Song · Tears for Fears
“Laid so Low (Tears Roll Down)” by Tears for Fears
Released 1992
“Laid so Low (Tears Roll Down)” by Tears for Fears appears on 4 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1992 and 2003. It was first released in 1992. Its best result is #100 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1992. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #271 alternative song of 1992 and #4,090 alternative song of all time.
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"Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down)" arrived on Fontana in February 1992, timed to land alongside the Tears for Fears hits collection Tears Roll Down, and it's the sound of a duo that had quietly become one man. Curt Smith was already gone, so this was the opening shot of the Roland Orzabal years, a stretch that would run through most of the '90s. Orzabal wrote it with David Bascombe, and Tim Palmer produced it.
The song had been brooding in the wings for a while: a mostly instrumental take called "Tears Roll Down" sat on the flip of "Sowing the Seeds of Love" in 1989 and even got an animated video of its own. Fleshed out with words and a fresh video, it went top 20 in Britain, France, Italy and Poland and top 10 on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 100 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1992 | 107 |
| 1992 | 100 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1992 | 101 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 1255 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 719 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
Also listed as: Laid so Low; Laid So Low; Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down).
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