You're right! A very interesting comment and thought actually because from the 80s, it's the new wave and pop/rock bands of the 80s who had the biggest challenge and odds against them when it came to moving into the 90s. Other new wave or new wave-pop/rock artists that successfully coasted into the 90s were Depeche Mode, Go West, Roxette, INXS, The Pretenders to name a few.
This song is amazing. Just want to point out that it was released in 1993, which is after they officially broke up in 1991 with Curt Smith leaving, however some backing members remained.
I was a out 13 when this song and video came out. I was probably the only teenage black girl in America rocking this song at that time. This whole album was fire! And thank you for Gail Ann Dorsey rocking that bass!
I picked this up a few years later after it came out on vinyl in France and still have it in my vinyl library. I forgot I had it until my 14 year old niece pulled it out and played it. It still sounds just as good as it did when it came out.
Helped me get through those cold , lonely, stressful days in college. Had no money, only hopes , and dreams and my Sony Walkman blasting Elemental as I walked to class along Riverside Drive. Thanks Roland for your talent.
@@tendraftsdeep I remember that summer. It was hotter than hell around here in the ATL area that year. It seems like those summers during the 80s and early 90s were all much hotter than they are now. A heat advisory was the norm back then.
That's one of their best songs I love the beat to this the lyrics are great. The snare drum fills are good I don't know if they are produced by a drum machine or actual drums.
I remember the 1st time I heard this in college back in 93. I was away from home for the 1st time as a young adult. Seem like an appropriate coming of age song for me at my life. Still a great song today.
I love this song and I remember hearing it for the first time back in 1993!! Such a great song!! I can't believe that it only has about a 1,000 likes!!!
We only seem to hear Songs from the Big Chair these days. Anything they did, not from the 80s, unfairly gets ignored. I used to hear this as a kid when it came out.
Devin Svennson I’m 18 and I love all of their songs, newer or old. Roland was so talented with lyrics and I loved Curt’s bass. This is one of my favorite songs, sad Curt left though. TFF have helped me through a lot and have earned the title of my favorite band of all time
Thanks for all the love and nice comments. I adored the song and the album when it was released. A huge inspiration for my own songwriting. Now I hope for a deluxe edition with instrumentals, Dolby Atmos, edits & mixes, alternative mixes and demos. :)
Even though Curt Smith wasn't involved with this project, I'm relieved to know that this banger has remained in the band's setlists. I remember seeing this video premiere on MTV.
When you think back to the year that was 1993......this song consistently must be playing in your head. Just like it did back then as well. One of TFF's finer tunes for sure. 🙂
This would always be playing on the radio when i was waking up for work at 18. To this day it takes me back there each and everytime i hear it which is often because i bathe myself in 80's music all day everyday😊 and obviously some 90's too.
This song has magical powers, it resonates soundwave energy that initiates a temporal rift portal accessing a vortex in space-time which allows travel through past present and future all at the same time.
I was in 12th grade when this came out, or at least when I first heard it. Graduation was a month away and for whatever, this was one of the songs that really resonated with me then. It still does.
This song and subsequent album came out during our first year of marriage! We lived in Karlsruhe, Germany (across the street from the Zoo and their screaming peacocks!). We missed going to the TFF concert, but after PCS'ing, we got to see them play at the Fabulous Fox Theater in downtown Atlanta! A great show, featuring the #legends @gailanndorsey on bass guitar and @olettaadams (of 'Woman In Chains' fame) as guest vocalist! Abso-freaking-lutely fabulous performance, but really missed @curtsmith not being there! #TFF ❤️🩹 Some of the best music by mankind ever!
This is actually one of my favorite T.F.F songs. Takes me back to 93 and being a kid but just love the lyrics. Just shows how we get caught up in goals and ego and sometimes just need to pause and restart.
Such a wonderful song with awesome riffs and chorus. Hits the bass, brings a true message, and of course lovely memories. Bless T4F and all you fans! ❤
Seeing TFF together again play this song for the first time was amazing, it was always meant to be them as a duo. Nobody plays bass on these songs the same, no disrespect to the session players, but Curt IS the bassist. Their newest album shows just how amazing they were, hopefully will be for a while longer. Diva is damned good, inherited her father's talent for sure, hope she has a great career.
@@planetdog1641 yes. Being a teacher a little is stressful at times. It also had to do with have the proper coping mechanisms to deal with said anxiety
used to wait so long for MTV to play this song when it was first released back in 1993!1 only saw this video maybe twice at the most and always wondered why this was not more of a bigger hit which it should have been!1 Even though they were not the same without Curt Smith Roland Orzabal and this line up of tears For fears s till knocked it out of the park with this one!! Had it been released just a couple o years earlier I am convinced would have been much more bigger!1 Unfortunately the legendary run of eighties artists began having so much trouble cue to grunge globbering up everything musically around 1993!1 Love also the ultracool Me'shell nedge Ocello on bass offering all divine musical services to give this gem a pinch more of american soul oh yeah!1 I started drifiting more to thtowrds VH1 around this time for MTV started its eventuall decline around this era as well but still played some damn good music videos includ9ng this one!1 God bless tears for fears for tehy shall always remain timeless!1
I know it, that's what is so strange. Curt was not around when this song came out, he had already quit. Yet that part almost seems made for him to sing
I think this guy is so good looking. If I were his wife I'd be like "sing to me baby," then the bedroom door would close. But for real I love TFF, and Roland's voice.
The bass guitar player looks like Morpheus from The Matrix but years before The Matrix was even in pre-production; this record came out in 1995, The Matrix in 1999.
This song, "Ordinary World" by Duran Duran, and "Regret" by New Order gave me a little hope that the 80s music wasn't dead yet in 1993...
You're right! A very interesting comment and thought actually because from the 80s, it's the new wave and pop/rock bands of the 80s who had the biggest challenge and odds against them when it came to moving into the 90s. Other new wave or new wave-pop/rock artists that successfully coasted into the 90s were Depeche Mode, Go West, Roxette, INXS, The Pretenders to name a few.
Yes, this, Regret and Ordinary World are one of my favorites. A-ha also released 2 very good albums in the early 90s.
Same.
So much WONDERFUL music we got to enjoy back in the day!
Muito bom seu comentário! Concordo!! Saudações do Brazil!!!
🎧😁😎✌️✌️🇧🇷🇧🇷
For all the airplay “Everybody Wants to Rule the World”, “Shout” and “Head Over Heels” got, this was criminally overlooked.
This song is amazing. Just want to point out that it was released in 1993, which is after they officially broke up in 1991 with Curt Smith leaving, however some backing members remained.
I was a out 13 when this song and video came out. I was probably the only teenage black girl in America rocking this song at that time. This whole album was fire! And thank you for Gail Ann Dorsey rocking that bass!
Same here!
Gail Dorsey has some SMOOTH on that bass. ^^^
You want to see GAD rock some extra bass, look up her performing Under Pressure wuth David Bowie!
I picked this up a few years later after it came out on vinyl in France and still have it in my vinyl library. I forgot I had it until my 14 year old niece pulled it out and played it. It still sounds just as good as it did when it came out.
we all felt that way. but we actually arent that unique.
This song is far beyond the comprehension of a person stuck in the Matrix. Roland, you’re a Legend and an incredible artist.
Roland is an Astrologer and often shows up in his music.
Incredibly underappreciated song by these guys.
Helped me get through those cold , lonely, stressful days in college. Had no money, only hopes , and dreams and my Sony Walkman blasting Elemental as I walked to class along Riverside Drive. Thanks Roland for your talent.
Was that at OSU by any chance?
A truly underrated gem from these guys.. Brings back such good memories.
I remember this song. 1993 the year I graduated high school. That is what I liked about this era. Many 80's bands still had hits in the early 90's.
Same here! High school graduation! The lyrics hit different now for sure!!!
I used to hear this at work all the time in the summer of 1993. Every time I hear this song, it takes me right back there.
I saw them in 1993. Long hot summer that was. Concert in Atlanta GA.
@@tendraftsdeep I remember that summer. It was hotter than hell around here in the ATL area that year. It seems like those summers during the 80s and early 90s were all much hotter than they are now. A heat advisory was the norm back then.
@@1cardplayer I agree!
That's one of their best songs I love the beat to this the lyrics are great. The snare drum fills are good I don't know if they are produced by a drum machine or actual drums.
LONG LIVE TEARS FOR FEARS!!! - - FROM THE PHILIPPINES!!!
I remember the 1st time I heard this in college back in 93. I was away from home for the 1st time as a young adult. Seem like an appropriate coming of age song for me at my life. Still a great song today.
Roland in this song kills it!! Still love this song to this day.
One of best voices of my generation.
ABSOLUTELY ❤
I love this song and I remember hearing it for the first time back in 1993!! Such a great song!! I can't believe that it only has about a 1,000 likes!!!
In my opinion it's one of their best..
Best album ever off the 90s
This band is amazing.
We only seem to hear Songs from the Big Chair these days. Anything they did, not from the 80s, unfairly gets ignored. I used to hear this as a kid when it came out.
Devin Svennson I’m 18 and I love all of their songs, newer or old. Roland was so talented with lyrics and I loved Curt’s bass. This is one of my favorite songs, sad Curt left though. TFF have helped me through a lot and have earned the title of my favorite band of all time
Thanks for all the love and nice comments. I adored the song and the album when it was released. A huge inspiration for my own songwriting. Now I hope for a deluxe edition with instrumentals, Dolby Atmos, edits & mixes, alternative mixes and demos. :)
This song is timeless! Sounds as good today as it did in 1993. I would love to hear the back story of how this song came about!
Here we go!!!!...was the famous hook intro ever
Even though Curt Smith wasn't involved with this project, I'm relieved to know that this banger has remained in the band's setlists. I remember seeing this video premiere on MTV.
When you think back to the year that was 1993......this song consistently must be playing in your head. Just like it did back then as well. One of TFF's finer tunes for sure. 🙂
This would always be playing on the radio when i was waking up for work at 18. To this day it takes me back there each and everytime i hear it which is often because i bathe myself in 80's music all day everyday😊 and obviously some 90's too.
This song has magical powers, it resonates soundwave energy that initiates a temporal rift portal accessing a vortex in space-time which allows travel through past present and future all at the same time.
Nice way to put it✌Just like Moses on a motorbike.
I was in 12th grade when this came out, or at least when I first heard it.
Graduation was a month away and for whatever, this was one of the songs that really resonated with me then.
It still does.
Truth. Fantastic song especially after all these years.Moses on a motorbike
❤
This song and subsequent album came out during our first year of marriage! We lived in Karlsruhe, Germany (across the street from the Zoo and their screaming peacocks!). We missed going to the TFF concert, but after PCS'ing, we got to see them play at the Fabulous Fox Theater in downtown Atlanta! A great show, featuring the #legends @gailanndorsey on bass guitar and @olettaadams (of 'Woman In Chains' fame) as guest vocalist! Abso-freaking-lutely fabulous performance, but really missed @curtsmith not being there! #TFF ❤️🩹 Some of the best music by mankind ever!
This song is fabulous. So happy to rediscover it. It’s going into rotation now.
This is actually one of my favorite T.F.F songs. Takes me back to 93 and being a kid but just love the lyrics. Just shows how we get caught up in goals and ego and sometimes just need to pause and restart.
Oingo Boingo and Danny Elfman same deal...last album from about the same time frame was so much more complex the Dead Man's Party, and Weird Science
great song, great video takes me back to 1993.
Their best tune. Fell under the radar.
For sure...
Such a wonderful song with awesome riffs and chorus. Hits the bass, brings a true message, and of course lovely memories. Bless T4F and all you fans! ❤
Seeing TFF together again play this song for the first time was amazing, it was always meant to be them as a duo. Nobody plays bass on these songs the same, no disrespect to the session players, but Curt IS the bassist. Their newest album shows just how amazing they were, hopefully will be for a while longer. Diva is damned good, inherited her father's talent for sure, hope she has a great career.
An amazing band with 2 incredible singers!!
The older I get,the more I appreciate their immense talent!
I love Roland’s voice in this!!!! Love the hair!!!
I was 22 and drove a 79 Nova. Would turn up my radio when this came on.
Just took a two month leave from teaching. My anxiety was bad. This tracked was played hundreds of times. It always made me feel better.
was it the job causing the anxiety?
@@planetdog1641 yes. Being a teacher a little is stressful at times. It also had to do with have the proper coping mechanisms to deal with said anxiety
@@finexs I'm a teacher too. The poor discipline in students gets overwhelming at times.
@@planetdog1641 it’s that and all of the directives admin and their bosses(and the state) put on teachers.
Btw, thats Gail from David Bowie playing Bass, A living legend 👏
I LOVE THIS SONG!!!!
I remember the summer of 1943 and this video was everywhere on MTV. These young Boomers don’t know good music.
Great art starting it out. This song has lots of juice. .
Blessed in..........2020!!!!!!......and my whole life with this music!!
Best TFF song ever!
You were my youth, thank you.
Great choice for first single off this album. And Roland looks better here than ever.
It really is a bother that a majority of the newer T.F.Fs. songs are overlooked.
they're my favorites.
Perks me up everytime, thank you Roland :) 🫶
I was so proud to buy this album on it’s day of release back when I was 19 ❤
that is a great song, great video takes me back to 1963.
This song is timeless
❤❤❤Love this song so much
Awesome track that deserves more love. I just wish that Curt, Ian and Manny were with Roland here.
I remember when this song came out. Still fantastic.
Hot tips for the boys! This is a great song.
Those two are SO GOOD!
I was seriously crushing on Roland in this video!
Everybody knows that this song came out in 1989. Mandella effect. It would never have been on the radio in 1993.
So Alan Griffiths, Gail Ann Dorsey and Tim Palmer joined the band as session members in 1989 you think?
@@WireguyDennis That guy has to be joking. The song is on Elemental, released in 1993.
Thanks so much for this....a fun song and great memories from this time...
love it pal , got the album off brittania record club on cassette......wot a tune !!!
used to wait so long for MTV to play this song when it was first released back in 1993!1 only saw this video maybe twice at the most and always wondered why this was not more of a bigger hit which it should have been!1 Even though they were not the same without Curt Smith Roland Orzabal and this line up of tears For fears s till knocked it out of the park with this one!! Had it been released just a couple o years earlier I am convinced would have been much more bigger!1 Unfortunately the legendary run of eighties artists began having so much trouble cue to grunge globbering up everything musically around 1993!1 Love also the ultracool Me'shell nedge Ocello on bass offering all divine musical services to give this gem a pinch more of american soul oh yeah!1 I started drifiting more to thtowrds VH1 around this time for MTV started its eventuall decline around this era as well but still played some damn good music videos includ9ng this one!1 God bless tears for fears for tehy shall always remain timeless!1
I swear i hear Curt singing that part that goes "break it down again"
Sadly, no. Curt wasn't in the band during this album/time.
I know it, that's what is so strange. Curt was not around when this song came out, he had already quit. Yet that part almost seems made for him to sing
Great song 🎵 👌
His hair was so superlative!
And he knew it!
I’d say still is! All White/grey now.
My favorite by them! ❤❤
Obsessed ❤ love the track #TearsForFears no more sleepy dreaming
I just today in 2024 learned that this amazing song has a music video.
Cool music
Muito legal!!!. Tears for Fears. Vozes lindas. Arranjo show!!!. Ouço sempre!!!👍❤👏👏👏
I think this guy is so good looking. If I were his wife I'd be like "sing to me baby," then the bedroom door would close. But for real I love TFF, and Roland's voice.
Wow, I always thought this song was sung by the duo and not one member. I also just learned they had a brief split 🤯
This song’s is great, classic.
Mike Quakenbush has great taste in music!
Still one of my favorites!! 🤗
The beginning of this reminds me of PSB "Legacy" on their Yes! album
What times good it!.
.....memories
Roland so gorgeous and handsome ❤❤❤❤
Somebody gets it
Gail Ann!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤
The bass guitar player looks like Morpheus from The Matrix but years before The Matrix was even in pre-production; this record came out in 1995, The Matrix in 1999.
Who else is here to say "who else is here" ?
Just a bit sad that tbis is around tge time curt broke away, but im happy tgey got back together
He got soul
Where’s the other guy
Anyone notice someone seems to be missing in the video?...
Yea Curt, but this was when curt left tears for fears.
Bust up through Heaven
like Moses on a motorbike...
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I just realized I've never seen the video.
Where's the other singer?
Chicane sampled this song in “From Where I Stand”
I didn't know that. Now i gotta go listen to Chicane for a bit.
80s
Where the heck is Curt??!?!?!??!?!?
they broke up in like ‘92 but got back together in like 2000
Break it down Again! Free Palestine!! 💪🏾
Inspired peice of music! (sorry about the spelling.....I suck! )
1993 when i was in 7th grade.
"Why is that sounding like a tube, I wonder"
Curt called in sick that day.
For over a decade
Back when Santa Fe had the Warbonnett paint schemes.
TH-cam.. You erased my like on this video. Then trying to send a comment, the cursor doesn't worked for 10 seconds. Fix it.