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Tears for Fears — Shout
Album: Songs from the Big Chair
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Released: 1985
Length: 6:21
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Shout, shout, let it all out
These are the things I can do without
Come on
I'm talking to you, come on

Shout, shout, let it all out
These are the things I can do without
Come on
I'm talking to you, come on

In violent times
You shouldn't have to sell your soul
In black and white
They really really ought to know

Those one-track minds
That took you for a working boy
Kiss them goodbye
You shouldn't have to jump for joy
You shouldn't have to jump for joy

Shout, shout, let it all out
These are the things I can do without
Come on
I'm talking to you, come on

They gave you life
And in return you gave them hell
As cold as ice
I hope we live to tell the tale
I hope we live to tell the tale

Shout, shout, let it all out
These are the things I can do without
Come on
I'm talking to you, come on

Shout, shout, let it all out
These are the things I can do without
Come on
I'm talking to you, come on

Shout, shout, let it all out (let it all out)
These are the things I can do without
Come on
I'm talking to you, so come on

And when you've taken down your guard
If I could change your mind
I'd really love to break your heart
I'd really love to break your heart

Shout, shout, let it all out
These are the things I can do without (I'd really love to break your heart)
Come on
I'm talking to you, come on

Shout, shout, let it all out
These are the things I can do without
Come on
I'm talking to you, so come on
Comments (69)add comment
 IvanTheMediocre wrote:

Ahh 19-yr old me, in my Mk III Cortina with NZ's probably 1st in-car subwoofer....not that I knew it back then. 
I wasn't cool, wasn't popular - but somehow Tears for Fears, Dire Straits, Bonnie Raitt and John Lee Hooker got me through...



You were cooler than you realized at the time!  
Posted 3 weeks ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
What an amazing band, then and now... So powerful, so real, so purely passionate -- and so damn well artfully done! Overplayed back then yet still rocks!
Posted 1 year ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Ahh 19-yr old me, in my Mk III Cortina with NZ's probably 1st in-car subwoofer....not that I knew it back then. 
I wasn't cool, wasn't popular - but somehow Tears for Fears, Dire Straits, Bonnie Raitt and John Lee Hooker got me through...
Posted 1 year ago by IvanTheMediocre    [ Reply ]
Mullet Power!
Posted 1 year ago by marysclark    [ Reply ]
Brilliant song, brilliant album. First heard this on WLIR on Long Island, but it was the import without the guitar solo. Both work.
Posted 1 year ago by exjunkie    [ Reply ]
His guitar work is amazing.
Posted 1 year ago by tgrier    [ Reply ]
If this song came out in 2023 it would probably be used immediately in a "Shout" stain remover commercial, given S.C. Johnson's endless advertising budget.
Posted 1 year ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
A great song from a great album that you can listen to from beginning to end.

Steven Wilson did a remix of this album that takes it to an even better place.  Worth getting.
Posted 1 year ago by kurtster    [ Reply ]
I know that they are not there in this digital version, but I still remember just where the clicks and pops were in this song on my vinyl LP and hear them here.
Posted 1 year ago by BeanCrusher    [ Reply ]
 garrettb wrote:

This is a pop song.
A great, great pop song.
Perfect song-craft-ship, if that's a word :)




I Agree!! Works for me!!   
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
This is a pop song.
A great, great pop song.
Perfect song-craft-ship, if that's a word :)
Posted 2 years ago by garrettb    [ Reply ]
Their very grey hair makes me at once, both proud and slightly terrified...too fast, its all going too fast...
Posted 2 years ago by sfoster66    [ Reply ]
 Grammarcop wrote:
Shout, Shout, get 'em all out 
These are the stains I can do without

 I sing this every time I do the laundry and have to pre-treat something. Oh, my hollow, hollow life...



Shart! shart! it wasn't a fart...


...I'll show myself out...
Posted 2 years ago by snowcone    [ Reply ]
Great Tune!  Thanx RP!
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
this resonates with me with the same level of power as it did in 1985 when I was shy 13yo, that is amazing.
Posted 2 years ago by jkforde    [ Reply ]
 Grammarcop wrote:
Shout, Shout, get 'em all out 
These are the stains I can do without

 I sing this every time I do the laundry and have to pre-treat something. Oh, my hollow, hollow life...


Could be worse. You could do tik tok vids!
Posted 2 years ago by CoYoT51    [ Reply ]
Great Song ever ! Thank you!
Posted 2 years ago by silberschmucky    [ Reply ]
Godlike forever!
Posted 2 years ago by silberschmucky    [ Reply ]
still a great pop song
Posted 3 years ago by gbt    [ Reply ]
One of those songs that still sets my soul to soaring.
Posted 3 years ago by easmann    [ Reply ]
In my top 10 favorite albums of all time.
Posted 3 years ago by jnhashmi    [ Reply ]
One of those rare bands that was, and is, every bit as good live as in the studio.
Posted 3 years ago by easmann    [ Reply ]
I love the story I remember about this song .. I think Roland had done something on a home recorder, and they figured, oh it's a pretty simple song, should take a day or two in the studio .. (SpongeBob Narrator Voice) Three Weeks Later .. still, I adore the result, and I want to play it at ear-splitting volume whenever it's on. Wicked!
Posted 3 years ago by talexb    [ Reply ]

Roland Orzabal last year looking great at 58.
Posted 3 years ago by Ihatethissong    [ Reply ]
 treatment_bound wrote:
Wouldn't mind if we didn't hear this one for about 5 years, as it still gets played too much everywhere for my tastes.

Why not break out "Pale Shelter" for the 1st time here?
 

yes yes! pale shelter was my fave.
Posted 4 years ago by tokenrhymer    [ Reply ]
 clwguy wrote:
with a rating of 7.5 I'd say it's just the bitching and moaning that is overplayed.

Bakaretsu wrote:
Seroiusly overplayed everywhere
worse than Hotel California!
 It's up to 7,6!  


 

Posted 4 years ago by Ghiaap    [ Reply ]
 brianlay wrote:
Ccccc
 
While not necessarily investment-grade, surely worth an upgrade to CCC+, no?
Posted 4 years ago by ProjectGemini07    [ Reply ]
My album order of preference:
1. Seeds of Love
2. The Hurting
3. Songs from the Big Chair
Posted 4 years ago by LoudshirtsBand    [ Reply ]
For a 1985 release....well on thirty FIVE years now....(Oh.....my....GAWD where DOES the time go?)....it's holding up remarkable well.  I liked it then.  I like it now.  

Highlow
American Net'Zen
Posted 4 years ago by Highlowsel    [ Reply ]
 xray38 wrote:
Brilliant then.  Brilliant 35 yrs. later.   A  great album.
 
YES.  SOUNDS AMAZING!
Posted 4 years ago by khardog145    [ Reply ]
still singing along with this as if it is still 1985!
Posted 4 years ago by jkforde    [ Reply ]
Great percussion in this too. Superb.
Posted 4 years ago by SnapDragon66    [ Reply ]
wow. new appreciation and so topical!
Posted 5 years ago by seiferth    [ Reply ]
Looked up their Wikipedia...they're still around.
The band are also scheduled to perform at further UK festivals in Summer 2019, starting with the Hampton Court Palace Festival on 18 and 19 June, and the Nocturne Live Concert Series at Blenheim Palace on 22 June.[55][56]
Posted 5 years ago by chinaski    [ Reply ]
Ccccc
Posted 5 years ago by brianlay    [ Reply ]
 Bakaretsu wrote:
Seroiusly overplayed everywhere worse than Hotel California!
 
Wouldn't know.  I only listen to RP.  

If I hear another station, 
I shout,shout, let it all out. 
Other stations I can do without.
Posted 5 years ago by bruceandjenna    [ Reply ]
 Grammarcop wrote:
Shout, Shout, get 'em all out 
These are the stains I can do without

 I sing this every time I do the laundry and have to pre-treat something. Oh, my hollow, hollow life...
 
Dirty life.
Posted 5 years ago by bruceandjenna    [ Reply ]
Love these 80's synth sounds. I bet that's a Polysix in the background.
Posted 5 years ago by megaadam    [ Reply ]
this song is unforgettable. made me create always have good truth talking.
Posted 5 years ago by taklalaratar    [ Reply ]
Posted 5 years ago by sunflowerbee    [ Reply ]
My 17-year-old's favorite band. I must have done something right.
Posted 5 years ago by madirishman    [ Reply ]
The arrangement stands well against the (flow) test of time. The heirdos, well ...
Posted 6 years ago by Pjesnik    [ Reply ]
with a rating of 7.5 I'd say it's just the bitching and moaning that is overplayed.

Bakaretsu wrote:
Seroiusly overplayed everywhere
worse than Hotel California!
 


Posted 6 years ago by clwguy    [ Reply ]
Shout, Shout, get 'em all out 
These are the stains I can do without

 I sing this every time I do the laundry and have to pre-treat something. Oh, my hollow, hollow life...
Posted 6 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
This, Mad World and Head Over Heels are not songs that are on my mind generally, but when I hear them it sends me off into a weird nostalgia trip. There is a scene in Ronnie Darko where the children alight from their school bus and Head Over Heels plays over the proceeding montage. Same thing happens and I get transported to the 80s. Stone washed jeans, smoking on the corner with my mates, big hair gelled up to incredible heights etc. Amazing. 
Posted 6 years ago by damien.bidmead    [ Reply ]
 DrLex wrote:

I don't need science for this. I have sufficient OCD to have meticulously labeled every song in my music collection, and occasionally gathering pointless statistics from this. The graph of song release years peaks enormously around the time I was a teenager. When I now hear songs from that period that I almost hated back then, I often am inclined to add them to my collection anyway…

 
I hated most of the "popular" music from my teen years and still strongly dislike most of it - some of it (Meat Loaf, Foreigner, Styx, Boston, etc.) I dislike even more than I did before.  I still like most of the music I enjoyed from then, but little of that got any radio play until years later.  I liked this album but I was in my 20's by the time this came out.
Posted 7 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Given the commercialized state of things I'm surprised this hasn't been co-opted for a stain remover advertisement
Posted 7 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
 xtalman wrote:

Actually there is science to back this up.  Would take some searching but the studies have been done.  Remember reading about them a number of years ago.

 
I don't need science for this. I have sufficient OCD to have meticulously labeled every song in my music collection, and occasionally gathering pointless statistics from this. The graph of song release years peaks enormously around the time I was a teenager. When I now hear songs from that period that I almost hated back then, I often am inclined to add them to my collection anyway…
Posted 7 years ago by DrLex    [ Reply ]
 Webfoot wrote:

Yes.  I think the music we hear as teens gets imprinted more thoroughly in our brains than any other time, but that's not based on any science.

 
Actually there is science to back this up.  Would take some searching but the studies have been done.  Remember reading about them a number of years ago.
Posted 7 years ago by xtalman    [ Reply ]
Love this song—and especially appropriate these days: "Shout, shout, let it all out. These are the things I can do without. C'mon, I'm talking to you..."
Posted 7 years ago by ElKay    [ Reply ]
Can't hit the 10 button enough - is there a 100 rating?
Posted 8 years ago by AhhtheMusic    [ Reply ]
Outstanding imo  : )         woo-hoooo
Posted 8 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
Please spare some coins to radio paradise. They need our support to survive. Donate right now! 
Posted 8 years ago by CHuLoYo    [ Reply ]
 panlad wrote:
Next year will be the 30th anniversary for this album.
While I never loved this song, I think the rest of the album is great, especially the The Working Hour.
It's hard to believe so much time has passed.  For me, 1985 was the last really good year of 80's music.
As a teenager the music of that year stays with me to this day.  It was a great summer and this record was a
big part of the soundtrack.   

 
1985 was an excellent year for music of all types:  Kate Bush: Hounds of Love, Shriekback: Oil and Gold, Echo and the Bunnymen:  Songs to Learn and Sing, and the list just goes on and on. 

I love this song and the whole Songs from the Big Chair album.  I remember hearing this song a lot that summer and the sense of frustration within the lyrics mirrored some of what I was going through at that time. The Working Hour is also one of my favorites from this album.

Horrifying to think that it's 30 years ago - almost half my life!


Posted 8 years ago by kaybee    [ Reply ]
1985 was the year I graduated from high school. This song (and album) brings back sooooo many great memories.
 

Posted 9 years ago by Alexandra    [ Reply ]
 jpfueler wrote:
Distubed does this a VERY different deal.....
(snip)
 

Thanks for that! Got a bunch of stuff by Disturbed in my iTunes, given me by a mate of mine some time ago but not given it much of a listen, to be honest. Anyway on the strength of your comment i went & looked & lo & behold i've got their cover of 'Shout'. Now i've had the chance to listen to it, i'm suprised to find that i like it quite a lot! So thanks for helping me find something i'd already got, but didn't know!! {#Confused}
PS here it is for anyone who wants to try it (no way will this version ever get played on RP)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPsFVTPm1qc
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PS and looking for that link lead me to find the Disturbed cover of Land Of Confusion -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wR2XvP87d4Q
WOW they Own that !
and look at that - its only in my iTunes already ! (wot am i like? er, i'm like this . . .)
Posted 9 years ago by springof63    [ Reply ]
 Webfoot wrote:

Yes.  I think the music we hear as teens gets imprinted more thoroughly in our brains than any other time, but that's not based on any science.

 
Actually I think it is based on science.  I recall reading an article on the subject a few years ago and this is the reason oldies/classic rock/etc... do so well and all that new fangled music is crap.... {#Cool}
Posted 9 years ago by xtalman    [ Reply ]
 panlad wrote:
Next year will be the 30th anniversary for this album.
While I never loved this song, I think the rest of the album is great, especially the The Working Hour.
It's hard to believe so much time has passed.  For me, 1985 was the last really good year of 80's music.
As a teenager the music of that year stays with me to this day.  It was a great summer and this record was a
big part of the soundtrack.   

 
Yes.  I think the music we hear as teens gets imprinted more thoroughly in our brains than any other time, but that's not based on any science.
Posted 9 years ago by Webfoot    [ Reply ]
Wouldn't mind if we didn't hear this one for about 5 years, as it still gets played too much everywhere for my tastes.

Why not break out "Pale Shelter" for the 1st time here?
Posted 9 years ago by treatment_bound    [ Reply ]
Next year will be the 30th anniversary for this album.
While I never loved this song, I think the rest of the album is great, especially the The Working Hour.
It's hard to believe so much time has passed.  For me, 1985 was the last really good year of 80's music.
As a teenager the music of that year stays with me to this day.  It was a great summer and this record was a
big part of the soundtrack.   
Posted 9 years ago by panlad    [ Reply ]
 WonderLizard wrote:
Wow. Six comments, none of them positive. Okay, they were a little too earnest by half, but good pop songwriters and arrangers.

 
It seems to me the comments are always more negative than the histogram. Something about the psychology of commenting on the internet.


Posted 9 years ago by ShockwaveRider    [ Reply ]
Wow. Six comments, none of them positive. Okay, they were a little too earnest by half, but good pop songwriters and arrangers.
Posted 9 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
Excellent! Back on the playlist from 2004. . . after 10 years gathering dust!

Thanks for revisiting some old tracks that need to be heard again Bill. 
Posted 9 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
llazare wrote:
This is a band I can do without! They were on last night too. I'm scared someone might hear these guys coming over my speakers...
they will only come if you stroke hard enough.
Posted 20 years ago by eco    [ Reply ]
This is a band I can do without! They were on last night too. I\'m scared someone might hear these guys coming over my speakers...
Posted 22 years ago by llazare    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by KevDog: Apparently.
NO!
Posted 22 years ago by pilgrim    [ Reply ]
Distubed does this a VERY different deal..... This version seems to be missing some of the punch... I remember this having more sound....must have been lost in the convertion to mp3....
Posted 22 years ago by jpfueler    [ Reply ]
really?
Posted 22 years ago by Haich    [ Reply ]