“I think the reason it’s so powerful is everybody from the kid getting beaten up every day, to the gay kid at the high school ... to the cheerleader dating the quarterback ... to the guy in a suit, feels their thing is hard and they feel alone in their experience on the planet. ... Regardless of who’s singing it, if it comes from that place, it can be a really powerful thing. I think Adam sang it from that place.”
-- Gary Jules, Singer of Mad World (who came up with the arrangement of mad world that Adam Sang)
Studio Version:
This is the full length version of the song.