Tears For Fears
- new wave
- synthpop
- United Kingdom
- formed 1981, Bath
- 2 albums
- 8 Dutch Top 40 hits
- 2017–2024
Tears For Fears is a group from the United Kingdom, formed in 1981 in Bath. Over the years, Roland Orzabal, Curt Smith, Ian Stanley and Manny Elias played in the group. The collection holds two albums by the group, released between 2017 and 2024: Rule The World: The Greatest Hits (2017) and Songs For A Nervous Planet (2024). On top of that, the group appears on two albums by others. Eight records reached the Dutch Top 40, one of them the top spot. The highest was Shout: number 1 in week 8 of 1985.
Source: MusicBrainz and Discogs
Albums by Tears For Fears
By kind of album and then by year of release. Click a cover and you get the tracks per side, with the whole album on Spotify.
Sound of Tears For Fears
Tears For Fears sounds more electric and more energetic than the shelves on average, at a tempo around 120 bpm.
Across 33 tracks on the shelves. The mark and the small number: the average of the whole collection.
Timeline of Tears For Fears
The four members of Tears For Fears, with the years they belonged to the group, including anyone who left for a while and came back. The thin lines are the albums and the red lines are the entries in the Dutch Top 40. Point at a line and click for the album or the weekly chart. A linked name has its own page.
Roland Orzabal
Curt Smith
Ian Stanley
Manny Elias198519901995200020052010201520202025Member of the groupAlbumDutch Top 40Still a member
Also appears on
Tears For Fears also appears on two albums by others, all of them compilations.
Biggest hits of Tears For Fears
In the Dutch Top 40, Tears For Fears had eight records. Each record shows its peak position, how long it stayed in the chart and the week of that peak. These are the five biggest. The button after the list opens all of them, with the run from week to week.
week 8, 198560weeks in the chart
with 8 records1985first entry
week 2, 19852005latest entry
week 17, 20056years with an entry
- 1ShoutTears For Fears198514 weeks
- 2Everybody Wants To Rule The WorldTears For Fears198512 weeks
- 3Sowing The Seeds Of LoveTears For Fears198911 weeks
- 12Woman In ChainsTears For Fears, Oleta Adams19896 weeks
- 14Advice For The Young At HeartTears For Fears19906 weeks
All 8 records by Tears For Fears in the Dutch Top 40
Source: top40.nl
Together with Tears For Fears
On tracks of albums in the collection, Tears For Fears appears with Dave Bascombe and Oleta Adams.
Dave Bascombe1 track
Oleta Adams1 track
Frequently asked questions
How many albums by Tears For Fears are in the collection?
There are two, released between 2017 and 2024: Rule The World: The Greatest Hits (2017) and Songs For A Nervous Planet (2024).
Which Dutch Top 40 hits did Tears For Fears have?
Tears For Fears had eight records in the Dutch Top 40, one of them at number 1. The best-charting record is Shout, which reached number 1 in week 8 of 1985.
Who played in Tears For Fears?
Over the years that was Roland Orzabal, Curt Smith, Ian Stanley and Manny Elias. The timeline shows the years each member belonged to the group; anyone with a page of their own is linked in the side column.
Which albums by other artists feature Tears For Fears?
Tears For Fears appears on two albums by others: NOW Presents... Electronics and Eighties Collected Vol. 2.
How do you play the music of Tears For Fears?
Open an album and use the round Spotify button after a track. The Dutch Top 40 entries have the same button. The music plays in the player at the bottom of the page and keeps going while you browse on. This needs one-time consent for Spotify.
Keep exploring
If you have landed here, you probably want to keep going: an album, an artist, a week in the Dutch Top 40 or a concert.