"Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down)" is a song by the English band Tears for Fears. It was released as a single in February 1992 by Fontana Records to coincide with the release of the band's greatest hits album Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82âÂÂ92).
As Curt Smith had already departed the band by this time, "Laid So Low" was effectively the first release of the Roland Orzabal "solo" era of Tears for Fears which would span most of the 1990s. The song was a top-20 hit in the UK, France, Italy and Poland; a top-40 hit in Canada, Germany and the Netherlands; and reached the top 10 on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart.
An earlier, mainly instrumental version of the song appeared as the B-side to the 1989 single "Sowing the Seeds of Love" where it was simply titled "Tears Roll Down". An animated video to this earlier version was included on the 1990 video collection Sowing the Seeds. A video for "Laid So Low" was made in 1992 and was included on the Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82-92) video collection.