Tears for Fears, britanska pop grupa osnovana 1981. u Bathu. Predvođena dvojcem Rolandom Orzabalom (Portsmouth, 22. VIII. 1961) i Curtom Smithom (Bath, 24. VII. 1961), novovalna synthpop grupa u 1980-ima vrlo je brzo iskoračila u mainstream. Album prvijenac, The Hurting, objavljuju 1983, a na njemu su se našli i hit singlovi Mad World i Change. Velik uspjeh nižu i ostale skladbe, na primjer Shout; Everybody Wants to Rule the World; Head Over Heels; Sowing The Seeds of Love; Woman In Chains; Break It Down Again i dr. Ostali albumi: Songs from the Big Chair, 1985; The Seeds of Love, 1989; Elemental, 1993; Raoul and the Kings of Spain 1995; Everybody Loves a Happy Ending, 2004.