"Raoul and the Kings of Spain" is a song by the band Tears for Fears

Tears for Fears

Tears for Fears are an English new wave band formed in the early 1980s by Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith.Founded after the dissolution of their first band, the mod-influenced Graduate, they were initially associated with the New Wave synthesiser bands of the early 1980s but later branched out into...

, released as the first single from their 1995 album of the same name

Raoul and the Kings of Spain

Due to the band's label switch to Sony in 1995, none of the B-sides from the album's singles are included on the Tears for Fears B-sides collection Saturnine Martial & Lunatic, which was released in 1996 by PolyGram, the band's old record company.-Personnel:* Roland Orzabal: Lead Vocals, Guitar,...

. Upon its release, the single reached #31 in the UK and would be the band's last Top 40 hit there for ten years (until 2005's "Closest Thing to Heaven"). The song also reached #39 in Belgium (Wallonia).

The track was first performed two years prior to its release, on the band's 1993 "Elemental" World Tour.

UK 2-CD set

Disc 1

1. "Raoul and the Kings of Spain" - 5:15
2. "Queen of Compromise" - 3:52
3. "All of the Angels" - (Roland Orzabal, Alan Griffiths)-4:25

Disc 2

1. "Raoul and the Kings of Spain" - 5:15
2. "Creep" (Live in Birmingham) - 4:55 (Radiohead
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3. "The Madness of Roland" -(Roland Orzabal, Alan Griffiths)- 5:09

German CD5 Promo

1. "Raoul and The Kings of Spain" (Edit) 4:43