Raoul and the Kings of Spain (song)

"Raoul and the Kings of Spain"
Single by Tears for Fears
from the album Raoul and the Kings of Spain
B-side
  • "Queen of Compromise"
  • "All of the Angels"
  • "Creep" (live)
  • "The Madness of Roland"
WrittenAugust–December 1993[1]
Released25 September 1995 (1995-09-25)[2]
GenreRock
Length5:15
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Tears for Fears singles chronology
"Elemental"
(1994)
"Raoul and the Kings of Spain"
(1995)
"God's Mistake"
(1995)

"Raoul and the Kings of Spain" is a song by English pop rock band Tears for Fears, released as the first single from their 1995 album of the same name. Upon its release, the single reached number 31 in the United Kingdom and would be the band's last top-40 hit there for 10 years, until 2005's "Closest Thing to Heaven". The song also reached number 39 in the Wallonia region of Belgium.

  1. ^ "Biography". sonymusic.com. Archived from the original on 8 May 1999. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  2. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 23 September 1995. p. 35.