Suffer the Children (song)

"Suffer the Children"
Single by Tears for Fears
B-side	"Wino"
Released	23 October 1981 23 August 1985 (re-issue)[1]
Recorded	1981 at Crescent Studios, Bath, England
Genre	Pop[2]
Length	3:36 (single version) 3:50 (album version) 4:12 (12-inch remix version)
Label	Phonogram Mercury
Songwriter(s)	Roland Orzabal
Producer(s)	David Lord
Tears for Fears singles chronology
"Suffer the Children" (1981) "Pale Shelter (You Don't Give Me Love)" (1982)
"Head over Heels" (1985) "Suffer the Children [second release]" (1985) "Pale Shelter (You Don't Give Me Love) [third release]" (1985)

"Suffer the Children" is the debut single by the British band Tears for Fears. Written and sung by Roland Orzabal and released in October 1981, it was the band's first release, recorded shortly after the break-up of Orzabal and Curt Smith's previous band Graduate. The original single was produced by David Lord and recorded at his own facility, Crescent Studios in Bath, England. The song would eventually be re-recorded for inclusion on Tears for Fears' debut LP The Hurting (1983), this time produced by Chris Hughes and Ross Cullum.