TEARDROP (SONG)

"'Teardrop'" is a song by Massive Attack which was first released on their 1998 album ''Mezzanine''. It was released as a single on April 21, 1998. The song became another UK hit for the group, peaking at number 10 on the UK singles chart.
The original version of the song features vocals by Elizabeth Fraser (of the Cocteau Twins).
The song's controversial music video featured a fetus in the womb, lip-syncing the song.

Contents

TV use

Covers

Track listing

TV use

An instrumental version of "Teardrop" serves as the theme song for the American broadcasts of ''House'', a medical television series starring Hugh Laurie. The song opens with a bass drum beat that is reminiscent of a heartbeat, lending itself easily to the show's medical theme. The instrumental version was also featured on the TV series ''Prison Break'', in the episode "Tonight," during a scene that contained brief flashbacks of the reason each of the primary characters wanted to escape. It has been used in the ''Cold Case'' episode "Sanctuary," the '' episode "MIA/NYC Non-Stop", the "Before and After" episode of "MTV Downtown" and the "Write Where it Hurts" episode of ''Daria''.

Covers

The British band, Elbow, did a live cover of the song for the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge, and a recorded version is also featured as a track on their CD, Not A Job.
The Singer/Songwriter/Guitarist Newton Faulkner also did a cover of the song, it is Track 7 on his album Hand Built By Robots. Faulkner's version charted at #60 on downloads alone in August 2007.
José González covers the song on his 2007 album In Our Nature.

Track listing

# "Teardrop (album version)" – 5:31
# "Euro Zero Zero" – 5:24
# "Teardrop (Scream Team remix)" – 6:45
# "Teardrop (Mad Professor Mazaruni instrumental mix)" – 6:24
The 12" release contains the same songs but in a different order. The cassette release contains an edited version of the original song, as well as the Scream Team remix and the b-side Euro Zero Zero, but is missing the remix by Mad Professor Mazaruni.