Pale Shelter
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| "Pale Shelter" | ||
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| Single by Tears for Fears | ||
| from the album The Hurting | ||
| B-side(s) | "We Are Broken" | |
| Released | April 18, 1983 | |
| Format | 7", 12" | |
| Recorded | 1983 | |
| Genre | New Wave | |
| Length | 4:08 | |
| Label | Mercury Records | |
| Writer(s) | Roland Orzabal | |
| Producer(s) | Chris Hughes Ross Cullum |
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| Chart positions | ||
| Tears for Fears singles chronology | ||
| "Change" (1983) |
"Pale Shelter" (1983) |
"The Way You Are" (1983) |
"Pale Shelter" is a song originally written by Roland Orzabal of the British band Tears for Fears. It was the band's fifth single release (the third taken from their debut LP The Hurting) and third UK Top 5 chart hit. This is the second version of the song to be issued as a single, after the first one failed to chart a year prior. To provide a chart push the second time around, Mercury Records took full advantage of the picture disc and coloured vinyl gimmicks that were popular throughout the 1970's and early 1980's. In all, twelve different variations of the single were available for purchase.
The b-side, "We Are Broken", is an early version of the song "Broken", which would later appear in re-recorded form on Tears for Fears' sophomore LP Songs from the Big Chair.
The song is featured in the 2002 PlayStation 2 videogame Grand Theft Auto: Vice City as part of the New Wave radio station Wave 103.
[edit] Track listings
7": IDEA5 (UK)
- "Pale Shelter" (4:08)
- "We Are Broken" (4:03)
12": IDEA512 (UK)
- "Pale Shelter [New Extended Version]" (6:41)
- "Pale Shelter" (4:14)
- "We Are Broken" (4:03)
[edit] External links
| Tears for Fears |
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| Roland Orzabal · Curt Smith
Studio albums: The Hurting · Songs from the Big Chair · The Seeds of Love · Elemental · Raoul and the Kings of Spain · Everybody Loves a Happy Ending Compilations: Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82-92) · Saturnine Martial & Lunatic Live albums: Secret World Singles: Suffer the Children · Pale Shelter (You Don't Give Me Love) · Mad World · Change · Pale Shelter · The Way You Are · Mothers Talk · Shout · Everybody Wants to Rule the World · Head Over Heels · I Believe (A Soulful Re-Recording) · Everybody Wants to Run the World · Sowing the Seeds of Love · Woman in Chains · Advice for the Young at Heart · Famous Last Words · Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down) · Break It Down Again · Cold · Goodnight Song · Elemental · Raoul and the Kings of Spain · Gods Mistake · Secrets · Falling Down · Closest Thing to Heaven · Everybody Loves a Happy Ending / Call Me Mellow · Secret World |
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