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"Mad World" is a 1982 song by British band Tears for Fears. Written by Roland Orzabal and sung by bassist Curt Smith, it was the band's third single release and first chart hit, reaching number three on the UK Singles Chart in November 1982. Both "Mad World" and its B-side, "Ideas as Opiates", appeared on the band's debut LP The Hurting (1983).
When Tears for Fears' first two singles failed to chart, there was talk of their record label, Phonogram, dropping them. Fortunately, Dave Bates, a shrewd A&R man at the company, listened to their new song "Mad World," slated to be a B-side, and convinced the duo it was hit material.
Oct 18, 2021 · The LP’s haunting breakthrough hit, “Mad World,” was originally intended to just be a B-Side to lead single “Pale Shelter.” It was the band’s A&R exec David Bates who pushed for its release as a single, and the rest is history.
Tears for Fears’ debut album, The Hurting, was released in 1983. Many of the songs on the album were influenced by Janovian psychology, and one of the most prominent themes of The Hurting is childhood trauma and suffering: ‘hurting’, in other words. The 1982 single ‘Mad World’, the most famous song from that album, reflects this theme.
Jun 20, 2019 · Updated on June 20, 2019. Mutually Assured Destruction, or mutually assured deterrence (MAD), is a military theory that was developed to deter the use of nuclear weapons. The theory is based on the fact that nuclear weaponry is so devastating that no government wants to use them. Neither side will attack the other with their nuclear weapons ...
The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica This article was most recently revised and updated by Adam Augustyn. Mutual assured destruction, principle of deterrence founded on the notion that a nuclear attack by one superpower would be met with an overwhelming nuclear counterattack such that both the attacker and the defender would be annihilated.
Apr 2, 2021 · Her subdued cover feels like the perfect B-side to her 2008 song “La La Land,” which speaks to working in the Hollywood “machine” and simultaneously dealing with the pressures of fame.
