Is This What You Want? add backing vocals to "Dear Prudence" in late August; he had also joined the backing chorus for "Hey Jude" earlier that month. The songs recorded included "Sour Milk Sea" and "The Eagle Laughs at You", for the A- and B-side of Lomax's debut single on Apple, and "You've Got Me Thinking". Among the guest musicians on the London sessions, much of which would go unused, were Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, Nicky Hopkins, Klaus Voormann and Paul McCartney. Other participants included drummers Bishop O'Brien and Pete Clark; the former was part of Apple artist James Taylor's backing group, while Clark was
Suffer the Children (song) picture sleeve. Featuring the same formats and track listings as the original 1981 release, the single was moderately successful, barely missing the UK Top 50. No music video was produced for the song. All three original single variations of "Suffer the Children" (plus "Wino") remained unreleased on compact disc until the 30th anniversary reissue of "The Hurting" in 2013. 7": Mercury / IDEA1 (United Kingdom) 12": Mercury / IDEA12 (United Kingdom) Having often cited Tears for Fears as an influence in interviews, British synthpop act La Roux incorporated "Suffer the Children" into their mix compilation "Sidetracked" in 2010. Suffer the