The Way You Are (Tears for Fears song)
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| Single by Tears for Fears | |||||
| B-side | "The Marauders" | ||||
| Released | November 21, 1983 | ||||
| Format | 7", 12" | ||||
| Recorded | 1983 | ||||
| Genre | New Wave | ||||
| Length | 4:53 | ||||
| Label | Mercury | ||||
| Writer(s) | Roland Orzabal Curt Smith Ian Stanley Manny Elias |
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| Producer | Chris Hughes Ross Cullum |
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"The Way You Are" is a song by the British band Tears for Fears. It was the band's sixth single release overall and their fourth UK top 40 hit. The song was written by the full band while on tour in support of their debut LP The Hurting in 1983 and was recorded immediately after the tour's end. Bassist Curt Smith provides lead vocal on the song. 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".
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| 1984 | UK Singles Chart | #24 |
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