Question: when did the song mad world come out
Answer: `` Mad World '' Single by Tears for Fears from the album The Hurting B - side `` Ideas as Opiates '' `` Saxophones as Opiates '' ( 12 `` ) Released 20 September 1982 Format 7 '' 12 '' Recorded 1982 Genre New wave , synth - pop Length 3 : 32 Label Phonogram Mercury Songwriter ( s ) Roland Orzabal Producer ( s ) Chris Hughes Ross Cullum Tears for Fears singles chronology `` Pale Shelter ( You Do n't Give Me Love ) '' ( 1982 ) `` Mad World '' ( 1982 ) `` Change '' ( 1983 ) `` Pale Shelter ( You Do n't Give Me Love ) '' ( 1982 ) `` Mad World '' ( 1982 ) `` Change '' ( 1983 ) Audio sample file help