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Tears For Fears
Songs From the Big Chair (Super Deluxe Version)
Empire Building

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Empire Building

From Songs From the Big Chair (Super Deluxe Version)Track 102:52

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"Empire Building" is a track by Tears For Fears, from the album Songs From the Big Chair (Super Deluxe Version). The track is 2:52 long.

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From Songs From the Big Chair (Super Deluxe Version)

2:52

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Songs From the Big Chair (Super Deluxe Version)

Tears For Fears

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10

1Shout
6:33
2The Working Hour
6:32
3Everybody Wants To Rule the World
4:11
4Mothers Talk

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5:06

7Head Over Heels / Broken

10Empire Building

2:52

11The Marauders

12Broken Revisited

14The Working Hour (Piano Version)

15Pharaohs (Single Version)

16When In Love With a Blind Man

—Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Extended Version

—Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Instrumental

1The Way You Are

2Mothers Talk (Short Version)

3Shout (Alternative Version)

4Everybody Wants To Rule the World (7" Version)

5Head Over Heels (Dave Bascombe 7" N.Mix)

6I Believe (A Soulful Re-Recording)

7Everybody Wants To Run the World

8The Way You Are (Edit)

9Mothers Talk (U.S. Remix)

10Shout (U.S. Single Edit)

11Everybody Wants To Run the World (Running Version)

12Head Over Heels

13Mothers Talk (Video Version)

14Shout (7" Edit)

15Listen (Clean Intro)

16Roland & Curt Interviewed

1The Way You Are (Extended)

2Mothers Talk (Long Version)

3Shout (UK Version / Extended Version)

4Everybody Wants To Rule the World (Extended Version)

5Broken / Head Over Heels / Broken (Preacher Mix)

6Mothers Talk (Beat Of The Drum Mix)

7Shout (Extended)

8Everybody Wants To Rule the World (Urban Mix)

9Mothers Talk (Alternate U.S. Remix)

10Shout (US Dub Version)

11Everybody Wants To Rule the World (Instrumental)

12Shout (A Cappella)

1Head Over Heels (Richard Skinner BBC Session / London / 1984)

2The Working Hour (Richard Skinner BBC Session / London / 1984)

3Broken (Richard Skinner BBC Session / London / 1984)

4Mothers Talk (Live At Massey Hall, Toronto, Canada / 1985)

5Broken / Head Over Heels (Live At Massey Hall, Toronto, Canada / 1985)

6Memories Fade (Live At Massey Hall, Toronto, Canada / 1985)

7The Working Hour (Live At Massey Hall, Toronto, Canada / 1985)

8Everybody Wants To Rule the World (Live At Massey Hall, Toronto, Canada / 1985)

9Shout (Live At Massey Hall, Toronto, Canada / 1985)

10Mothers Talk (Early Mix)

11The Way You Are (Demo)

12Broken (Demo)

13Shout (Alternative Mix)

14Everybody Wants To Rule the World (Alternative Single Version)