<P> `` Shout '' is a song by British band Tears for Fears , written by Roland Orzabal and Ian Stanley and sung by Orzabal ( with Curt Smith duetting on the chorus ) . First released in the UK on 23 November 1984 , it was the band 's eighth single release ( the second taken from their second album Songs from the Big Chair ) and sixth UK Top 40 hit , peaking at no . 4 in January 1985 . In the US , it reached no . 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on 3 August 1985 and remained there for three weeks . `` Shout '' would become one of the most successful songs of 1985 , eventually reaching the Top Ten in 25 countries . `` Shout '' is regarded as one of the most recognisable songs from the mid-eighties and is also recognised as the group 's signature song , along with `` Everybody Wants to Rule the World '' . </P>
<P> `` Shout '' is a song by British band Tears for Fears , written by Roland Orzabal and Ian Stanley and sung by Orzabal ( with Curt Smith duetting on the chorus ) . First released in the UK on 23 November 1984 , it was the band 's eighth single release ( the second taken from their second album Songs from the Big Chair ) and sixth UK Top 40 hit , peaking at no . 4 in January 1985 . In the US , it reached no . 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on 3 August 1985 and remained there for three weeks . `` Shout '' would become one of the most successful songs of 1985 , eventually reaching the Top Ten in 25 countries . `` Shout '' is regarded as one of the most recognisable songs from the mid-eighties and is also recognised as the group 's signature song , along with `` Everybody Wants to Rule the World '' . </P>
when did shout by tears for fears come out
when did shout by tears for fears come out
23 November 1984
23 November 1984