Write-Up: So... this ranking pisses me right the hell off. Nothing against Tears for Fears but how does one f*** up their own song? You'll never hear me praise their version of this song further than recognition but thankfully a dude came along by the name of Gary Jules and set right with the universe a version of this song that was (IMO) originally meant to be. And to be honest it is the legitimate version here IMO. I actually got annoyed with the TFF version and am listening to the Gary Jules version as I write this up.lol Anyway... yeah, that is how I feel about this song. It's a special song that can give you special goose bumps when used appropriately (yeah still talking about the good version). My favorite appearance of the song is in one of my favorite films of all time (btw for which it was created for!) by the name of Donnie Darko. The better version would rank much higher on the list so I whipped up an approximation for all to see: [8.1][9.3][7.2][9.2][8.2][9.1][10.2] = [61.3] = [8.757] which would come in right around 275th - 300th Place!!! Now you see why the version I had to rank here (but deliberately tried to ignore) annoys me. >_>
Best Version IMO: Gary Jules - Trading Snakeoil for Wolftickets - 2001