About this song
Shout was released as a single in 1984 and is the first song on Tears for Fears' second album, Songs from the Big Chair. It reached no. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks in August 1985. The song is one of the band's most recognizable and is heavily sampled. Disturbed later covered it for their album The Sickness, under the title Shout 2000.
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Fun facts
- Sampled in 26 other songs, like “SOAF 1 Tear by Pillars of Ivory”.
- Covered 33 times, including “Shout by Placebo”.
- Written by Ian Stanley and Roland Orzabal.
- Produced by Chris Hughes.
- Recorded at The Wool Hall.
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