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Tears for Fears

Mad World

1982 · via Tears for Fears

Tears for Fears’ 1982 recording of “Mad World” is the earliest release on file. Roland Orzabal of Tears for Fears is credited as its writer. Also recorded by Michael Andrews (released 2001), Gary Jules (released 2003) and Jan Wayne (released 2005), among 230 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Orzabal's song came out with Tears for Fears in 1982, and two decades later Gary Jules put out his own take on it. Play them back to back and listen to how the same song holds up under a second voice.

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Credited writer: Roland Orzabal.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1982.

Other recordings on file · first release year

230 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

First pulled by @ga-7399 · No. 0005, Oct 28, 2026.

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Roland Orzabal wrote Mad World for Tears for Fears. Which of these artists later took the song on and put out a recording of their own?Gary Jules
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