Pale Shelter

"Pale Shelter (You Don't Give Me Love)"
Single by Tears for Fears
B-side"The Prisoner"
Released9 April 1982[1]
23 August 1985[2]
Genre
Length4:04
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Mike Howlett
Tears for Fears singles chronology
"Suffer the Children"
(1981) 		"Pale Shelter (You Don't Give Me Love)"
(1982) 		"Mad World"
(1982)
"Suffer the Children [second release]"
(1985)
"Pale Shelter (You Don't Give Me Love) [third release]"
(1985)
"I Believe (A Soulful Re-Recording)"
(1985)
"Pale Shelter"
Single by Tears for Fears
from the album The Hurting
B-side"We Are Broken"
Released22 April 1983
Genre
Length
  • 4:04 (1983 version)
  • 4:34 (album version)
Label
Songwriter(s)Roland Orzabal
Producer(s)
Tears for Fears singles chronology
"Change"
(1983) 		"Pale Shelter"
(1983) 		"The Way You Are"
(1983)
Music video
"Pale Shelter" on YouTube

"Pale Shelter" is a song by the British band Tears for Fears. Written by Roland Orzabal and sung by bassist Curt Smith, it was originally the band's second single release in early 1982. The original version of the song, entitled "Pale Shelter (You Don't Give Me Love)", did not see chart success at the time of its original UK release. However, it did later become a top 20 hit in Canada and a top 75 hit when it was reissued in the UK in 1985.

The generally better-known version was a re-recording from 1983. This version eventually became the third UK top 5 chart hit taken from Tears for Fears' debut LP The Hurting (1983), peaking at number 5. As with the previous two singles, the song also reached the top 40 in several other countries.

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