Roland Jaime Orzábal De La Quintana (born 22 August 1961[1]) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and author.

Orzabal and Smith briefly joined Neon and then went on to form Tears for Fears, a new wave music/synthpop outfit directly inspired by the writings of the American psychologist Arthur Janov.

[10][11] Songs from the Big Chair included two Billboard Hot 100 number-one hits: "Shout" and "Everybody Wants to Rule the World".

Adams appeared on several tracks on the album, most notably the hit single "Woman in Chains", which she performed as a duet with Orzabal.

As well as playing guitar and singing backing vocals on the track, he also appeared in the song's accompanying promo video.

[citation needed] In 1999, Orzabal co-produced Icelandic singer-songwriter Emiliana Torrini's album Love in the Time of Science, along with Tears for Fears associate Alan Griffiths.

[19] Orzabal wrote the song "Mad World", recorded by Michael Andrews and Gary Jules for the film soundtrack Donnie Darko in 2001.

It tells the story of a middle-aged pop star, Solomon Capri, who is semi-retired but is approached to take part in the reality show Popstar to Operastar.

[24] Caroline sang the child vocal on the Tears for Fears song "Suffer the Children" from the band's debut album The Hurting,[25] and also drew the hands cover artwork for the 1983 re-release of "Pale Shelter".

[28] After the re-election of Margaret Thatcher in June 1987, Orzabal took an interest in socialism in response to the Prime Minister's attitude towards the working class.