Mad world
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  • Delightful... Just, delightful.

  • @MrMikey775 your tears taste delicious, faggot

  • Brilliant song. Brilliant video

  • Watch the clip from the movie Donny Darko with this song in it. Best use of this song ive ever seen. look up donny darko mad world

  • This is the most brilliant and beautiful video clip I have ever seen, to such an great song...

  • My Mad World:

    watch?v=9qDH-w5npfw&feature=ch­annel_page

  • I get it gary juils is a genius

  • @awsomebman why? by covering the same song like 10 other artists did? he's just a good singer, nothing more.

  • It's easy to see why a lot of people think this song is by R.E.M. from this cover (even I did for a little while!) He sounds very very similar to the R.E.M. lead singer!

  • Tears for Fears did the song itself better; this version is a lamified,boring rip off of the original. Although, this video is kind of cool. FYI the word lamified isn't real but if you can't figure it out, the root is lame.

  • This version is so much better than TFF version. This version captures the mood of the lyrics much better. It's somber and sad. The TFF version is dancified, and doesn't fit the lyrics.

  • haha nice vid

  • Stop posting your sob stories people. Life sucks, but bitching about it on YouTube isn't going to solve anything. Get up and go outside for a bit.

  • i feel horrible when I listen to this song it reminds me of all the things people did to me and what i did to them

  • i feel you EvanSauve256.

    life can really suck sometimes.

    :(

  • who sings this song

  • I just love that song

  • very cool and very creative. i like it

  • this is the best song i've ever heard

  • Cool video 'n all but everybody stop being attention whores by posting how depressed you are on youtube..

  • why does every comment to this song sound so emo????? dont get me wrong i love this song just as muchas the next guy i just took a peek at the comments and everyone says they are all depressed and im just like no thank you

  • Depressed people= different to emos. Emos, they just cause the depressed people to be bashed for things they cannot control. A person cannot override chemical imbalances inside their head.

  • w8 is this comment for or against emos?

  • i cry to this song

    it depresses me

    'but i think its the greatest song in the world

  • same ;(

  • people dont get me wrong the song is good but its WAY TOO DEPRESING FOR ME

  • why is it when i hear this song i get depressed. not that this song sucks though. its awsome

  • Haha, it makes me want to cry, such a beauitful song. But hell, even tho it talks about our faults, and a few things come to mind (i.e poverty) we (me personally) shrug them off... funny isn't it?

    What a mad world.. :/

  • myess indeed

  • this is a great song.... first heard it on that movie donnie darko as a great movie

  • what happens when you want to belive so bad but every time you try satin is right there to rip any good thoughts away from you. can someone tell me

  • I know how you feel.... Every good part of my life just gets thrown away for some unknown reason.

  • i love this song! it represents so much. Do you agree?

  • i agree man i love this song :DD and sad in some wieir reason

  • ever since Donnie Darko I've been in love with this song but not this vid. I diss like the video

  • Mad World would make a great soundtrack for 9/11 Twin Towers and our daily lives going to work in traffic and all the sht we ignore in this world for our selfish work purposes!

  • i love it too....its so fucking sad ....5*

  • I thank god that there are still songs like this that makes me look at a total stranger with care and compassion to the point that I would hug them if they needed a shoulder to cry on... in this day and age there are way too many songs that try to tear us apart as a people. Thats music for my flesh, this song though is music for my soul.

  • angels that turn against God, such as Satan, who is supposedly a fallen angel

  • this song makes me cry! I first heard it in the movie Donnie Darko and I swore it was REM, but I was wrong. It's a great song makes me realize everyone is human and we are all going to die no matter what status we may have in life we all succumb to the same fate ultimately. OK.. I'm done being depressed. lol GREAT SONG THOUGH!

  • Yes, we are all dead for eternity.

    In exchange, we have lived: Forever darkness for a fleeting sliver of light.

    It's a fair trade.

  • no. it is not a fair trade. someting MUST have out us here for something. he has giving us a limited amount of time, and they abilitie to evolve and create. but why? have you ever thought of it? whats after the darkness? maybe... more light? but how do we obtain it? this small "sliver of light" as you call it has a purpose. but nobody has found it. and maybe nobody will ever. the darkness is just a punishment, of our waste of light in this world.

  • i believe that darkness is represented by sin (i am a christian believer). satan has made this darkness come upon us during our lives on earth as humans, and at the end of the tunnel we can see that sliver of light very faintly, and if you believe as i do, you will know that its God in Heaven, waiting for us to live in peace and happiness without troubles or worries, for eternity.

  • of course. but how can we believe what certain people see? not everybody has had "visions". of course, i am christian as well. god is in heaven, as the bible and the church say. but, what if hes not really up there? our failures to do what god tells us to causes death. we get shot, killed before our time. death by age is maybe, the end of life how its supposed to be. but what if god isnt really up there? in "heaven"? what if it is just the darkness taking uss over?

  • but if we get shot, wont that be "our time"? as God has a detailed plan for everyone's life. you should read a book called "90 Minutes in Heaven." It's about a man who dies and goes to heaven for 90 minutes and he tells about what he saw and everything that happened. It's very intriguing.

  • of course if we "get shot" that IS our time. god detailed EVERYTHING that happens in EACH persons life. and everything that happens "outside" of a persons life, ISNT really outside of theyre life. it just hasnt TOUCHED them yet.

  • Very well said......very well said...

  • i have ALSO noticed that... this has gone on a LONG time. im not sure if you have noticed that. oh and also. movies like "final destination" can't happen. you cant "change" the outcome. because god has detailed everything that has happened. only angels which go against god may change the course that he has made. he or she. and also. a persons mind may NEVER be able to understand fully the plan that god has made for us.

  • Amen brother. I'm sorry you were thumbed down for a simple belief. I thought this was a country where we can express ourselves without criticism. Isn't that the American Dream? I suppose I was mistaken. Put aside this is a fantastic song that should never be ignored.

  • The internet is different to America mate :\

    You can say anything, and nothing that anyone else says can change your opinion unless you let it. So who cares if they criticize.

  • this song remember me Third Watch...beautiful show...and beautiful song...

  • This song reaches the essence of things. The social life by force of circumstances leads to exclusion of other people, is beautiful and terrible in the same way

  • i love this song!

  • The opposite song of were going to be friends.

  • Mad World is a very sad song but quite melodic. I can't get it out of my head.

  • my friends think it crud but i think it brill

  • This song is well gud on the gear wars advert...good vid as well

  • This song it's make me fell blue.....but i love it!

  • i love this song i remember when i went to the gears of war torneys and they had me and my clans highlights up there for the #1 and they played this song

  • i love this song i remember when i went to the gears of war torneys and they had me and my clans highlights up there for the #1 and they played this song

  • song name and artists?

  • Gary Jules-Mad World

  • THE WORLD IS CHANGING,War, hate, plague, and death, but we're not lucky enough to blame it on a god, for this was ALL our faults, and now what?!? Why don't we step up and change the world! Maby our governments should'nt run things, for we are scared of them and to afriad to rise-up and speak...should'nt it be that "The Governments should fear it's people", not the other way around!

    SO C'ON AND REPOST THIS ON ALL VIDS' PERTAINING TO CHANGING THE WORLD!

  • right....mad world ....

  • nice.

  • I love this song!!

    I've put my version on my channel:)

    Hope you'll like it!

    Iriana

  • tears for fears version (original) is wayy wayy better.

  • i like this one better because of the suddelness, and also it sounds more right with the lyrics, but i like rock too, but WTF lets forget the which one is better chat, that goes for all of you! IM NOT BETTER THAN YOU AND YOU ARENT BETTER THAN ME same way with music, they both have their downfalls and cooooool sides, but also this is just my opinion in the situation, i think i have explaned my point, and it will shock the entire conversation i hope -_-. now i have 30,still counting.......ok none.

  • lol what

  • "gloomy sunday" by sarah brightman is sad like this too

  • superb song but the video sucks.instead of boring kids makin fucked up shapes,the concept should have been a series of events leading up to a troubled guy planning suicide,ending with him in an apt underneath the singer writing a suicide note and the note were the lyrics of this song.

  • yh. i aggree.

  • thank you

  • I actually find the video quite fitting... I think it'd be way too melodramatic if the video did what you say. the kids making those "fucked up shapes" as you call them, add to the video in that they are symbolic in their absurdity; reflecting the lyrics of the song. but that's my take.

  • I dont knock your idea at all.Theres different concepts you can use for this song,but to each its own.

  • This is a really cool filmclip.

  • this song is in the mood of Goethe's 'The Sorrows of Young Werther' (Die Leiden des jungen Werthers).. loved the book

  • i dont get it hows this sad?

  • This one of the best songs I know and it is the best song video that i've seen :D

  • can anyone tell me, is this the original video for this song? cuz if some kids made this then holy crap nice work, love the song :) :(

  • this is not the original i dont believe

  • the original song is by Fears for Tears, written by Roland Orzabal

  • Man... the first time I heard this song I just sat in the middle of the room and cried. Very sad. Very good.

  • Count yourself lucky man, my teeth grew up yellow from malnutrition, I just came out of this hell.

  • Thank god for youtube or otherwise I would have never heard it. I first heard this song on a ghost video that showed pics of ghosts...it gave a good sense of feeling and not a scary creepy feeling when we see ghosts. I like it.

  • Beautiful. Gives goosebumps.

  • Same here. I love this song. The tears for fears version owns aswell. But I love this song because its sadder... If that makes sense...

  • The original has no competition, it was so fresh. This ultra-creative version brings out how heart-breaking the song actually is.

    All good. Now go hug somebody.

  • this song is so sad because it is so true

  • This is so sad, and good song. One of my favorites.

  • I love this song..... it makes me want to hug my family...

  • GONDRY!!!!

    what a director,

    what a genius...

    cheers all!

  • this video is smooth

  • i love this song :)

  • great stuff

  • mükemmel.

  • Whomever wrote a song , whichever artist sings a song, we are all the benefactors of it as the listeners. Peace to All.

  • cool mad world is the shit

  • to eddyisme2: this guy who sing this song is the guy who made this song that " tears for fears" a the copying fool!

  • no..it was written by Roland Orzabal (you know, from tears for fears) this "cover" version is by Gary Jules..it was picked up

    for the donny darko soundtrack...

  • yeah, going along with what GOPJesus said below, Tears for Fears wrote and performed it in 1982.

  • I love this song... Donnie Darko rocks socks!

  • i like this version better then tears for fears.

  • I do also. Each version has its own way of saying what the song is getting across, and the change in key, speed, and instrumentation makes the two versions REALLY different. LOL I prefer this for the slow "solitude" it has.

  • i agree. i love tears for fears dont get me wrong.. but this makes it like a more meaningful song i guess?

  • tears for fears?.... good?.... lmao.

  • um.. is this the real music video? They waisted some money on that but the poeple shapes where kinda cool

  • yes, it is real. you are awake and reading.

  • i don't uderstand what the hell you're saying but if you called tears for fears gay then you're a dumbass if not forget what i said back there

  • stop being so deep, he as askinga smple question, gosh!

  • WTF?

  • i like the tears for fears version better han this copying fool

  • yeah, he turned the gayest song by the gayest band on the planet into something enjoyable..what a fool.

  • love this song- it is CLASS in Donnie Darko.

  • Very touching

  • spectacular 5/5

  • War is madness... yes?

  • great

  • guys i will come back to this, but how does this song relates to gears of war? what does this song has 2 do with gears of war, i dont me any disrespect, but ?

  • because the world is like gone and all humans are sad

  • um... Other than it was the song playing throughout the trailer for the game?

  • Gears of War is from michael but this one is from gary but both r great.

  • Gary is the one singing, Michael is the piano player that arranged the song. They both did the version. ;)

  • Alot of people think this song came from gears of war.

    Its actually alot older then most people would think.

    great song.

  • Gears of War is from michael, this one is from Gary.

  • Realmente bonito. Preciosa música.

  • that song is very very moving

  • .that was awesome.

  • Sooo moving.. i love it

  • This is such a beautyful song. Really love it.

  • also famouse for gears of war great game XD

  • sep

  • ES EL KE SALE EN GEART OF WAR?

  • this song is just so wicked

  • this is AWESOME!!

  • tripy

  • BEST SONG EVER

  • Sencillamente maravilloso. Me encanta!!!

  • good song. its pretty creepy tho, why would kids be doing that in the first place? is it some sort of message to some omen or something?

  • Donnie Darko!

  • MAD WORLD

  • awsome song

  • i really like this song. Just learned a version for guitar, maybe i'll make a video of it and post it :)

  • you should.

  • Id like to see that. Where did you find a guitar version?

  • ofc u should pal :D go for it :D

  • Super song ^^ It's not my habitual style of music but a good song ^^

  • This song fits my whole life and how I feel... Beautyfull.

  • is the fuken man singing

  • tadasynwa: Gary jules did not write this song, it is a cover .... but I like it better than the orginal, so hey, whatever ;)

  • woot i listne to song atleast once a day

  • ..all around are me are familiar faces..worn out places.. worn out faces..bright and early for the daily races..going nowhere..going nowhere..

  • its sad that this song describes so many things, people, and places as being crap and they arw, it also describes me.

  • brilliant song GARY JULES- ledgend

  • i got this song on my myspace

  • so is this the actuall video for mad world?

  • Gary Jules is a good singer i love this song :)

  • GREAT video and better song...

  • Great song and video thanks for the post:)

  • Donnie Darko has this song on the video. good movie

  • such a good song

  • Who sings this?

  • gary jules

  • thanks

  • great song for gears of war

  • This song just touches my <3 every time you know? Its so depressing if you know what I mean!!!1

  • this song was in donnie darko wasnt it?

  • yep.

  • It´s very beautiful video. I like this song because it´s a song of my favourite videogame "GEARS OF WAR".

  • come on you only like it beacuse its on ur favorite game

  • i think this is  video is amzing , i never herd of this guy til this video

  • Neither had I. It is a great one I have to admit.

  • depends on what kind of mood im in for which version is better but this video is much better than tears for fears.

  • this is a very very good song. And the original is even better. And the video is also pretty cool thanks for posting

  • i think this video fit gears of war better than this

  • are u serious??? Man u fucking fans dont think and are always unfair any ways gears of war is too over rated THAT SHIT SUX AND ITS NOT WORTH 60$

  • o crap im srry i meant to say the musice fits gears of war lol but if i were u i wouldnt rase hell about it

  • life isn't worth a cent, neither is a cent for the matter. So, who cares? It's a video game, that people like to play.

  • best video

  • the TFF version sounds like someone got high and sung it...really if you haven't heard it (GOW PPL!) listen to that version...the TFF version isn't bad..it isn't good...it's just plain weird...this versions great tho :)