"God's Mistake" is a song by the British band Tears for Fears

Tears for Fears

Tears for Fears are an English new wave band formed in the early 1980s by Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith.Founded after the dissolution of their first band, the mod-influenced Graduate, they were initially associated with the New Wave synthesiser bands of the early 1980s but later branched out into...

, featured on their 1995 album Raoul and the Kings of Spain

Raoul and the Kings of Spain

Due to the band's label switch to Sony in 1995, none of the B-sides from the album's singles are included on the Tears for Fears B-sides collection Saturnine Martial & Lunatic, which was released in 1996 by PolyGram, the band's old record company.-Personnel:* Roland Orzabal: Lead Vocals, Guitar,...

. The song was the first single taken from the album in the United States and Canada (where it was a minor hit), but the second to be taken from the album in the UK (following the release of the title track).

It reached #61 in the UK, #102 in the US and #48 in Canada.

USCD5/34K 663418-2

1. "God's Mistake" - 3:47
2. "Until I Drown" - (Roland Orzabal, Alan Griffiths)-3:23
3. "War of Attrition" -(Roland Orzabal, Alan Griffiths)- 3:41

USCD5/34K 78064-2C

1. "God's Mistake" - 3:47
2. "Creep" (Live in Birmingham) - 4:55

Austrian CD EPC 663117 2

1. "God's Mistake" - 3:47
2. "Raoul and the Kings of Spain" (Acoustic Radio Performance) -(Roland Orzabal, Alan Griffiths)- 4:26
3. "Break It Down Again" (Acoustic Radio Performance) -(Roland Orzabal, Alan Griffiths)- 3:11