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Roland Orzabal (Tears For Fears) : The song was written in my front room on just a small synthesizer and a drum machine. Initially I only had the chorus, which was very repetitive, like a mantra. I played it to Ian Stanley, our keyboardist, and Chris Hughes, the producer. I saw it as a good album track, but they were convinced it would be a hit around the world.
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Chris Hughes (producer) : We were halfway through recording Mothers Talk when Roland first played us a rough version of a new song he'd been working on. It was then very slow and very simple. I remember saying "this is so simple it should take about five minutes to record." Weeks later... We were halfway through recording Shout when Roland had a birthday party. That evening I asked the four of them separately if they had any thoughts about sleeve notes for the record. Roland said, "White text on black paper and say something about arguably the best offering yet." Curt said, "You're probably the best person to make up some off the wall irrelevant drivel." Ian said, "I don't like them, I'm not interested." Manny said, "Did you know I used to play drums for Rocky Ricketts and The Jet Pilots of Jive?"
(Source :  Chris Hughes, Shout single sleeve notes)
Roland Orzabal : A lot of people think that Shout is just another song about primal scream theory, continuing the themes of the first album. It is actually more concerned with political protest. It came out in 1984 when a lot of people were still worried about the aftermath of The Cold War and it was basically an encouragement to protest.
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Curt Smith : It concerns protest inasmuch as it encourages people not to do things without actually questioning them. People act without thinking because that's just the way things go in society. So it's a general song, about the way the public accepts any old grief which is thrown at them.
(Source : https://www.spot.ph/entertainment/42247/top-10-tears-for-fears-songs-we-want-to-hear-live-this-sunday)
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Chris Hughes (producer) : We were halfway through recording Mothers Talk when Roland first played us a rough version of a new song he'd been working on. It was then very slow and very simple. I remember saying "this is so simple it should take about five minutes to record." Weeks later... We were halfway through recording Shout when Roland had a birthday party. That evening I asked the four of them separately if they had any thoughts about sleeve notes for the record. Roland said, "White text on black paper and say something about arguably the best offering yet." Curt said, "You're probably the best person to make up some off the wall irrelevant drivel." Ian said, "I don't like them, I'm not interested." Manny said, "Did you know I used to play drums for Rocky Ricketts and The Jet Pilots of Jive?"
(Source :  Chris Hughes, Shout single sleeve notes)
Roland Orzabal : A lot of people think that Shout is just another song about primal scream theory, continuing the themes of the first album. It is actually more concerned with political protest. It came out in 1984 when a lot of people were still worried about the aftermath of The Cold War and it was basically an encouragement to protest.
(Source : not known)
Curt Smith : It concerns protest inasmuch as it encourages people not to do things without actually questioning them. People act without thinking because that's just the way things go in society. So it's a general song, about the way the public accepts any old grief which is thrown at them.
(Source : https://www.spot.ph/entertainment/42247/top-10-tears-for-fears-songs-we-want-to-hear-live-this-sunday)