Here is this week’s song off my iPod. This is a song from my years of clubbing.

Shout: The Very Best of Tears for FearsTears For Fears are an English pop duo formed by former members of the group “Graduate”, Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith in 1981. The band’s name was inspired by primal therapy which had become very popular in the 70′s and early 80′s. The group’s music was heavily influenced by “Talking Heads” and Brian Eno. The group’s music was heavily synthesizer based as was common in the music of the New Wave period in the early 80′s. The band has sold more than 22 million albums worldwide.

The groups first album, The Hurting, was very successful in the UK and had three hit singles but did not crack the US market. In 1984, they released Songs From the Big Chair and the pair achieved international success. The album reached triple-platinum in the UK and quintuple-platinum in the U.S. and had two #1 Billboard hits.

The duo broke up in 1991 shortly after the release of their third album. The split was blamed on Orzabal’s costly album production which required extensive touring to pay off debt. The pair reunited in 2000 and have released a studio album and two live albums. They are currently on a tour through Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines, and the US.

The song Head Over Heels was the third single from Songs From the Big Chair and reached #3 on the Billboard 100. The video for the song features Orzabal attempting to catch the eye of a very pretty librarian in a very odd library.

Head Over Heels
I wanted to be with you alone
And talk about the weather
But traditions I can trace
Against the child in your face
Won’t escape my attention
You keep your distance with a system of touch
And gentle persuasion
I’m lost in admiration, could I need you this much
Oh, you’re wasting my time,
You’re just, just, just wasting time

Something happens and I’m head over heels
I never find out till I’m head over heels
Something happens that I’m head over heels
Ah, don’t take my heart, don’t break my heart
Don’t, don’t, don’t throw it away

I made a fire and watching it burn (yeah)
Thought of your future
With one foot in the past
Now just how long will it last
No, no, no, have you no ambitions,
Oh (What’s the matter with…)
My mother and my brothers
Used to breathing clean air
(Nothing ever changes when you’re acting your age)
And dreaming I’m a doctor
(Nothing gets done when you feel like a baby)
It’s hard to be man when there’s a gun in your hand.
(Nothing ever changes when you’re acting your age)
Oh, I feel so…

Something happens and I’m head over heels
I never find out till I’m head over heels
Something happens that I’m head over heels
Ah, don’t take my heart, don’t break my heart
Don’t, don’t, don’t throw it away

And this is my four leaf clover
I’m on the line, one open mind,
This is my four leaf clover
In my mind’s eye
One little boy, one little man
Funny how…time flies