Shout (Tears for Fears song)

"Shout"
Single by Tears for Fears
from the album Songs from the Big Chair
B-side	"The Big Chair"
Released	23 November 1984[1]
Studio	The Wool Hall (Beckington, England)
Genre	New wave[2] synth-pop[3]
Length	6:31 (album version) 3:59 (single version)
Label	Phonogram Mercury
Songwriter(s)	Roland Orzabal Ian Stanley
Producer(s)	Chris Hughes
Tears for Fears singles chronology
"Mothers Talk" (1984) "Shout" (1984) "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" (1985)
Music video
"Shout" on YouTube

"Shout" is a 1984 song by British new wave band Tears for Fears. It is the second single from their second studio album Songs from the Big Chair. It topped the single charts in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Switzerland, and the United States. It went to number 2 in Italy and South Africa. It went to number 4 in the United Kingdom. It was covered by American metal band Disturbed in 2000.

Track listings

7-inch: Mercury / IDEA8 (United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa) / 880 294-7 (Australia, Europe) / SOV 2351 (Canada) 10-inch: Mercury / IDEA810 (United Kingdom) "Shout" – 5:53 "The Big Chair" – 3:20 7-inch: Mercury / 880 481-7Q (Germany) / 7PP-167 (Japan) "Shout [Short Version]" – 4:51 "The Big Chair" – 3:20 7-inch: Mercury / 880 294-7 (United States) "Shout [US Single Version]" – 3:59 "The Big Chair" – 3:20

12-inch: Mercury / IDEA812 (United Kingdom) / 880 294-1 (Australia, Europe) / SOVX 2351 (Canada) / MIX 3080 (Mexico) "Shout [Extended Version]" – 7:35 "Shout" – 5:53 "The Big Chair" – 3:20 12-inch: Mercury / 880 929-1 (United States) "Shout [US Remix]" – 8:02 "Shout [UK Remix]" – 7:40 "The Big Chair" – 3:20 CDV: Mercury / 080 064-2 (United Kingdom) "Shout" – 5:58 "Everybody Wants to Rule the World [Urban Mix Edit]" – 5:20 "Shout [US Remix]" – 8:00 "Shout [Video]" – 6:00

References

1. "Record News". NME. London, England. 17 November 1984. p. 46.
2. Lecaro, Lina. "Almost Acoustic Christmas Plugs into Power". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
3. "Tears for Fears' Curt Smith". CMJ New Music Monthly. No. 91. March 2001. p. 81. ISSN 1074-6978.