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Mad World by Gary Jules
Genre: Soundtrack
Year: 2002
Year: 2002
"Mad World" is a song by the British band Tears for Fears. Written by Roland Orzabal and sung by bassist Curt Smith, it was the bands third single release and first chart hit, reaching #3 on the UK Singles Chart in November 1982. Both "Mad World" and its B-side, "Ideas As Opiates", would turn up on the bands debut LP The Hurting the following year. The song would eventually become Tears for Fears first international hit, reaching the Top 40 in several countries between 1982 and 1983.
Nearly two decades later, the song made a popular resurgence when it was covered in a much slower, ballad-like style by composers Michael Andrews and Gary Jules for the soundtrack to the movie Donnie Darko'. This version reached #1 in the UK in December 2003, and became an international hit. Then in 2011 it Read full article at wikipedia.org
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