Sowing the Seeds of Love

"Sowing the Seeds of Love"
Single by Tears for Fears
from the album The Seeds of Love
B-side	"Tears Roll Down"
Released	21 August 1989 (1989-08-21)[1]
Genre	Psychedelic pop[2] orchestral pop[3] pop-soul[3]
Length	6:19 (album version) 5:48 (single edit) 4:04 (US radio edit)
Label	Fontana
Songwriter(s)	Roland Orzabal Curt Smith
Producer(s)	Tears for Fears Dave Bascombe
Tears for Fears singles chronology
"Mothers Talk [US remix]" (1986) "Sowing the Seeds of Love" (1989) "Woman in Chains" (1989)
Music video
"Sowing the Seeds of Love" on YouTube

"Sowing the Seeds of Love" is a song by English pop rock band Tears for Fears. It was released in August 1989 as the first single from their third studio album, The Seeds of Love (1989).

The song was a worldwide hit, topping the Canadian RPM 100 Singles chart and reaching the top 10 in Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. In the United States, it reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming their fourth and last top 10 hit. It also reached No. 1 on both the Modern Rock Tracks chart and the Cash Box Top 100.