Paul Simon ("The Boy in the Bubble") and Michael Jackson ("Leave Me Alone"). Joanna Priestley directed the "Joan Miró" section of the video for Jim Blashfield and Associates. It was animated with pencil on paper, transferred to punched acetate sheets and painted with Cel Vinyl acrylic paints. The video won two awards at the MTV Music Video Awards: Best Breakthrough Video and Best Special Effects. It was also nominated in the "Best Group Video" and "Best Postmodern Video" categories. Release The single was released on multiple formats, including a 7-inch single, a 12-inch single, a 12-inch picture disc, a cassette single, and a CD single. Track listings 7-inch and cassette single "Sowing the Seeds of Love" (7-inch version) "Tears Roll Down" UK 12-inch and European CD single "Sowing the Seeds of Love (full version) "Tears Roll Down" "Shout" (U.S. remix) The B-side track "Tears Roll Down" is an early, mostly instrumental version of "Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down)", which was released as a single in 1992 and included on the band's greatest hits album of the same name. Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts See also List of RPM number-one singles of 1989 List of Billboard number-one alternative singles of the 1980s References 1989 singles 1989 songs Fontana Records singles Music videos directed by Jim Blashfield Cashbox number-one singles RPM Top Singles number-one singles Songs written by Curt Smith Songs written by Roland Orzabal Tears for Fears songs Songs about Margaret Thatcher