Advice for the Young at Heart

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“Advice for the Young at Heart”
“Advice for the Young at Heart” cover
Single by Tears for Fears
from the album The Seeds of Love
B-side "Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams", "Music for Tables"
Released 1990
Format 7"
12"
CD
Genre Psychedelic Rock
Length 4:55
Label Fontana Records
Mercury Records
Writer(s) Roland Orzabal
Nicky Holland
Producer Tears for Fears & Dave Bascombe
Tears for Fears singles chronology
"Woman in Chains"
(1989)		 "Advice for the Young at Heart"
(1990)		 "Famous Last Words"
(1990)

"Advice for the Young at Heart" is a song by the British band Tears for Fears, taken from their 1989 album The Seeds of Love. The single was a Top 40 hit in the UK (#36) and France (#31), and a Top 20 hit in Ireland (#15) and the Netherlands (#14).

The song was written by Roland Orzabal and keyboardist/singer Nicky Holland. The lead vocal was sung by Curt Smith.

The video for the song was filmed in Florida. It features a Latin-American wedding interspersed with shots of the band performing. It was the last Tears for Fears video to feature both Orzabal and Smith before their acrimonious split in the early 1990s. It would be 15 years before they next made a video together ("Closest Thing to Heaven" in 2005).

The song "Change", was sampled in 2007 by David Guetta for his song "Always", from the album Pop Life.

[edit] Track listings

CD-Maxi
  1. "Advice for the Young at Heart" (4:49)
  2. "Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams" (4:16)
  3. "Music for Tables" (3:32)
  4. "Johnny Panic And the Bible of Dreams" (Instrumental) (4:18)
7"-Single
  1. "Advice for the Young at Heart" (4:45)
  2. "Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams" (4:16)
12"-Maxi
  1. "Advice For The Young at Heart" (4:49)
  2. "Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams" (4:16)
  3. "Music for Tables" (3:32)

[edit] Chart

Chart (1989-1990)[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] Peak
position
Dutch Singles Chart 14
French Singles Chart 31
German Singles Chart 51
Irish Singles Chart 15
UK Singles Chart 36
US Billboard Hot 100 89
US Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 24

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Advice for the Young at Heart", in various Singles Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved February 15, 2008)
  2. ^ UK Singles Chart Everyhit.com (Retrieved February 15, 2008)
  3. ^ Billboard Billboard.com (Retrieved February 15, 2008)
  4. ^ German Singles Chart Charts-surfer.de (Retrieved February 15, 2008)
  5. ^ Irish Singles Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved February 15, 2008)
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