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1985 single by Tears for Fears

"Head over Heels"
Single by Tears for Fears
from the anthology Songs from the Big Chair
B-side	"When in Love with a Blind Man"
Released	10 June 1985 (U.k.)[1]
Genre	New wave[2] progressive popular[three]
Length	5:01 (album version) 3:51 (radio edit) iv:14 (7-inch version)
Label	Phonogram Mercury
Songwriter(s)	Roland Orzabal Short Smith
Producer(s)	Chris Hughes
Tears for Fears singles chronology
"Everybody Wants to Dominion the World" (1985) "Head over Heels" (1985) "Endure the Children" (1985)

"Head over Heels" is a song recorded past British band Tears for Fears for their second studio album Songs from the Big Chair (1985). The vocal was released in 1985 past Phonogram Records, every bit the album'southward quaternary single. Information technology was the band'due south tenth single release in the Britain and eighth top xl hitting in the region, peaking at number 12. In the Us, it was the 3rd single from the album and connected the band's run of hits there, peaking at number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. A express edition 4-leaf-clover-shaped movie disc was issued for the unmarried'southward release in the Britain. The vocal was also an international success, reaching the height forty in several countries.

Background [edit]

"Head over Heels" had been developed nearly two years prior as role of a segue with the song "Broken", which was previously a stand-alone B-side to the 1983 "Pale Shelter" single. As the two songs share the aforementioned piano/synth motif, "Head over Heels" eventually came to be sandwiched in between two bookend parts of "Broken" in live performances. This placement carried over to the final track listing of the Big Chair LP, with a newer studio recording of "Broken" preceding "Head over Heels" and a live reprise of "Broken" (recorded at the concert, which was released on the In My Mind's Heart VHS) following it.

The vocal features Roland Orzabal on lead vocals, with Brusk Smith singing a couple of lines in the background during the second verse.

Meaning [edit]

Information technology is basically a romantic love song and one of the virtually simple tracks that Tears for Fears have ever recorded. Information technology is a romance song that goes a flake perverse at the end.

Vocal versions [edit]

"Caput over Heels" has seen merely three official remixes since its release.

The 12" version was titled the "Preacher Mix" and is an extended remix of the entire "Broken/Head Over Heels/Broken" medley. The mix was done by producer Chris Hughes and features an unusual spoken word intro in which Roland Orzabal recites lyrics from the song "I Believe" in the style of a preacher. This mix contains the only released studio recording of the "Broken" reprise (the version on the Songs from the Big Chair anthology is a live recording). The sung vocals from the anthology version of "Broken" are completely absent, equally is the pb guitar line.

The vii" remix was done past David Bascombe and notably ends in a cold finish after the "fourth dimension flies" lyric, instead of the segue into the reprise of "Broken" found on the album.

There is besides a unique radio-simply version that was issued on a double A-side single featuring the regular single mix on the other side. This was issued to radio stations for promotion but and has the catalog number IDEDJ 10. The radio mix is noticeably different from the regular single version in that it omits the flanging effects from the pulsate fill later the 2nd chorus and the closing "time flies" vocals. Whereas the regular single credits the remix to Dave Bascombe, the radio version but credits Chris Hughes as producer. This version of the single does not include "When in Love with a Blind Homo" and has blue-coloured injection moulded labels.

B-side [edit]

"When in Honey with a Blind Man" is a curt vocal that served as the B-side to the "Head over Heels" single. It features bassist Short Smith on vocals and features a synthesized shakuhachi flute, a pop musical motif for popular music in the 1980s.^{[ citation needed ]}

This song predates a track called 'The Working Hr' from the Big Chair anthology. The motif is identical; information technology's something Ian (Stanley) came up with which I later put tune and lyrics to. It was recorded in The Wool Hall and was the b-side to 'Head over Heels'.

Music video [edit]

The music video for "Head over Heels", filmed in June 1985, was the fourth Tears for Fears clip directed by music video producer Nigel Dick. A lighthearted video in comparison to the ring'southward other promos, information technology is centred on Roland Orzabal'southward attempts to get the attention of a librarian (Joan Densmore), while a diverseness of characters (many played by the residuum of the ring), including a chimpanzee wearing a Red Sox bailiwick of jersey, engage in shenanigans in the library. The final scene shows Orzabal and the librarian every bit an older married couple. The video was filmed at the Emmanuel College Library in Toronto, Canada.^[4]

In popular civilisation [edit]

An edited version of "Head over Heels" is featured in the 2001 film Donnie Darko.^[5] Co-ordinate to director Richard Kelly on the DVD commentary, the scene in which the song was used was written and choreographed specifically with the song in mind.

Formats and rails listings [edit]

7": Mercury / IDEA10 (Britain) [edit]

1. "Head over Heels" (Remix) – iv:14
2. "When in Love with a Blind Man" – 2:22

• Also released equally a 10" single (IDEA1010) and as a iv-leaf clover shaped picture disc (IDPIC10)

12": Mercury / IDEA1012 (UK) [edit]

1. "Cleaved/Caput over Heels/Broken" (Preacher Mix) – seven:53
2. "Caput over Heels" (Remix) – iv:14
3. "When in Dearest with a Blind Human" – 2:22

CDV: Mercury / 080 062-2 (UK) [edit]

1. "Head over Heels" (Remix) – iv:fourteen
2. "Sea Vocal" – 3:52
3. "The Working Hour" – six:27
4. "Mothers Talk" (U.Due south. remix) – 4:14
5. "Head over Heels" (video)

Chart performance [edit]

References [edit]

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12. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Caput over Heels". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
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