre of Tears for Fears is sophisti-pop
The genre of Tears for Fears is sophisti-pop
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11MusicBrainz The genre of Tears for Fears is synth-pop
The genre of Tears for Fears is synth-pop
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