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"Shout" is a 1984 song by British band Tears for Fears that reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S., and peaked at #4 in the U.K. It would become one of the most successful songs of 1985 and eventually reaching the Top Ten in 25 countries. The song, from their second album Songs from the Big Chair, is regarded as one of the most recognizable songs from the mid-eighties and is recognized as a signature song along with "Everybody Wants to Rule the World". Tears for Fears were followers of American psychologist Arthur Janov's school of Primal Therapy ,and although many people think "Shout" is just another song about the primal scream theory, its intent is more about political protest in 1984 when a lot of people were still worried about the aftermath of The Cold War. It encourages people not to do things without actually questioning them according to band lead vocal and co-writer Roland Orzabal.
"Shout" is a 1984 song by British band Tears for Fears that reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S., and peaked at #4 in the U.K. It would become one of the most successful songs of 1985 and eventually reaching the Top Ten in 25 countries. The song, from their second album Songs from the Big Chair, is regarded as one of the most recognizable songs from the mid-eighties and is recognized as a signature song along with "Everybody Wants to Rule the World". Tears for Fears were followers of American psychologist Arthur Janov's school of Primal Therapy ,and although many people think "Shout" is just another song about the primal scream theory, its intent is more about political protest in 1984 when a lot of people were still worried about the aftermath of The Cold War. It encourages people not to do things without actually questioning them according to band lead vocal and co-writer Roland Orzabal.
