The Way You Are (Tears for Fears song)

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We were basically coerced by the record company to go in and do something to release quickly after The Hurting was successful. That's what we came up with. Our A&R guy thought it was the best thing we'd ever done. It was just so fragmented to me; it's just something created in the studio. We realized for us it's the song first and then you produce it. With that we definitely produced it, made it different, made it clever, and I think it was a failure. For us personally, I don't think it was anything we enjoyed.

— Curt Smith [2]

Track listings

7": Mercury / IDEA6 (United Kingdom) / 814 954-7 (Australia, Europe)

  1. "The Way You Are" (4:53)
  2. "The Marauders" (4:14)
2×7": Mercury / IDEAS6 (United Kingdom)
  1. "The Way You Are" (4:53)
  2. "The Marauders" (4:14)
  3. "Change [Live in Oxford]" (4:36)
  4. "Start of the Breakdown [Live in Oxford]" (5:53)
12": Mercury / IDEA612 (United Kingdom) / 814 954-1 (Netherlands) / 818 087-1 (Germany)
  1. "The Way You Are [Extended Version]" (7:33)
  2. "The Marauders" (4:14)
  3. "Start of the Breakdown [Live in Oxford]" (5:53)
12": Mercury / 15PP-42 (Japan)
  1. "The Way You Are [Extended Version]" (7:33)
  2. "Pale Shelter [New Extended Version]" (6:41)
  3. "The Marauders" (4:14)
  4. "We Are Broken" (4:03)
  5. "Start of the Breakdown [Live in Oxford]" (5:53)

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. [5]

Charts

"The Way You Are"
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Single by Tears for Fears
B-side "The Marauders"
Released25 November 1983 [1]
Length4:53
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Tears for Fears singles chronology
"Pale Shelter"
(1983)		"The Way You Are"
(1983)		"Mothers Talk"
(1984)
12" single cover
TFF Way You Are 12.jpg
Chart performance for "The Way You Are"
Chart (1984)Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC) [6] 24

References

  1. ↑ "New Singles" (PDF). Music Week . 19 November 1983. p. 16. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  2. 1 2 Comaratta, Len (6 November 2014). "Tears for Fears' Curt Smith: Back in the Big Chair". Consequence. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
  3. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Tears for Fears – Saturnine Martial & Lunatic". AllMusic . Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  4. ↑ Saturnine, Martial and Lunatic (CD liner notes). Phonogram Records. 1996.
  5. ↑ Smith, Orzabal, Curt, Roland. "Songs From The Big Chair (Deluxe) Tidal". Tidal.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
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