“Head over Heels” – Single by Tears for Fears from the album Songs from the Big Chair
B-side “When in Love with a Blind Man”
Released 14 June 1985
Label Mercury
Songwriters Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith
Producer Chris Hughes
Charted No.3 in US; No.12 in UK; No.8 in Canada; No.55 in West Germany
The music video for “Head over Heels”, filmed in late May and into June 1985, was the fourth Tears for Fears clip directed by music video producer Nigel Dick. A lighthearted video in comparison to the band’s other promos, it is centred on Roland Orzabal’s attempts to get the attention of a librarian (Joan Densmore), while a variety of characters (many played by the rest of the band), including a chimpanzee wearing a Red Sox jersey, engage in shenanigans in the library. The final scene shows Orzabal and the librarian as an older married couple. The video was filmed at the Emmanuel College Library in Toronto, Canada.
Personnel are taken from original album credits and the UK CD liner notes.
Roland Orzabal – lead vocals, guitar, keyboards
Curt Smith – bass guitar, backing vocals
Manny Elias – drums
Ian Stanley – keyboards
Andy David – grand piano
Marilyn Davis – backing vocals
Annie McCaig – backing vocals
Sandy McLelland – backing vocals
