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.

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