| Suffer the
Children |
Mercury
IDEA1
7" UK (white PS)
Mercury
IDEA1R
7" UK (black PS) |
Nov 1981 |
Suffer The Children/Wino |
* |
| Suffer the Children
(Remix) |
Mercury
IDEA12
12" UK (white PS)
Mercury
IDEA12R
12" UK (black PS) |
Nov 1981 |
Suffer the Children
(Remix)
/ Suffer
theChildren
(Instrumental) / Wino |
* |
| Pale Shelter (You Don't Give Me Love) |
Mercury Limited Edition:
SOVD 2328
Fold out, two 7" 45s. |
1982 |
Record 1: Pale Shelter (you don't give me
love)/We Are Broken.
Record 2: Mad World (world remix)/Ideas As
Opiates
|
 |
| Pale Shelter |
Mercury
IDEA2
7" UK
Mercury
IDEA2
7" UK (white vinyl)
Mercury
IDEA2
7" UK (pale green PS)
Mercury
IDEA2R
7" UK (pale orange PS) |
Mar 1982 |
Pale Shelter / The
Prisoner |
* |
| Pale Shelter
(Extended) |
Mercury
IDEA212
12" UK (pale green PS)
Mercury
IDEA212R
12" UK (pale orange PS) |
Mar 1982 |
Pale Shelter
(Extended) / Pale
Shelter / The Prisoner |
* |
| Pale Shelter
(Extended) |
Vertigo
SOVD 2328
7" Canada (limited edition double pack) |
Mar 1982 |
Pale Shelter
(Extended) / We
Are Broken / Mad World (World Remix) / Ideas As Opiates |
 |
| Mad World |
Mercury
IDEA3
7" UK
Mercury
812213-7
7" US (fishnet PS)
Mercury 6059
568
7" Germany
Mercury 6059
568
7" Spain (Mad World is labeled as Mundo Loco - it is not
sung
in Spanish) |
Sep 1982 |
Mad World / Ideas as
Opiates |
|
| Mad World |
Mercury
IDEA312
12" UK (duck pond PS)
Mercury 6400
677
12" Germany (duck pond PS) |
Sep 1982 |
Mad World / Ideas as
Opiates
/ Saxophones as Opiates |
 |
| Mad World |
Mercury
IDEA33
7" UK (double pack) |
Sep 1982 |
Mad World / Mad
World (World
Remix) / Suffer the Children / Ideas as Opiates |
* |
| Mad World |
Mercury
IDEA3/1
7" UK (shrink-wrapped pack) |
Sep 1982 |
Mad World / Ideas as
Opiates
/ Suffer the Children /Wino |
* |
| Mad World |
Mercury
811 207-7
7" Germany
Mercury 811
207-7
7" Greece |
Sep 1982 |
Mad World / Change |
* |
| Change |
Mercury
IDEA4
7" UK (early editions in poster sleeve)
Mercury
IDEA4
7" UK (fishnet PS, rare)
Mercury
IDEAP4
7" UK (picture disc)
Mercury 812
677-7
7" US
Mercury 6059
596
7" Holland
Mercury
7PP-101
7" Japan
Mercury 6059
596
7" Spain (Change is labeled as Cambio - it is not sung in
Spanish) |
Jan 1983 |
Change / The Conflict |
 |
Change (Extended)
Canadian 12" Single |
Polygram Canada 1983
cat no. SOVX 2322 |
1983 |
Change (extended version) /Change / The
Conflict |
 |
The Hurting sampler (acetate)
5 Track |
Mastrdisk NYC |
March 23, 1983 |
The Hurting
Mad World
Pale Shelter
Change
Memories Fade |
|
Change
(Extended)
NOTE: There are
two versions
of Change that are not identified on all items. Two verses were
slightly
rewritten from the original [album] version to the second (New
Version).
The New
Version appears on some
12"
singles and on the UK cassette of The Hurting. |
Mercury
IDEA412
12" UK
Mercury 6400
730
12" Holland |
Jan 1983 |
Change (Extended) /
Change /
The Conflict |
 |
Change (Extended)
/
NOTE: There are
two versions
of Change that are not identified on all items. Two verses were
slightly
rewritten from the original [album] version to the second (New
Version).
The New
Version appears on some
12"
singles and on the UK cassette of The Hurting. |
Mercury
IDEA412
12" UK |
Jan 1983 |
Change (Extended) /
Change (New
Version) / The Conflict |
* |
| Pale Shelter |
Mercury
IDEA5
7" UK
Mercury
IDEAR5
7" UK (red vinyl)
Mercury
IDEAG5
7" UK (green vinyl)
Mercury
IDEAB5
7" UK (blue vinyl)
Mercury
IDEAW5
7" UK (white vinyl)
Mercury
IDEAP5
7" UK (picture disc)
Mercury 812
108-7
7" France |
Apr 1983 |
Pale Shelter / We
Are Broken |
|
| Pale Shelter
(Extended) |
Mercury
IDEA512
12" UK (green hands PS)
Mercury
IDEA512
12" UK (gray window frame PS)
Mercury 812
108-1
12" Germany
Mercury 812
108-1
12" Holland |
Apr 1983 |
Pale Shelter
(Extended) / Pale
Shelter / We Are Broken |
 |
| Pale Shelter |
Vertigo
SOVD 2328
7" Canada (double pack) |
Apr 1983 |
Pale Shelter /
Broken / Mad
World (World
Remix) / Ideas as Opiates |
* |
| The Way You Are |
Mercury
IDEAS6
7" UK (shrink-wrapped pack) |
Nov 1983 |
The Way You Are /
Marauders
/ Change (Live) / Start of the Breakdown (Live) |
* |
| The Way You Are |
Mercury
IDEA6
7" UK
Mercury 814
954-7
7" Germany |
Nov 1983 |
The Way You Are /
The Marauders |
 |
| The Way You Are
(Extended) |
Mercury
IDEA612
12" UK
Mercury 818
087-1
12" Germany |
Nov 1983 |
The Way You Are
(Extended) /
The Marauders / Start of the Breakdown (Live) |
|
| The Way You Are |
Nippon
Phonogram
15PP-42 12" Japan |
Nov 1983 |
The Way You Are /
Pale Shelter
(New Extended Version) / The Marauders / We Are Broken / Start of the
Breakdown
(Live) |
 |
Pale Shelter
(spain)
7"
NOTE: Pale Shelter is
labeled
as Palido Cobijo - it is not sung in Spanish |
Mercury 812 108-7
7" |
1983 |
SIDE A.- PALE SHELTER ( PÁLIDO COBIJO
) / WE ARE
BROKEN
SIDE B.-EASY LIVING |
 |
Tears For Fears
Five Tracks From The Hurting
Promo, UK |
Fontana, UK |
? |
Pale Shelter, Change, Suffer The Children,
The Hurting,
Mad World |
 |
Mothers Talk
NOTE: This is the
first
[original] version of Mothers Talk. It is
only available on 7" and
promo/DJ
12" singles. The original version and
the album version are
not specifically
identified on these singles. |
Mercury
IDEA7
7" UK
Mercury
IDEA7
7" UK (green vinyl with window sticker)
Mercury
IDEA7
7" UK (clear vinyl) |
Aug 1984 |
Mothers Talk
[original version]
/ Empire Building |
 |
Mothers Talk
NOTE: This is the
album
version of Mothers Talk. The original
version and the album
version
are not specifically identified on these
singles. |
Mercury
IDEA7
7" UK (picture disc)
Mercury
IDEA7
7" UK (green vinyl with window sticker)
Mercury 818
838-7
7" Holland
Mercury
7PP-155
7" Japan (mislabeled as Beat of the Drum Mix) |
Aug 1984 |
Mothers Talk [album
version]
/ Empire Building |
 |
| Mothers Talk |
Mercury
IDEA712
12" UK
Mercury 818
838-1
12" US
Mercury 818
838-1
12" Holland |
Aug 1984 |
Mothers Talk
(Extended Version)
/ Empire Building |
* |
| Mothers Talk (Beat
of the Drum
Mix) |
Mercury
IDEAR712
12" UK
Mercury 818
838-1
12" US
Mercury 880
258
12" Holland |
Aug 1984 |
Mothers Talk (Beat
of the Drum
Mix) / Empire Building |
* |
| Mothers Talk |
Vertigo
TFF1
12" Canada (deluxe package) |
Aug 1984 |
Mothers Talk [album
version]
/ The Way You Are /Mothers Talk (Beat of the Drum Mix) / The
Marauders
/ Mothers Talk (Extended Version) |
* |
Mothers Talk
Advance Radio sampler |
Phonogram/vertigo (london)
Canada
# DJV 140
(white label promo) |
1984 |
side a: 'mothers talk' (3:53),
plays at 33.3 rpm;
side b: 'the beat of the drum' (8:50 mix), plays
at 45
rpm |
 |
| Mothers Talk (Beat
of the Drum
Mix) |
Vertigo
TFF4 1
CASS Canada |
Aug 1984 |
Mothers Talk (Beat
of the Drum
Mix) / The Marauders /Mothers Talk (Long Version) / Mothers Talk (Short
Version) / The Way You Are |
 |
| UK 1 sided promo for their 'Songs From The
Big Chair' |
? |
1985 LP |
Shout on one side
Blank on the other |
 |
| Shout |
Mercury
IDEC8
7" UK (includes eight calendar cards)
Mercury
IDEA8
7" UK
Mercury
IDEA810
10" UK (limited edition)
Mercury 880
294-7
7" US
Mercury 880
294-1
7" Australia
Mercury 880
481-7
7" Germany
Mercury 880
294-7
7" Holland
Vertigo
SOV2351
7" Holland
Mercury
7PP-167
7" Japan |
Nov 1984 |
Shout / The Big Chair |
 |
Shout (Extended
Version)
NOTE: Shout
(Extended
Version) is also known as Shout (UK Remix). |
Mercury
IDEA812
12" UK
Mercury 880
294-1
12" Australia
Mercury 824
260-1
12" Brazil
Vertigo SOVB
2351
12" Canada (includes 12 page booklet)
Mercury 880
294-1
12" Germany
Mercury 880
294-1
12" France |
Nov 1984 |
Shout (Extended
Version) / Shout
(Full Version) / The Big Chair |
|
| Shout |
Mercury
880 929-1
12" US
?????
S/N-514
7" Spain (Shout is labeled as Gritalo - it is not sung in
Spanish) |
Nov 1984 |
Shout (US Remix) /
Shout (UKRemix)
/ The Big Chair |
* |
Shout (English
Remix)
NOTE: Shout
(English Remix)
is also known as Shout (UKRemix) and Shout (American Remix) is also
known
as Shout (USRemix). |
Mercury
824 260
12" Brazil |
Nov 1984 |
Shout (English
Remix) / Shout
(American Remix) |
* |
| Shout |
Mercury
080 064-2
CDS UK (CD video single) |
Nov 1984 |
Shout / Everybody
Wants to Rule
the World (Urban Mix)
/ Shout (USRemix) /
VIDEO:
Shout |
* |
| Everybody Wants to
Rule the
World |
Mercury
IDEA9
7" UK
Mercury
IDEA910
10" UK (limited edition)
Mercury 880
659-7
7" US
Mercury 880
659-7
7" Brazil
Mercury 880
659-7
7" Holland
Mercury
7PP-171
7" Japan (rare, different PS)
Mercury 880
659-7
01 7" Spain (Everybody Wants to Rule the World is labeled as
Todos
Quieren Gobernar el Mundo - it is not sung in Spanish) |
Mar 1985 |
Everybody Wants to
Rule the
World / Pharaohs |
* |
| Everybody Wants to Rule The World |
Mercury
10 Inch Vinyl
Record |
1985 |
Everybody Wants to
Rule the
World / Pharaohs |
 |
| Everybody Wants to
Rule the
World |
Mercury
IDEA99
7" UK (double pack) |
Mar 1985 |
Everybody Wants to
Rule the
World / Pharaohs /
Everybody Wants to Rule
the
World (Urban Mix) /Interview |
 |
| Everybody Wants to
Rule the
World (Extended) |
Mercury
IDEA912
12" UK
Mercury 880
659-1
12" US
Mercury 880
659-1
12" Holland
Mercury 880
659-1
12" Spain |
Mar 1985 |
Everybody Wants to
Rule the
World (Extended) /
Everybody Wants to Rule
the
World (LP version)/ Pharaohs |
 |
| Everybody Wants to
Rule the
World (Urban Mix) |
Mercury
IDER912
12" UK
Vertigo
Polygram
SOVX 2354 12" Canada |
Mar 1985 |
Everybody Wants to
Rule the
World (Urban Mix) /Everybody Wants to Rule the World (Instrumental) |
* |
| Everybody Wants to
Rule the
World |
Mercury
870 745-2
CDS US (CD video single)
Mercury 080
032-2
CDS UK (CD video single) |
Mar 1985 |
Everybody Wants to
Rule the
World / The Marauders/ When In Love With A Blind Man / Pharaohs /
VIDEO: Everybody Wants
to Rule
the World |
* |
| Shout (Extended)
/ |
Nippon
Phonogram
15PP-49 12" Japan |
Mar 1985 |
Shout (Extended) /
Everybody
Wants to Rule the World (Extended Version) / Everybody Wants to Rule
the
World (Urban Mix) / Pharaohs / Interview |
 |
| Everybody Wants to
Rule the
World (Extended Version) |
Mercury
872 903-1
12" US |
Mar 1985 |
Everybody Wants to
Rule the
World (Extended Version)/ Shout (US Remix) |
* |
| Everybody Wants to
Rule the
World (Urban Mix) |
Mercury
Mix 3079
12" Spain (Everybody Wants to Rule the World is labeled as
Todos Quiren Mandar al Mundo - it is not sung in Spanish) |
Mar 1985 |
Everybody Wants to
Rule the
World (Urban Mix) / Everybody Wants to Rule the World (Extended Version) |
* |
| Head Over Heels (promo) |
Mercury
45 record |
1985 |
1.Head Over Heals (Re-Mix) - 4:15 Single
Version
2.Broken/Head Over Heals/Broken - 7:33 LP Version |
 |
Head Over Heels (remix)
Spain
"Locamente Enadmorado"
written
on cover |
Mercury - Spain
45 record |
1985 |
SIDE A : HEAD OVER HEELS
(Remix)
SIDE B : WHEN IN LOVE WITH A BLIND MAN
(LOCAMENTE
ENAMORADO)
|
 |
Head Over Heels
(Remix)
NOTE: Head Over
Heels
(Remix) fades out, whereas the album version fades into Broken (Live). |
Mercury
IDEA10
7" UK
Mercury
IDEP10
7" UK (poster sleeve)
Mercury
IDEAP10
7" UK (picture disc)
Mercury
IDEA1010
10" UK (limited edition)
Mercury
IDPIC10
10" UK (green four leaf clover shaped picture disc)
Mercury 880
899-7
7" US
Vertigo SOV
2357
7" Canada (includes fold out poster)
Mercury 880
899-7
7" Holland
Mercury
7PP-181
7" Japan |
Jun 1985 |
Head Over Heels
(Remix) / When
In Love With a
Blind Man |
|
| Head Over
Heels |
Mercury
IDEA1012
12" UK
Mercury 880
899-1
12" US
Mercury SOVX
2357
12" Canada (limited edition, includes
deluxe fold-out poster
and 12"
singles discography) |
Jun 1985 |
Broken / Head Over
Heels / Broken
(Preacher Mix) /Head Over Heels (Remix) / When In Love With a Blind Man |
 |
| Head Over Heels (Rare Canadian "advance
radio sampler" |
Polygram/Canada
DJV164
12" RECORD/MAXI SINGLE |
1985 |
Remixed & Edit Vers & Medley,
promo p/s |
 |
Head Over Heels
(Remix)
VIDEO: HeadOver
Heels |
Mercury
080 062-2
CDS UK
CD -video single |
Jun 1985 |
Head Over Heels
(Remix) / Sea
Song / The Working
Hour / Mothers Talk
[1986 USA]
/
VIDEO: HeadOver
Heels |
* |
| Suffer the
Children |
Mercury
IDEA1
7" UK (reissue of Nov 1981 single) |
Aug 1985 |
Suffer the Children
/ Wino |
* |
| Pale Shelter |
Mercury
IDEA2
7" UK (reissue of Mar 1982 single) |
Aug 1985 |
Pale Shelter / The
Prisoner |
* |
| I Believe (A Soulful
Re-Recording) |
Mercury
IDEA11
7" UK
Mercury
IDEA11
7" UK (PS with three prints)
Mercury 884
154-7
7" Holland
Mercury
7PP-190
7" Japan |
Sep 1985 |
I Believe (A Soulful
Re-Recording)
/ Sea Song |
 |
| I Believe (A Soulful
Re-Recording) |
Mercury
IDEA1111
7" UK (double pack) |
Sep 1985 |
I Believe (A Soulful
Re-Recording)
/ Sea Song / I Believe / Shout (Dub Version) |
* |
| I Believe (A Soulful
Re-Recording) |
Mercury
IDEA1110
10" UK (limited edition) |
Sep 1985 |
I Believe (A Soulful
Re-Recording)
/ I Believe / Sea Song |
 |
| I Believe (A Soulful
Re-Recording) |
Mercury
IDEA1112
12" UK
Mercury
15PP-50
12" Japan
Mercury 884
154-1
12" Australia |
Sep 1985 |
I Believe (A Soulful
Re-Recording)
/ Shout (Dub Version) / Sea Song / Shout (US Remix) |
* |
| I Believe (A Soulful
Re-Recording) |
Mercury
884 154
12" Holland |
Sep 1985 |
I Believe (A Soulful
Re-Recording)
/ Sea Song / Shout (US Remix) |
* |
| I Believe (A Soulful
Re-Recording)
VIDEO: I
Believe (A Soulful
Re-Recording)
|
Mercury
080 068-2
CDS UK
CD -video single |
Sep 1985 |
I Believe (A Soulful
Re-Recording)
/ Start of the Breakdown / Ideas as Opiates / Change /
VIDEO: I
Believe (A Soulful
Re-Recording)
|
* |
Mothers Talk [1986
USA]
NOTE: This is the
third version
of Mothers Talk. The original
version, album version and
1986
USA version are not specifically
identified on these s |
Mercury
884 638-7
7" US
Mercury 884
638-7
7" France
Mercury 884
638-7
7" Holland
Mercury
7PP-200
7" Japan |
Jan 1986 |
Mothers Talk [1986
USA] / Sea
Song |
* |
| Mothers Talk (Beat
of the Drum
Mix) |
Mercury
884 638-1
12" US |
Jan 1986 |
Mothers Talk (Beat
of the Drum
Mix) / Mothers Talk (Long Version) / Mothers Talk [1986 USA] |
* |
| Mothers Talk [1986
USA] |
Vertigo
SOVX 2366
12" Canada |
Jan 1986 |
Mothers Talk [1986
USA] / Sea
Song / Mothers Talk (Beat of the Drum Mix) |
* |
| Mothers Talk |
?????
12"
France (spined sleeve, track listing unknown) |
Jan 1986 |
Mothers Talk / ????? |
* |
| Mothers Talk [1986
USA] |
Outlaw Management
(no catalog #)
UK
(fan club release) |
Jan 1986 |
Mothers Talk [1986
USA] / Interview |
 |
| TEARS FOR FEARS Live At Massey Hall
(Canadian promotional
only LP) |
Vertigo/ Canada
DJV173
LP RECORD |
1985/86? |
Memories Fade, Everybody Wants To Rule The
World and
Broken/Head Over Heels, |
 |
| Everybody Wants to
Run the World |
Mercury
RACE1
7" UK |
May 1986 |
Everybody Wants to
Run the World
/ Pharaohs |
 |
| Everybody Wants to
Run the World |
Mercury
RACE112
12" UK
Mercury 884
823-7
7" Spain (Everybody Wants to Run the World is labeled as
Todos
quieren correr para ayudar al mundo - it is not sung in Spanish) |
May 1986 |
Everybody Wants to
Run the World
/ Everybody Wants to Run the World (Running Version) |
* |
| Mothers Talk (Canadian gatefold picture
sleeve) |
Polygram/Canada
(gatefold 12" single) |
1987? |
Mothers Talk (long version) / The Marauders /
The Beat
Of The Drum /The Way You Are / Mothers Talk (short version) |
 |
"Selected Cuts" Promo LP
In Store Sampler
Cuts from The Hurting,
and Songs
from the Big Chair
|
? |
? |
Songs include Shout, Memories Fade, Everybody
wants to
rule the world, mothers talk, pale shelter, the hurting, mad world, the
working hour, change, everybody wants to rule the world |
 |
Sowing The Seeds of Love (Special Edit Version) |
Fontana - PPDS-13 |
Sep. 1989 |
Sewing the Seeds Of Love/Tears Roll Down |
* |
| Sowing The Seeds of Love (7" Version) |
Fontana - IDEAG12 (poster sleeve) |
1989 |
Sewing the Seeds Of Love/Tears Roll Down |
* |
| Sowing The Seeds of Love (Full Version) |
Fontana - 081376-2
UK
CD-Video |
08/28/1989 |
Sowing The Seeds of Love (Full Version)
Tears Roll Down
Shout (US Remix)
Sowing The Seeds of Love (Full Video Version) |
* |
Sowing The Seeds of
Love - (12") box sets |
Fontana - 874 711-1
Fontana - 874 711-4
Fontana - 874 711-2 |
1989 |
Sowing The Seeds of Love (Full Version)
Tears Roll Down
Shout (US Remix) |
* |
| Sowing The Seeds of Love - 12" (Full
Version) |
Fontana - IDEAT12
Fontana - IDPT12
INT 874 713-1
(picture disk)
Fontana - 874 711-1 |
1989 |
The Seeds Of Love (full version)
Tears Rolls Down
Shout (US Remix) |
* |
Sowing The Seeds of
Love |
Fontana- 874 711-1
cass
Fontana- 874 711-4
CD
Fontana- 874 711-3
(sunflower plastic box)
CD UK
Fontana - IDCD12
CD
Fontana - 874 711-2)
CD US
Fontana - 874 711-2
CD GR
Fontana - 874 711-2
CD GR
Fontana - 874 993-2
CD JP |
1989 |
The Seeds Of Love (full version)/Tears
Rolls Down
/Shout (US Remix) |
* |
The Seeds Of Love (Ultra rare Japanese
Yuusen test pressing vinyl LP with custom
Japanese
'not for
sale' labels and Japanese/English language
title insert) |
yuusen
LP RECORD
YPL-019
Japan |
? |
* |
 |
| Sowing The Seeds Of Love (UK limited
edition) |
Mercury
3" CD single'
UK
(plastic sunflower pack IDCDL12) |
1989 |
? |
 |
Sowing The Seeds Of Love "Sembrando"
(Mexico 45 Promo) |
Phonogram/Polygram
S/N 886 |
1989 |
Sowing The Seeds Of Love (US Radio Edit) |
 |
| Woman In Chains |
Fontana - IDEA13 UK
7"
Fontana; IDEAB13 UK
7" (limited edition with 4 buttons)
cass:
Fontana - 876 248-7 US Fontana - 876 248-7 GR
Fontana - 876 248-7 FR Fontana - 876 248-7 UK
Fontana
- IDMC13 US Fontana - 876 248-4 JP Fontana - PPDS-19 GE
|
1989 |
Woman In Chains/Always In The Past |
 |
Woman In Chains
promo
(clear case) promo limited 500 of these were
sent
out to radio stations |
* |
1989 |
Woman In Chains/Always In The Past/My Life
In The
Suicide Ranks/ Woman In Chains (instrumental) |
 |
| Woman In Chains |
Fontana - IDEAT13
12" UK
Fontana - IDPD13
12" UK
(picture disc)
Fontana - 876 249-1
12" US
Fontana - 876 249-1
12" GR
Fontana - 876 249-1
12" CA
Fontana- IDCD13
CD UK
Fontana- 876 249-2
CD US
(picture disc)
Fontana - IDSUN13
CD UK
(sun cover)
Fontana - 876 435-2
CD GR
Fontana - PPDM-1007 CD JP |
08/28/1989 |
Woman In Chains/ My Life In The Suicide
Ranks
/Always In The Past/ Woman In Chains
(Instrumental) |
|
