Tears for Fears — Where to Listen on the Radio

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Origin: Bath, United Kingdom
Active since: 1981

new wavepop rockart popsynth-poppoppsychedelic pop

About Tears for Fears

Tears for Fears is a new wave, pop rock and art pop artist from Bath, United Kingdom, active since 1981. ArtisFind has detected 10 plays of Tears for Fears on 9 radio stations in the United States, Brazil and Germany, most recently on 181.fm - Lite 80s 6d ago. The song heard most often on air is “Everybody wants to rule the World (Ultimate 12 inch Extended Mix)”.

Tears for Fears are an English pop rock band formed in Bath in 1981 by Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal. Founded after the dissolution of their first band, the mod-influenced Graduate, Tears for Fears were associated with the synth-pop bands of the 1980s, and attained international chart success as part of the Second British Invasion.

The band's debut studio album, The Hurting (1983), reached number one on the UK Albums Chart, and their first three hit singles – "Mad World", "Change", and "Pale Shelter" – all reached the top five in the UK singles chart. Their second studio album, Songs from the Big Chair (1985), reached number one on the US Billboard 200, achieving multi-platinum status in both the US and the UK. The album contained two US Billboard Hot 100 number one hits: "Shout" and "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"; both songs reached the top five in the UK, and "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" won the Brit Award for Best British Single in 1986. Their third studio album, The Seeds of Love (1989), entered the UK chart at number one and yielded the transatlantic top five hit "Sowing the Seeds of Love".

After touring The Seeds of Love in 1990, Orzabal and Smith had an acrimonious split. Orzabal retained the Tears for Fears name as a solo project, releasing the studio albums Elemental (1993) – which produced the international hit "Break It Down Again" – and Raoul and the Kings of Spain (1995). Orzabal and Smith reconciled in 2000 and released a studio album of new…

Tears for Fears on the radio in numbers

10
Plays detected: 9
Stations: 7
Countries: Aug 2026
First detected

Stations that played Tears for Fears

181.fm - Lite 80s
United States
Last played: 6d ago
“Head Over Heals”
RMNradio
Germany
Last played: 21d ago
“Everybody wants to rule the World (Ultimate 12 inch Extended Mix)”
Horizon
France
Last played: 23d ago
“Everybody Wants To Rule The World”
949 The Bridge - KBGE
United States
Last played: 23d ago
“Eveybody Wants To Rule The World”
Classic Hits 109 - The 70s
Canada
Last played: 26d ago
“Head Over Heels”
Aquele Rock
Brazil
Last played: 42d ago
“Head Over Heels”
Vitrola Web Radio
Brazil
Last played: 53d ago
“Woman In Chains”
Feeling FM
Argentina
Last played: 68d ago
“Elemental”
Dance 80
Italy
Last played: 68d ago
“Shout”