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Tears For Fears

Tears For Fears is a group from the UK, active since 1981.

Group GB since 1981 new wave pop rock art pop

TOTAL PLAYS

3,042

SONGS PLAYED

138

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2005-03-29 21:35 · 6 Music — "Head Over Heels (BBC session)"

LAST PLAYED

2 weeks ago · Radio 2 — "Mad World"

BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026

300 225 150 75 0

'05 '08 '11 '14 '17 '20 '23 '26

◦ WHERE

By station

Radio 2 2,544 84%

6 Music 476 16%

Radio 1 16 1%

1Xtra 6 0%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 06:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 Everybody Wants to Rule the World 476 2026-08-25

2 Mad World 373 2026-08-26

3 Sowing the Seeds of Love 326 2026-08-14

4 Head Over Heels 316 2026-08-20

5 Shout 265 2026-08-24

6 Change 208 2026-08-22

7 Pale Shelter 108 2026-03-26

8 The Tipping Point 100 2021-12-03

9 Everybody Wants To Rule The World 92 2011-11-11

10 The Girl That I Call Home 80 2024-10-25

11 I Love You But I'm Lost 77 2018-09-03

12 Sowing The Seeds Of Love 70 2013-10-23

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-08-26 01:23 Mad World Radio 2

2026-08-25 13:03 Everybody Wants to Rule the World Radio 2

2026-08-24 10:03 Shout Radio 2

2026-08-22 18:55 Change Radio 2

2026-08-20 23:34 Head Over Heels Radio 2

2026-08-17 23:49 Change Radio 2

2026-08-16 10:14 Everybody Wants to Rule the World Radio 2

2026-08-15 17:38 Shout Radio 2

2026-08-14 04:03 Sowing the Seeds of Love Radio 2

2026-08-10 10:08 Head Over Heels Radio 2

2026-08-08 06:56 Change 6 Music

2026-08-05 13:42 Sowing the Seeds of Love Radio 2

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

138 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

Advice for the Young at Heart —

31 2024-11-17 ▶

Advice For The Young At Heart —

15 2011-11-25 ▶

Advice For The Young At Heart (Radio 2 In Concert, 26 Oct 2017) —

1 2017-10-26 ▶

Bad Man's Song —

4 2023-08-28 ▶

Badman's Song —

1 2019-06-14 ▶

Break It Down Again —

1 2012-04-17 ▶

Break It Down Again (Radio 2 In Concert, 26 Oct 2017) —

1 2017-10-26 ▶

Break It Down Again (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) —

1 2023-09-16 ▶

Break the Man —

1 2022-12-07 ▶

Break The Man (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) —

1 2023-09-16 ▶

Broken - BBC Session 10/10/1982 —

1 2011-07-12 ▶

Change —

208 2026-08-22 ▶

Change (Radio 1 In Concert, Hammersmith Palais, 18 Apr 1983) —

4 2019-11-30 ▶

Change (Radio 2 In Concert, 26 Oct 2017) —

1 2017-10-26 ▶

Change (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) —

1 2023-09-16 ▶

Change - Hammersmith Odeon 183 —

2 2010-03-04 ▶

Change - Hammersmith Palais 1983 —

1 2014-01-25 ▶

Closest Thing to Heaven —

21 2024-03-20 ▶

Closest Thing To Heaven —

4 2010-09-20 ▶

Creep (Radio 2 In Concert, 26 Oct 2017) —

1 2017-10-26 ▶

End of Night —

37 2023-07-21 ▶

Everybody Loves A Happy Ending —

2 2019-02-13 ▶

Everybody Loves A Happy Ending (Radio 2 In Concert, 26 Oct 2017) —

1 2017-10-26 ▶

Everybody Wants to Rule the World —

476 2026-08-25 ▶

Everybody Wants To Rule The World —

92 2011-11-11 ▶

Everybody Wants To Rule The World (Extended Version) —

1 2019-10-15 ▶

Everybody Wants To Rule The World (Extrended Mix) —

1 2010-04-30 ▶

Everybody Wants To Rule The World (Instrumental) —

1 2023-09-14 ▶

Everybody Wants to Rule the World (Kissy Klub Version) —

1 2010-02-18 ▶

Everybody Wants To Rule The World (Radio 2 In Concert, 26 Nov 2017) —

3 2017-12-28 ▶

Everybody Wants To Rule The World (Radio 2 In Concert, 26 Oct 2017) —

4 2017-12-28 ▶

Everybody Wants To Rule The World (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) —

6 2024-04-24 ▶

Everybody Wants to Run the World —

8 2015-11-29 ▶

Everybody Wants To Run The World (Sport Aid) —

1 2021-05-21 ▶

Head Over Heals —

1 2012-05-12 ▶

Head Over Heals (Eli Escobar Break) —

3 2017-07-15 ▶

Head Over Heels —

316 2026-08-20 ▶

Head Over Heels (BBC session) —

3 2011-12-13 ▶

Head Over Heels (Radio 2 In Concert, 26 Nov 2017) —

2 2017-12-30 ▶

Head Over Heels (Radio 2 In Concert, 26 Oct 2017) —

3 2017-10-28 ▶

Head Over Heels (Remix) (As selected by Residents Marc Barrott & Pete Gooding) —

1 2019-08-30 ▶

Head Over Heels / Broken (live) —

1 2016-09-07 ▶

Head Over Heels/Broken (Live) —

2 2016-07-25 ▶

Head Over Heels/Broken (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) —

2 2023-09-19 ▶

I Believe —

22 2025-02-23 ▶

I Love You But I'm Lost —

77 2018-09-03 ▶

Ideas And Options —

1 2010-08-03 ▶

Ideas And Options - Hammersmith Palais 1983 —

2 2019-11-30 ▶

Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down) —

3 2018-03-08 ▶

Last Days On Earth —

1 2021-12-13 ▶

Long Long Long Time —

63 2022-09-16 ▶

Long Long Long Time (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) —

1 2023-09-16 ▶

Mad World —

373 2026-08-26 ▶

Mad World 1983 —

2 2010-03-04 ▶

Mad World (R2 Piano Room Month, 21 Feb 2022) —

1 2022-03-25 ▶

Mad World (Radio 1 In Concert, Hammersmith Palais, 18 Apr 1983) —

4 2019-11-30 ▶

Mad World (Radio 2 In Concert, 26 Oct 2017) —

3 2017-12-28 ▶

Mad World (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) —

2 2023-09-23 ▶

Mad World (Radio 2 Piano Room, 21 Feb 2022) —

1 2023-09-14 ▶

Mad World (Radio 2 Session, 26 October 2017) —

1 2017-10-26 ▶

Mad World - Hammersmith Palais 1983 —

2 2015-07-27 ▶

Memories Fade —

2 2011-07-02 ▶

Memories Fade (Radio 2 In Concert, 26 Oct 2017) —

2 2017-10-26 ▶

Memories Fade (Raido 1 Session, 10 Oct 1982) —

1 2015-07-07 ▶

Memories Fade - BBC Session 10/10/1982 —

1 2011-07-12 ▶

Memories Fade - Hammersmith Palais 1983 —

5 2019-11-30 ▶

Mother's Talk —

2 2013-03-10 ▶

Mothers Talk —

8 2023-09-10 ▶

My Demons —

33 2022-06-01 ▶

My Demons (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) —

1 2023-09-16 ▶

Pale Shelter —

108 2026-03-26 ▶

Pale Shelter 1983 —

2 2010-03-04 ▶

Pale Shelter (extended version) —

1 2006-10-08 ▶

Pale Shelter (Radio 1 In Concert, Hammersmith Palais, 18 Apr 1983) —

2 2019-11-30 ▶

Pale Shelter (Radio 2 In Concert, 26 Nov 2017) —

1 2017-12-28 ▶

Pale Shelter (Radio 2 In Concert, 26 Oct 2017) —

2 2017-10-28 ▶

Pale Shelter (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) —

2 2023-09-20 ▶

Pale Shelter - Hammersmith Palais 1983 —

2 2015-07-27 ▶

Pale Shelter 12" —

2 2015-05-06 ▶

Pharaohs —

3 2017-09-24 ▶

Ready to Start —

6 2016-07-02 ▶

Rivers of Mercy —

34 2023-09-28 ▶

Rivers Of Mercy (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) —

1 2023-09-16 ▶

Say Goodbye To Mum And Dad —

31 2024-12-26 ▶

Schrodinger's Cat (with aha) —

1 2013-08-28 ▶

Secret World (Radio 2 In Concert, 26 Oct 2017) —

1 2017-10-26 ▶

Shout —

265 2026-08-24 ▶

Shout (Album Version) —

9 2017-12-28 ▶

Shout (Alex Graham Mix) —

1 2019-11-24 ▶

Shout (Instrumental) —

1 2020-02-12 ▶

Shout (Juvë It's 6AM Again Edit) —

2 2022-04-01 ▶

Shout (Radio 2 In Concert, 26 Nov 2017) —

2 2017-12-28 ▶

Shout (Radio 2 In Concert, 26 Oct 2017) —

3 2017-12-28 ▶

Shout (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) —

1 2023-09-16 ▶

Shout (U.S. Remix) —

2 2024-07-26 ▶

Shout 12" Version —

3 2014-08-09 ▶

Sowing the Seeds of Love —

326 2026-08-14 ▶

Sowing The Seeds Of Love —

70 2013-10-23 ▶

Sowing The Seeds Of Love (7" Version) —

1 2024-10-05 ▶

Sowing the seeds of love (album version) —

3 2025-11-17 ▶

Sowing The Seeds Of Love (R2 Piano Room Month, 21 Feb 2022) —

3 2023-01-19 ▶

Sowing The Seeds Of Love (Radio 2 In Concert, 26 Oct 2017) —

3 2020-01-25 ▶

Sowing The Seeds Of Love (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) —

1 2023-09-16 ▶

Sowing The Seeds Of Love (Radio 2 Session, 26 October 2017) —

1 2017-10-26 ▶

Sowing the seeds of love (remix) —

1 2008-11-06 ▶

Start Of The Breakdown —

1 2009-03-19 ▶

Start Of the Breakdown (Radio 1 In Concert, Hammersmith Palais, 18 Apr 1983) —

2 2019-11-30 ▶

Start Of the Breakdown - Hammersmith Palais 1983 —

2 2015-07-27 ▶

Suffer the Children —

1 2018-12-04 ▶

Suffer The Children —

4 2011-07-02 ▶

Suffer The Children (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) —

1 2023-09-16 ▶

Suffer The Children - Hammersmith Odeon 183 —

3 2010-03-04 ▶

Suffer The Children - Hammersmith Palais 1983 —

5 2019-11-30 ▶

The Girl That I Call Home —

80 2024-10-25 ▶

The Hurting —

8 2011-07-02 ▶

The Hurting (Radio 1 In Concert, Hammersmith Palais, 18 Apr 1983) —

4 2019-11-30 ▶

The Hurting (Raido 1 Session, 10 Oct 1982) —

1 2015-07-07 ▶

The Hurting - BBC Session 10/10/1982 —

3 2009-02-19 ▶

The Hurting - Hammersmith Palais 1983 —

2 2015-07-27 ▶

The Prisoner —

1 2010-10-07 ▶

The Prisoner (Radio 1 In Concert, Hammersmith Palais, 18 Apr 1983) —

2 2019-11-30 ▶

The Prisoner (Raido 1 Session, 10 Oct 1982) —

1 2015-07-07 ▶

The Prisoner - BBC Session 10/10/1982 —

2 2011-07-12 ▶

The Prisoner - Hammersmith Palais 1983 —

1 2014-01-25 ▶

The Start Of The Breakdown (Raido 1 Session, 10 Oct 1982) —

1 2015-07-07 ▶

The Start Of The Breakdown - BBC Session 10/10/1982 —

2 2011-07-12 ▶

The Tipping Point —

100 2021-12-03 ▶

The Tipping Point (R2 Piano Room Month, 21 Feb 2022) —

1 2022-03-14 ▶

The Tipping Point (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) —

1 2023-09-16 ▶

The Way You Are —

1 2021-02-12 ▶

The Way You Are - Hammersmith Palais 1983 —

3 2019-11-30 ▶

Watch Me Bleed —

1 2010-08-03 ▶

Watch Me Bleed - Hammersmith Odeon 183 —

2 2010-03-04 ▶

Watch Me Bleed - Hammersmith Palais 1983 —

3 2019-11-30 ▶

Woman in Chains —

4 2018-06-17 ▶

Woman In Chains —

3 2010-09-04 ▶

Woman in Chains (feat. Oleta Adams) —

15 2026-05-02 ▶

Woman In Chains (full version) —

1 2011-10-02 ▶