Ready Boy & Girls?

Ready Boy & Girls? is an EP by English pop rock band Tears for Fears, released as a limited edition 10″ vinyl in April 2014. The release contains three cover songs that were originally recorded by Animal Collective ("My Girls"),^[1] Arcade Fire ("Ready to Start")^[2] and Hot Chip ("And I Was a Boy from School"),^[3] hence the amalgamated title of the release.

Ready Boy & Girls?
EP by Tears for Fears
Released	19 April 2014 (2014-04-19)
Recorded	2013
Genre	Synth-pop
Length	12:02
Label	INgrooves
Tears for Fears chronology
Secret World Live in Paris (2006) Ready Boy & Girls? (2014) Rule the World: The Greatest Hits (2017)

The tracks were recorded by Tears for Fears as a way to kickstart the recording sessions for their seventh album in 2013 (the subsequent album, The Tipping Point, was eventually released nine years later in 2022). Though the three tracks were not intended to be released as official singles, each was made available to stream on the band's SoundCloud page. However, the band were prompted to release them together as a limited edition 10" vinyl for 2014 Record Store Day.^[4] The EP was Tears for Fears' first wholly new release in ten years, following their 2004 comeback album Everybody Loves a Happy Ending.

Track listing

Digital download

1. "My Girls" (Animal Collective cover) – 4:36
2. "Ready to Start" (Arcade Fire cover) – 3:24
3. "And I Was a Boy from School" (Hot Chip cover) – 4:03

References

1. "Tears For Fears – "My Girls" (Animal Collective Cover)". Retrieved 17 August 2023.
2. "Tears For Fears cover Arcade Fire's "Ready To Start"". Retrieved 17 August 2023.
3. "Tears For Fears – "Boy From School" (Hot Chip Cover)". Retrieved 17 August 2023.
4. "Record Store Day 2014 (Official Releases)". Retrieved 17 August 2023.