| 词条 | Suffer the Children (song) | ||||||
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| name = Suffer the Children | cover = TFF_Suffer_The_Children.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Tears for Fears | album = The Hurting | B-side = Wino | released = 2 November 1981 19 August 1985 (re-issue) | format = 7", 12" | recorded = 1981 at Crescent Studios, Bath, England. | studio = | venue = | genre = New wave, synthpop | length = 3:36 (7" Version) 3:53 (Album Version) | label = Phonogram Records Mercury | writer = Roland Orzabal | producer = David Lord (7" Version) Chris Hughes, Ross Cullum (Album Version) | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = Pale Shelter (You Don't Give Me Love) | next_year = 1982 | misc = {{Extra chronology | artist = | type = single | prev_title = Head Over Heels | prev_year = 1985 | title = "Suffer the Children" (second release) | year = 1985 | next_title = "Pale Shelter (You Don't Give Me Love)" (third release) | next_year = 1985 }} }} "Suffer the Children" is a song by the British band Tears for Fears. Written and sung by Roland Orzabal and released in November 1981, it was the band's first release, recorded shortly after the break-up of Orzabal and Curt Smith's previous band Graduate. The original single was produced by David Lord and recorded at his own facility, Crescent Studios in Bath, England. The song would eventually be re-recorded for inclusion on Tears for Fears' debut LP The Hurting (1983), this time produced by Chris Hughes and Ross Cullum. Origins and productionAlong with "Pale Shelter", "Suffer the Children" was one of two demo songs that landed Tears for Fears their first record deal with Phonogram in 1981. {{Quote|"Suffer the Children" was the first song we did together when we left Graduate. It was our very first experimentation with sequencers and drum machines, with a guy called David Lord, who worked with Peter Gabriel and different people down in Bath. So that was actually the first song we did as Tears For Fears.|Curt Smith[1]}}The song's title bears resemblance to a passage in the Biblical book of Matthew (19:14), in which Jesus Christ teaches on the innocence of children. According to Orzabal: {{Quote|...We were really big on this at the time - we really thought children were born innocent and good and holy... When you've got kids of your own, you realize how bloody difficult it is. But it's that kind of thing - saying look at what you're doing with your child.|Roland Orzabal[1]}}The song was later re-recorded by producers Chris Hughes and Ross Cullum for inclusion on the band's debut album The Hurting in 1983. This recording is distinct from the original 7" version by the subtraction of an extra Curt Smith-sung lyric at the beginning of the song. Both the original version and re-recording of the song notably feature Orzabal's wife Caroline on a "child vocal" during the bridge.[1] Release and reissue"Suffer The Children" was released as a United Kingdom-only single in both 7" and 12" formats. The 7" features the original recording of the song, while the 12" features both remix and instrumental versions. Both formats featured a short B-side, "Wino", which, minus synthesizers or production of any sort, was uncharacteristic of the band's body of work at the time. Despite being added to the playlists of influential Radio 1 disc jockeys John Peel and Peter Powell, the single failed to chart.[2] In 1985, following the massive success of the band's second album Songs from the Big Chair, Phonogram Records reissued the single complete with a new variation of the original picture sleeve. Featuring the same formats and track listings as the original 1981 release, the single was moderately successful, barely missing the UK Top 50. No music video was produced for the song. All three original single variations of "Suffer the Children" (plus "Wino") remained unreleased on compact disc until the 30th anniversary reissue of The Hurting in 2013.[3] Track listings7": Mercury / IDEA1 (United Kingdom)
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Other appearancesHaving often cited Tears for Fears as an influence in interviews,[5][6] British synthpop act La Roux incorporated "Suffer the Children" into their mix compilation Sidetracked in 2010. References1. ^1 2 {{cite AV media notes|title=The Hurting (1999 Remastered Edition)|first=Tears For Fears|year=1999|publisher=Mercury Records|type=CD|accessdate=2014-06-24}} {{Tears for Fears}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Suffer The Children (Song)}}2. ^{{cite web|url=http://thequietus.com/articles/13379-tears-for-fears-the-hurting-interview|title=This Is Going To Hurt: The Mad World Of Tears For Fears' Debut LP|last=Wallace|first=Wyndham|date=20 September 2013|work=The Quietus|accessdate=2014-06-24}} 3. ^{{cite AV media notes|title=The Hurting (30th Anniversary Edition)|first=Tears For Fears|year=2013|publisher=Mercury Records|type=CD|accessdate=2014-06-24}} 4. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/tears%20for%20fears/|title=TEARS FOR FEARS - Artist - Official Charts|author=Official Charts Company|accessdate=2014-06-24}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.thestoolpigeon.co.uk/features/la-roux-interview.html|title=Interview: La Roux|last=Hebbelthwaite|first=Phil|date=12 July 2009|accessdate=2014-06-24}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://thequietus.com/articles/01899-la-roux-interviewed-in-for-the-kill-with-elly-jackson|title=La Roux Interviewed: In For The Kill With Elly Jackson|last=Turner|first=Luke|date=18 June 2009|accessdate=2014-06-24}} 6 : Tears for Fears songs|1981 debut singles|Songs written by Roland Orzabal|Song recordings produced by Ross Cullum|Song recordings produced by Chris Hughes (record producer)|1981 songs |
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