| "Driven to Tears" | |
|---|---|
| Song by The Police | |
| from the album Zenyatta Mondatta | |
| Released | October 2, 1980 |
| Genre | New wave |
| Length | 3:20 |
| Label | A&M |
| Songwriter(s) | Sting |
| Producer(s) | The Police, Nigel Gray |
| Audio | |
| "Driven to Tears" on YouTube | |
"Driven to Tears" is a song written by Sting and first released by The Police on their 1980 album Zenyatta Mondatta. Although not released as a single, the song reached #35 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.[1] The political overtones of the song represent the beginning of the political activism that would recur throughout much of Sting's and the Police's subsequent music.[2] On classic rock radio stations, the song is usually followed immediately by “When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around”.