who sang the original mad world
Mad World  is a song by the British band Tears for Fears, written by Roland Orzabal and sung by bassist Curt Smith.wo decades later, Mad World made a popular resurgence when it was covered in a much slower and sombre minimalist style by Michael Andrews and Gary Jules for the soundtrack to the movie Donnie Darko in 2001. This version reached #1 in the UK in December 2003, and also became an international hit.