Tears for Fears held the top spot of the Billboard Hot 100 the week of August 3, 1985, with ‘Shout,’ one of three hit singles from the smash album Songs from the Big Chair. ‘Everybody Wants to Rule the World’ also reached #1, while ‘Head Over Heels’ made it to #3.
At #2 that week, a week after claiming the top spot, was Paul Young’s ‘Everytime You Go Away,’ a cover of a little-known track by Daryl Hall & John Oates.
The Hall & Oates version runs five and a half minutes and has a gospel flavor, while Young steered the track into full 80s power ballad territory. It worked, giving Young his first (and only) chart-topper in the U.S.
He had another top ten hit in 1990 with ‘Oh Girl,’ a cover of a 70s track by the Chi-Lites.
Hey, if we can solve any problem
Then why do we lose so many tears?
Oh, so you go again
When the leading man appears
Always the same thing
Can’t you see
We’ve got everything
Going on and on and on?
[Chorus]
Every time you go away
You take a piece of me with you
Every time you go away
You take a piece of me with you, ooh
[Verse 2]
Go on and go free, yeah
Maybe you’re too close to see
I can feel your body move
Doesn’t mean that much to me
I can’t go on saying the same thing
‘Cause can’t you see?
We got everything
Baby, even though you know
[Bridge]
I can’t go on saying the same thing
‘Cause, baby, can’t you see?
We got everything
Going on and on and on
[Chorus]
Every time you go away
You take a piece of me with you
Every time you go away
You take a piece of me with you
[Outro]
(Every time you go away) Ohh
(You take a piece of me with you) Every time you go
(Every time you go away) I think that I don’t care
(You take a piece of me with you) I’ve been living it everywhere
(Every time you go away) Don’t leave me all alone
(You take a piece of me with you) Picking up the pieces
Meet Me In Montauk 
I had no idea this was a Hall & Oats song. v cool!
I remember this song. The lyrics are so sad 😢