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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
3,017
SONGS PLAYED
138
STATIONS
4
FIRST PLAYED
2005-03-29 21:35 · 6 Music — "Head Over Heels (BBC session)"
LAST PLAYED
1 day ago · Radio 2 — "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"
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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026
300 225 150 75 0
'05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

Radio 2 2,521 84%
6 Music 474 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 471 2026-05-20
2 Mad World 371 2026-05-13
3 Sowing the Seeds of Love 322 2026-05-15
4 Head Over Heels 311 2026-05-07
5 Shout 259 2026-05-08
6 Change 205 2026-05-04
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

2026-05-20 00:38 Everybody Wants to Rule the World Radio 2
2026-05-15 07:32 Sowing the Seeds of Love Radio 2
2026-05-13 10:30 Mad World Radio 2
2026-05-13 04:03 Everybody Wants to Rule the World Radio 2
2026-05-08 09:36 Shout Radio 2
2026-05-07 15:23 Head Over Heels Radio 2
2026-05-06 23:11 Sowing the Seeds of Love Radio 2
2026-05-04 10:03 Change Radio 2
2026-05-02 20:25 Woman in Chains (feat. Oleta Adams) Radio 2
2026-05-01 00:04 Everybody Wants to Rule the World Radio 2
2026-04-29 04:19 Head Over Heels Radio 2
2026-04-28 16:20 Sowing the Seeds of Love Radio 2
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

138 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
Advice for the Young at Heart — 31 ▶
Advice For The Young At Heart — 15 ▶
Advice For The Young At Heart (Radio 2 In Concert, 26 Oct 2017) — 1 ▶
Bad Man's Song — 4 ▶
Badman's Song — 1 ▶
Break It Down Again — 1 ▶
Break It Down Again (Radio 2 In Concert, 26 Oct 2017) — 1 ▶
Break It Down Again (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) — 1 ▶
Break the Man — 1 ▶
Break The Man (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) — 1 ▶
Broken - BBC Session 10/10/1982 — 1 ▶
Change — 205 ▶
Change (Radio 1 In Concert, Hammersmith Palais, 18 Apr 1983) — 4 ▶
Change (Radio 2 In Concert, 26 Oct 2017) — 1 ▶
Change (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) — 1 ▶
Change - Hammersmith Odeon 183 — 2 ▶
Change - Hammersmith Palais 1983 — 1 ▶
Closest Thing to Heaven — 21 ▶
Closest Thing To Heaven — 4 ▶
Creep (Radio 2 In Concert, 26 Oct 2017) — 1 ▶
End of Night — 37 ▶
Everybody Loves A Happy Ending — 2 ▶
Everybody Loves A Happy Ending (Radio 2 In Concert, 26 Oct 2017) — 1 ▶
Everybody Wants to Rule the World — 471 ▶
Everybody Wants To Rule The World — 92 ▶
Everybody Wants To Rule The World (Extended Version) — 1 ▶
Everybody Wants To Rule The World (Extrended Mix) — 1 ▶
Everybody Wants To Rule The World (Instrumental) — 1 ▶
Everybody Wants to Rule the World (Kissy Klub Version) — 1 ▶
Everybody Wants To Rule The World (Radio 2 In Concert, 26 Nov 2017) — 3 ▶
Everybody Wants To Rule The World (Radio 2 In Concert, 26 Oct 2017) — 4 ▶
Everybody Wants To Rule The World (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) — 6 ▶
Everybody Wants to Run the World — 8 ▶
Everybody Wants To Run The World (Sport Aid) — 1 ▶
Head Over Heals — 1 ▶
Head Over Heals (Eli Escobar Break) — 3 ▶
Head Over Heels — 311 ▶
Head Over Heels (BBC session) — 3 ▶
Head Over Heels (Radio 2 In Concert, 26 Nov 2017) — 2 ▶
Head Over Heels (Radio 2 In Concert, 26 Oct 2017) — 3 ▶
Head Over Heels (Remix) (As selected by Residents Marc Barrott & Pete Gooding) — 1 ▶
Head Over Heels / Broken (live) — 1 ▶
Head Over Heels/Broken (Live) — 2 ▶
Head Over Heels/Broken (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) — 2 ▶
I Believe — 22 ▶
I Love You But I'm Lost — 77 ▶
Ideas And Options — 1 ▶
Ideas And Options - Hammersmith Palais 1983 — 2 ▶
Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down) — 3 ▶
Last Days On Earth — 1 ▶
Long Long Long Time — 63 ▶
Long Long Long Time (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) — 1 ▶
Mad World — 371 ▶
Mad World 1983 — 2 ▶
Mad World (R2 Piano Room Month, 21 Feb 2022) — 1 ▶
Mad World (Radio 1 In Concert, Hammersmith Palais, 18 Apr 1983) — 4 ▶
Mad World (Radio 2 In Concert, 26 Oct 2017) — 3 ▶
Mad World (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) — 2 ▶
Mad World (Radio 2 Piano Room, 21 Feb 2022) — 1 ▶
Mad World (Radio 2 Session, 26 October 2017) — 1 ▶
Mad World - Hammersmith Palais 1983 — 2 ▶
Memories Fade — 2 ▶
Memories Fade (Radio 2 In Concert, 26 Oct 2017) — 2 ▶
Memories Fade (Raido 1 Session, 10 Oct 1982) — 1 ▶
Memories Fade - BBC Session 10/10/1982 — 1 ▶
Memories Fade - Hammersmith Palais 1983 — 5 ▶
Mother's Talk — 2 ▶
Mothers Talk — 8 ▶
My Demons — 33 ▶
My Demons (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) — 1 ▶
Pale Shelter — 108 ▶
Pale Shelter 1983 — 2 ▶
Pale Shelter (extended version) — 1 ▶
Pale Shelter (Radio 1 In Concert, Hammersmith Palais, 18 Apr 1983) — 2 ▶
Pale Shelter (Radio 2 In Concert, 26 Nov 2017) — 1 ▶
Pale Shelter (Radio 2 In Concert, 26 Oct 2017) — 2 ▶
Pale Shelter (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) — 2 ▶
Pale Shelter - Hammersmith Palais 1983 — 2 ▶
Pale Shelter 12" — 2 ▶
Pharaohs — 3 ▶
Ready to Start — 6 ▶
Rivers of Mercy — 34 ▶
Rivers Of Mercy (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) — 1 ▶
Say Goodbye To Mum And Dad — 31 ▶
Schrodinger's Cat (with aha) — 1 ▶
Secret World (Radio 2 In Concert, 26 Oct 2017) — 1 ▶
Shout — 259 ▶
Shout (Album Version) — 9 ▶
Shout (Alex Graham Mix) — 1 ▶
Shout (Instrumental) — 1 ▶
Shout (Juvë It's 6AM Again Edit) — 2 ▶
Shout (Radio 2 In Concert, 26 Nov 2017) — 2 ▶
Shout (Radio 2 In Concert, 26 Oct 2017) — 3 ▶
Shout (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) — 1 ▶
Shout (U.S. Remix) — 2 ▶
Shout 12" Version — 3 ▶
Sowing the Seeds of Love — 322 ▶
Sowing The Seeds Of Love — 70 ▶
Sowing The Seeds Of Love (7" Version) — 1 ▶
Sowing the seeds of love (album version) — 3 ▶
Sowing The Seeds Of Love (R2 Piano Room Month, 21 Feb 2022) — 3 ▶
Sowing The Seeds Of Love (Radio 2 In Concert, 26 Oct 2017) — 3 ▶
Sowing The Seeds Of Love (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) — 1 ▶
Sowing The Seeds Of Love (Radio 2 Session, 26 October 2017) — 1 ▶
Sowing the seeds of love (remix) — 1 ▶
Start Of The Breakdown — 1 ▶
Start Of the Breakdown (Radio 1 In Concert, Hammersmith Palais, 18 Apr 1983) — 2 ▶
Start Of the Breakdown - Hammersmith Palais 1983 — 2 ▶
Suffer the Children — 1 ▶
Suffer The Children — 4 ▶
Suffer The Children (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) — 1 ▶
Suffer The Children - Hammersmith Odeon 183 — 3 ▶
Suffer The Children - Hammersmith Palais 1983 — 5 ▶
The Girl That I Call Home — 80 ▶
The Hurting — 8 ▶
The Hurting (Radio 1 In Concert, Hammersmith Palais, 18 Apr 1983) — 4 ▶
The Hurting (Raido 1 Session, 10 Oct 1982) — 1 ▶
The Hurting - BBC Session 10/10/1982 — 3 ▶
The Hurting - Hammersmith Palais 1983 — 2 ▶
The Prisoner — 1 ▶
The Prisoner (Radio 1 In Concert, Hammersmith Palais, 18 Apr 1983) — 2 ▶
The Prisoner (Raido 1 Session, 10 Oct 1982) — 1 ▶
The Prisoner - BBC Session 10/10/1982 — 2 ▶
The Prisoner - Hammersmith Palais 1983 — 1 ▶
The Start Of The Breakdown (Raido 1 Session, 10 Oct 1982) — 1 ▶
The Start Of The Breakdown - BBC Session 10/10/1982 — 2 ▶
The Tipping Point — 100 ▶
The Tipping Point (R2 Piano Room Month, 21 Feb 2022) — 1 ▶
The Tipping Point (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) — 1 ▶
The Way You Are — 1 ▶
The Way You Are - Hammersmith Palais 1983 — 3 ▶
Watch Me Bleed — 1 ▶
Watch Me Bleed - Hammersmith Odeon 183 — 2 ▶
Watch Me Bleed - Hammersmith Palais 1983 — 3 ▶
Woman in Chains — 4 ▶
Woman In Chains — 3 ▶
Woman in Chains (feat. Oleta Adams) — 15 ▶
Woman In Chains (full version) — 1 ▶