The free Mad World piano sheet music was released in 2002 on the movie's soundtrack but because of the success and the cult phenomenon generated by Donnie Darko, it was later issued as a proper single. In 2003 the song's popularity grew higher and higher and became the Christmas number one single in the UK. Mad World Gary Jules piano and flute notes, tabs, tablature, sheet music, chords Musician Supported Music Tabs. The free Mad World piano sheets were used in the commercial of the videogame Gears of War, in 2006 which led to moving it up the charts. KooKid under tools, the is a button that says sheet music if you click on it, it will translate the tab to traditional music notation. Dom Guest 10 years ago thats some cool stuff, thanks. In addition, Adam Lambert's performance at the eighth season of American Idol raised the sales and people's interest in Mad World. The single was used intensely in popular culture: in The Glee Project, Helix series, advertisements, and fan-made YouTube videos, television dramas such as Being Human, Brothers&Sisters, Cold Case, CSI, Dead like me, Smallville, The Mentalist, The OC, as a closing number in Butley, on Broadway, in the advertisement for Underground: The Julian Assage story and many others. Mad World has been recorded by other artists, due to Jules's version success: Nicola Sirkis, Kill Switch.Klick, Evergreen Terace, Alex Parks, Ken Tizzard, Jan Wayne, etc. The single proved to be a success throughout the decades which can only mean that its value will persist from now on and people's interest in Mad World won't fade anytime soon.