The Way You Are (Tears for Fears song)

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"The Way You Are"
Single by Tears for Fears
from the album non-album single
B-side(s)	"The Marauders"
Released	November 21, 1983
Format	7", 12"
Recorded	1983
Genre	New Wave
Length	4:53
Label	Mercury Records
Writer(s)	Roland Orzabal Curt Smith Ian Stanley Manny Elias
Producer(s)	Chris Hughes Ross Cullum
Chart positions
#24 (UK)
Tears for Fears singles chronology
"Pale Shelter" (1983)	"The Way You Are" (1983)	"Mothers Talk" (1984)

"The Way You Are" is a song originally written and performed by the British band Tears for Fears. It was the band's sixth single release overall and their fourth to crack the UK Top 25. The song was written by the full band while on tour in support of their debut LP The Hurting, and was recorded immediately after the tour's end. The release was intended to act as a stopover between albums, mainly to keep the group in the public spotlight. Despite its modest chart success, the song failed to appear on compact disc until the release of the b-sides and rarities collection Saturnine Martial & Lunatic in 1996.

Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith have been uncompromising in their dislike for the song in the years following its release, Orzabal stating it was "the point we realized we had to change direction", while Smith was even more direct in proclaiming it "the worst thing we've done".

[edit] Track listings

7":  IDEA6 (UK) "The Way You Are" (4:53) "The Marauders" (4:14) 12":  IDEA612 (UK) "The Way You Are [Extended Version]" (7:33) "The Marauders" (4:14) "Start of the Breakdown [Live in Oxford]" (5:53)

2x7":  IDEAS6 (UK) "The Way You Are" (4:53) "The Marauders" (4:14) "Change [Live in Oxford]" (4:36) "Start of the Breakdown [Live in Oxford]" (5:53)

[edit] External links

• Further single information from memoriesfade.com

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Roland Orzabal · Curt Smith Ian Stanley · Manny Elias Discography 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