Sowing the Seeds of Love
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| “Sowing the Seeds of Love” | |||||
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| Single by Tears for Fears from the album The Seeds of Love |
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| B-side | "Tears Roll Down" | ||||
| Released | 1989 | ||||
| Format | 7" 12" CD |
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| Recorded | 1988 | ||||
| Genre | Psychedelic Rock | ||||
| Length | 6:19 (album version) 5:45 (single edit) |
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| Label | Fontana Records Mercury Records |
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| Writer(s) | Roland Orzabal Curt Smith |
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| Producer | Tears for Fears and Dave Bascombe | ||||
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"Sowing the Seeds of Love" is a 1989 hit song by popular British group Tears for Fears. The song reached #2 in the US singles chart and #5 in the UK singles chart, as well as reaching #1 on the Modern Rock Tracks list in the US. It was the first and biggest hit from their 1989 album The Seeds of Love, also reaching the Top 5 in Ireland, Italy, and the Netherlands. The song is notable for being an intentional pastiche of The Beatles.[citation needed]
The music video, directed by Jim Blashfield, won two awards at the MTV Music Video Awards - Best Breakthrough Video and Best Special Effects.[1]
Rick Parfitt Jr. re-recorded the song in 2007 as the title music for Holly Willoughby and Fearne Cotton's dating show, "Holly & Fearne Go Dating", which aired on UK commercial channel ITV1 in September 2007.
[edit] Chart positions
| Charts | Peak position |
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| Australian ARIA Singles Chart | 2 |
| French Singles Chart | 18 |
| German Singles Chart | 11 |
| Italian Singles Chart | 2 |
| Netherlands Dutch Top 40 | 3 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 11 |
| UK Singles Chart | 5 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 2 |
| U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks | 1 |
[edit] References
- ^ Sowing the Seeds of Love video. Memoriesfade.com
| Preceded by "Love Shack" by The B-52's |
Billboard Modern Rock Tracks number-one single October 14, 1989 |
Succeeded by "Pictures of Matchstick Men" by Camper van Beethoven |
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