Mothers Talk

~ Release by Tears for Fears (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

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Copyright: © 2025 UMG Recordings, Inc.
℗ 2025 UMG Recordings, Inc.

Available Regions

🇦🇷 Argentina, 🇦🇺 Australia, 🇦🇹 Austria, 🇧🇪 Belgium, 🇧🇴 Bolivia, 🇧🇷 Brazil, 🇧🇬 Bulgaria, 🇨🇦 Canada, 🇨🇱 Chile, 🇨🇴 Colombia, 🇨🇷 Costa Rica, 🇨🇾 Cyprus, 🇨🇿 Czechia, 🇩🇰 Denmark, 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic, 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇪🇨 Ecuador, 🇪🇪 Estonia, 🇸🇻 El Salvador, 🇫🇮 Finland, 🇫🇷 France, 🇬🇷 Greece, 🇬🇹 Guatemala, 🇭🇳 Honduras, 🇭🇰 Hong Kong, 🇭🇺 Hungary, 🇮🇸 Iceland, 🇮🇪 Ireland, 🇮🇹 Italy, 🇱🇻 Latvia, 🇱🇹 Lithuania, 🇱🇺 Luxembourg, 🇲🇾 Malaysia, 🇲🇹 Malta, 🇲🇽 Mexico, 🇳🇱 Netherlands, 🇳🇿 New Zealand, 🇳🇮 Nicaragua, 🇳🇴 Norway, 🇵🇦 Panama, 🇵🇾 Paraguay, 🇵🇪 Peru, 🇵🇭 Philippines, 🇵🇱 Poland, 🇵🇹 Portugal, 🇸🇬 Singapore, 🇸🇰 Slovakia, 🇪🇸 Spain, 🇸🇪 Sweden, 🇨🇭 Switzerland, 🇹🇼 Taiwan, 🇹🇷 Türkiye, 🇺🇾 Uruguay, 🇺🇸 United States, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, 🇮🇩 Indonesia, 🇯🇵 Japan, 🇹🇭 Thailand, 🇻🇳 Vietnam, 🇷🇴 Romania, 🇮🇱 Israel, 🇿🇦 South Africa, 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia, 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates, 🇧🇭 Bahrain, 🇶🇦 Qatar, 🇴🇲 Oman, 🇰🇼 Kuwait, 🇪🇬 Egypt, 🇲🇦 Morocco, 🇩🇿 Algeria, 🇹🇳 Tunisia, 🇱🇧 Lebanon, 🇯🇴 Jordan, 🇵🇸 Palestine, 🇮🇳 India, 🇺🇦 Ukraine, 🇦🇱 Albania, 🇧🇦 Bosnia & Herzegovina, 🇭🇷 Croatia, 🇲🇪 Montenegro, 🇲🇰 North Macedonia, 🇷🇸 Serbia, 🇸🇮 Slovenia, 🇰🇷 South Korea, 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka, 🇬🇭 Ghana, 🇰🇪 Kenya, 🇳🇬 Nigeria, 🇹🇿 Tanzania, 🇺🇬 Uganda, 🇧🇼 Botswana, 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso, 🇨🇻 Cape Verde, 🇨🇼 Curaçao, 🇬🇲 Gambia, 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau, 🇱🇸 Lesotho, 🇱🇷 Liberia, 🇲🇼 Malawi, 🇲🇱 Mali, 🇳🇦 Namibia, 🇳🇪 Niger, 🇸🇹 São Tomé & Príncipe, 🇸🇳 Senegal, 🇸🇨 Seychelles, 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone, 🇹🇹 Trinidad & Tobago, 🇧🇮 Burundi, 🇰🇭 Cambodia, 🇨🇲 Cameroon, 🇹🇩 Chad, 🇰🇲 Comoros, 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea, 🇸🇿 Eswatini, 🇬🇦 Gabon, 🇬🇳 Guinea, 🇲🇷 Mauritania, 🇷🇼 Rwanda, 🇹🇬 Togo, 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe, 🇧🇯 Benin, 🇲🇬 Madagascar, 🇲🇺 Mauritius, 🇲🇿 Mozambique, 🇦🇴 Angola, 🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire, 🇩🇯 Djibouti, 🇿🇲 Zambia, 🇨🇩 Congo - Kinshasa, 🇨🇬 Congo - Brazzaville, 🇮🇶 Iraq, 🇱🇾 Libya, 🇻🇪 Venezuela, 🇪🇹 Ethiopia, 🇽🇰 Kosovo, 🇨🇫 Central African Republic, 🇪🇷 Eritrea, 🇸🇴 Somalia, 🇾🇪 Yemen

Excluded Regions

🇦🇩 Andorra, 🇦🇬 Antigua & Barbuda, 🇦🇲 Armenia, 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan, 🇧🇧 Barbados, 🇧🇩 Bangladesh, 🇧🇳 Brunei, 🇧🇸 Bahamas, 🇧🇹 Bhutan, 🇧🇾 Belarus, 🇧🇿 Belize, 🇩🇲 Dominica, 🇫🇯 Fiji, 🇫🇲 Micronesia, 🇬🇩 Grenada, 🇬🇪 Georgia, 🇬🇾 Guyana, 🇭🇹 Haiti, 🇯🇲 Jamaica, 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan, 🇰🇮 Kiribati, 🇰🇳 St. Kitts & Nevis, 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan, 🇱🇦 Laos, 🇱🇨 St. Lucia, 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein, 🇲🇨 Monaco, 🇲🇩 Moldova, 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands, 🇲🇳 Mongolia, 🇲🇴 Macao, 🇲🇻 Maldives, 🇳🇵 Nepal, 🇳🇷 Nauru, 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea, 🇵🇰 Pakistan, 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico, 🇵🇼 Palau, 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands, 🇸🇲 San Marino, 🇸🇷 Suriname, 🇹🇯 Tajikistan, 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste, 🇹🇴 Tonga, 🇹🇻 Tuvalu, 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan, 🇻🇨 St. Vincent & Grenadines, 🇻🇺 Vanuatu, 🇼🇸 Samoa, 🇦🇫 Afghanistan, 🇦🇮 Anguilla, 🇨🇨 Cocos (Keeling) Islands, 🇨🇰 Cook Islands, 🇨🇽 Christmas Island, 🇫🇰 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), 🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory, 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands, 🇲🇸 Montserrat, 🇳🇫 Norfolk Island, 🇳🇺 Niue, 🇵🇳 Pitcairn Islands, 🇸🇯 Svalbard & Jan Mayen, 🇹🇨 Turks & Caicos Islands, 🇹🇰 Tokelau, 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan, 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands

Annotation last modified on 2025-08-11 16:38 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼Digital Media
#TitleRatingLength
1Mothers Talk (short version)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Records Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 2014)
recording of:
Mothers Talk (in 1984)
writer:
Roland Orzabal (UK musician, songwriter and producer) and Ian Stanley
53:55
2Empire Building
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Records Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 2014)
recording of:
Empire Building (in 1984)
writer:
Roland Orzabal (UK musician, songwriter and producer), Curt Smith and Ian Stanley
2:50
3Mothers Talk
engineer:
David Bascombe
producer:
Chris Hughes (producer, aka “Merrick”)
mixer:
Steven Wilson (founder of Porcupine Tree)
bass guitar:
Curt Smith (in 1984)
drums (drum set):
Manny Elias (in 1984)
keyboard:
Ian Stanley (in 1984)
background vocals:
Stevie Vann (backing vocalist/studio singer, aka Stevie Lange) (in 1984)
lead vocals:
Roland Orzabal (UK musician, songwriter and producer) (in 1984)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Phonogram Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 1984, in 1985) and Mercury Records Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 2014)
recording of:
Mothers Talk (in 1984)
writer:
Roland Orzabal (UK musician, songwriter and producer) and Ian Stanley
3.35:06
4Mothers Talk (U.S.remix)
producer:
Chris Hughes (producer, aka “Merrick”)
remixer:
Bob Clearmountain
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Records Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 2014)
recording of:
Mothers Talk (in 1984)
writer:
Roland Orzabal (UK musician, songwriter and producer) and Ian Stanley
34:13
5Mothers Talk (long version)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Records Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 2014)
recording of:
Mothers Talk (in 1984)
writer:
Roland Orzabal (UK musician, songwriter and producer) and Ian Stanley
6:17
6Mothers Talk (alternate U.S. remix)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Records Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 2014)
recording of:
Mothers Talk (in 1984)
writer:
Roland Orzabal (UK musician, songwriter and producer) and Ian Stanley
4:13
7Mothers Talk (Beat of the Drum mix)
producer:
Chris Hughes (producer, aka “Merrick”)
background vocals:
Stevie Lange (backing vocalist/studio singer, aka Stevie Lange) (in 1984)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Records Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 2014)
recording of:
Mothers Talk (in 1984)
writer:
Roland Orzabal (UK musician, songwriter and producer) and Ian Stanley
8:57
8Mothers Talk (video version)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Records Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 2014)
recording of:
Mothers Talk (in 1984)
writer:
Roland Orzabal (UK musician, songwriter and producer) and Ian Stanley
4:47
9Mothers Talk (early mix)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Records Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 2014)
recording of:
Mothers Talk (in 1984)
writer:
Roland Orzabal (UK musician, songwriter and producer) and Ian Stanley
4:40
10Mothers Talk (live at Massey Hall, Toronto, Canada / 1985)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Records Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 2014)
live recording of:
Mothers Talk (in 1985)
writer:
Roland Orzabal (UK musician, songwriter and producer) and Ian Stanley
4:05