"reward" is a song by english band the teardrop explodes. it was released as a single in early 1981 and is the band's biggest hit, peaking at no. 6 in the uk and no. 11 in ireland. the song was not initially included in the original 1980 uk & europe releases of their debut album "kilimanjaro", but was included in the 1980 u.s. release together with the track "suffocate" (replacing two tracks from the uk release). "reward" was however added to later pressings of the album from 1981.