Smokey Robinson & the Miracles/The English Beat-inspired 'Tears of a Clown' Art Print Size:8x12" / 24x29.7cm A4 and it's a deceptively simple

and it's a deceptively simple track - but it's so simple

And I wasn't going down the erroneous 'Jamaica' path

which doubles as internal turmoil

This song has a famous music video

and library references in the song and the album

Smokey Robinson & the Miracles/The English Beat-inspired 'Tears of a Clown' Art Print Size:8x12" / 24x29.7cm A4 and it's a deceptively simpleAs a proud New Wave loving Gen Xer, I first heard 'Tears of a Clown' as a cover version by The Beat (aka The English Beat here in North America), but quickly learnt it was originally Smokey Robinson and the Miracles (co written by Stevie Wonder, too). Smokey clearly felt an affinity to the classical opera antihero clown Pagliacci, as an entertainer who hides his pain, rage, and sadness behind a mask of laughter and smiles this song is not the first