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" Break It Down Again " is a song by British band Tears For Fears, released as the first single from their 1993 album Elemental . The song was an international hit, reaching #20 in the UK, #25 in the US, and the Top 40 in several other countries, also topping the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. It was particularly successful in Italy, where it peaked at #7 and in Canada, reaching #4 for two consecutive weeks in August 1993 Read more about the song

" Sowing the Seeds of Love " is a song by the British group Tears for Fears. It was released as the first single from their 1989 album The Seeds of Love, and was a worldwide hit, reaching the top five in the UK, Canada (where it was #1), Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and the US where it peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100, while topping the Modern Rock Tracks chart. The single also reached the Top 20 in numerous other countries. Read more about the song

" Mad World " is a 1982 song by the British band Tears for Fears. Written by Roland Orzabal and sung by bassist Curt Smith, it was the band's third single release and first chart hit, reaching number 3 on the UK Singles Chart in November 1982. Both "Mad World " and its B-side, " Ideas as Opiates ", appeared on the band's debut LP The Hurting (1983). Read more about the song

" Advice for the Young at Heart " is a song by the British band Tears for Fears, taken from their 1989 album The Seeds of Love . It was released as the third single from the album in February 1990. The song was written by Roland Orzabal and keyboardist/singer Nicky Holland. The lead vocal was sung by Curt Smith (the only track on the whole The Seeds of Love album that he sang lead vocals on). The song was a Top 40 hit in the UK (#36), France (#31), Canada (#25) and The Netherlands (#22), and a Top 20 hit in Ireland (#15). In 1992, when Tears for Fears released Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82-92), " Advice for the Young at Heart " was re-released in Brazil. Read more about the song

" Shout " is a song by the British band Tears for Fears. Written by Roland Orzabal and Ian Stanley and sung by Orzabal (with Curt Smith duetting on the chorus), it was the band's eighth single release (the second taken from their second album Songs from the Big Chair) and sixth UK Top 40 hit, peaking at no. 4 in January 1985. In the USA, it reached no. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on 3 August 1985 and remained there for three weeks. " Shout " would become one of the most successful songs of 1985, eventually reaching the Top Ten in 25 countries. " Shout " is regarded as one of the most recognizable songs from the mid-eighties and is also recognized as the group's signature song. Read more about the song

" Everybody Wants to Rule the World " is a hit song by the English band Tears for Fears. It was the band's ninth single release in the United Kingdom (the third from their second LP: Songs from the Big Chair) and seventh UK Top 30 chart hit, peaking at number two in April 1985.  Read more about the song

" Woman in Chains" is a hit song by the British band Tears for Fears, released as the second single from their 1989 album The Seeds of Love .The single reached the Top 40 in the United Kingdom, United States, Australia, Ireland, Italy and New Zealand, and was a Top 20 hit in Canada, France, the Netherlands and in Poland (where it was particularly successful, reaching number 5 in the charts). The studio cut features Phil Collins on drums, and is also notable for guest vocals from female singer Oleta Adams, who would later go on to achieve a successful solo career. The song was re-released in 1992 (with a different B-side and now credited to " Tears For Fears featuring Oleta Adams ") in order to capitalise on the recent solo success of Oleta Adams and to promote the Tears for Fears Greatest Hits compilation Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82–92), this time reaching number 57 in the UK charts. Read more about the song