Template:Certification Table Top Template:Certification Table Entry Template:Certification Table Bottom Singles charts Template:Singlechart Template:Singlechart Template:Singlechart Template:Singlechart Chart (1982РІР‚вЂњ83) The music video was directed by Clive Richardson who was notable for his work at that time with Depeche Mode.Р”В§': Mercury / IDEA3 ( United Kingdom) / 812 213РІР‚вЂњ7 ( United States)Р”В§': Mercury / IDEA3 ( Ireland) / 6059 568 ( Australia, Europe) / TOS 1411 ( South Africa)Р”В§' double pack: Mercury / IDEA33 (United Kingdom)Р”РЋ2': Mercury / IDEA312 (United Kingdom) / 6400 677 (Europe) The woman who's having the birthday party in the video is my mum.' A brief party scene in the video features friends and family of the band, including Smith's mother as well as his then-wife Lynne.Р”Р„ccording to Curt Smith, 'When we made the video in a country estate on the cheap, we bussed all our friends and family up from Bath and had a fun day.

It was Tears for Fears' first music video, and features a gloomy looking Curt Smith staring out of a window while Roland Orzabal dances outside on a lakeside jetty. The promotional video for 'Mad World' was filmed in late summer 1982. Template:Quote Music video File:TFF Mad World video.jpgР”В¬urt Smith in the 'Mad World' music video An alternative version of this song titled 'Saxophones as Opiates' was included as a B-side on the 12' single and is mostly instrumental.

The song is musically sparse, featuring just a piano, drum machine, and saxophone. The song takes its name from a chapter title in Arthur Janov's book Prisoners of Pain and features lyrics related to the concept of primal therapy. 'Ideas as Opiates' is a song that originally served as the B-side to the 'Mad World' single, and was later re-recorded for inclusion on The Hurting. A later remix by noted British music producer Afterlife was featured on the 2005 reissue of the Tears for Fears greatest hits collection Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82РІР‚вЂњ92). This mix is very similar to the album version, with the most notable differences being the additional echo added to the intro and middle sections and the subtraction of a subtle keyboard part from the bridge. The song had only one remix on its initial release, the World Remix that was featured on a 7' double-single. The 7' version of 'Mad World' is the same mix of the song found on The Hurting. The song was influenced by the theories of Arthur Janov, author of The Primal Scream, and the lyric 'the dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had' suggests that dreams of intense experiences such as death will be the best at releasing tension. Smith clarified the actual lyric in 2010: Template:Quote Template:QuoteР”В¬urt Smith's ad lib in the song's final chorus resulted in a mondegreen. The band then opted to re-record 'Mad World' with producers Ross Cullum and Chris Hughes, a former drummer with Adam and the Ants. 'Mad World' was intended to be the B-side for the band's second single ' Pale Shelter (You Don't Give Me Love)', but their record company stated that 'Mad World' could be a single in its own right. After a few false starts with Orzabal on vocals, he suggested Smith sing it and 'suddenly it sounded fabulous'. 'Mad World' was originally written on acoustic guitar when Orzabal was 19 after being inspired to write a new wave song in the vein of Duran Duran's ' Girls on Film'. 8 Michael Andrews and Gary Jules version.

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