Everybody Wants to Rule the World
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| Single by Tears for Fears | ||||||||
| from the album Songs from the Big Chair | ||||||||
| B-side | "Pharaohs" | |||||||
| Released | 22 March 1985 | |||||||
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| Genre | New wave | |||||||
| Length | 4:11 | |||||||
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| Producer(s) | Chris Hughes | |||||||
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| Released | 1986 | |||
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| Genre | New wave | |||
| Length | 4:30 | |||
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| Producer(s) | Tears for Fears | |||
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| Song by Lorde from the album The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | |||||||||
| Released | 2013 | ||||||||
| Length | 2:35 | ||||||||
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"Everybody Wants to Rule the World" is a song by the English band Tears for Fears. Originally released in the UK on 22 March 1985 it was the band's ninth single release in the United Kingdom and the third from their second LP Songs from the Big Chair. It was their seventh UK Top 30 chart hit, peaking at number two in April 1985. In the US, it was the lead single from the album and gave the band their first Billboard Hot 100 number-one hit on 8 June 1985, remaining there for two weeks. It also reached number one on both the Hot Dance Club Play and Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales charts in the US. The song has since become the pinnacle of Tears for Fears' chart success.
In 1986, the song won "Best Single" at the Brit Awards.
"Everybody Wants to Rule the World" was somewhat of an afterthought during the recording of Songs from the Big Chair. According to Roland Orzabal, he initially regarded the song as a lightweight that would not fit with the rest of the album. Originally, the lyrics of the song were "everybody wants to go to war", which Orzabal felt was lacklustre. It was producer Chris Hughes who convinced him to try recording it, in a calculated effort to gain American chart success.
It was written and recorded in two weeks and was the final track to be added to the Songs from the Big Chair album. The shuffle beat was alien to our normal way of doing things. It was jolly rather than square and rigid in the manner of 'Shout', but it continued the process of becoming more extrovert.
The concept is quite serious – it's about everybody wanting power, about warfare and the misery it causes.
"Everybody Wants to Rule the World" is a new wave song set in the key of D major with a 12
8 time signature and a tempo of 112 beats per minute.
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