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Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World (Official Music Video) - 1985
LYRICS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIBDL0YKWuw
" Everybody Wants to Rule the World " is a song by English pop rock band Tears for Fears from their second studio album Songs from the Big Chair (1985). It was written by Roland Orzabal , Ian Stanley , and Chris Hughes and produced by Hughes. It was released on March 22, 1985 by Phonogram , Mercury and Vertigo Records as the third single from the album. "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" is a new wave and synth-pop song with lyrics that detail the desire humans have for control and power and center on themes of corruption.
Music critics praised "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" in their retrospective reviews, with some ranking the song among the decade's best. Along with " Shout " (1984), it is one of the band's signature songs . An international success, the song peaked at number two in Ireland, Australia and the United Kingdom and at number one in Canada, New Zealand and on both the US Billboard Hot 100 and Cashbox . It was certified gold by both Music Canada (MC) and the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).
Nigel Dick directed the music video which received promotion from MTV . It shows bassist Curt Smith (who sings lead vocal) driving an antique Austin-Healey 3000 sports car around Southern California intercut with shots of the band performing the song in a studio. In 1986, the song won Best Single at the Brit Awards . The group re-recorded the song as a charity single for the Sport Aid campaign. The song has been covered extensively since its release, most notably by New Zealand singer Lorde for the soundtrack to the movie adaptation of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire .
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LYRICS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIBDL0YKWuw
" Everybody Wants to Rule the World " is a song by English pop rock band Tears for Fears from their second studio album Songs from the Big Chair (1985). It was written by Roland Orzabal , Ian Stanley , and Chris Hughes and produced by Hughes. It was released on March 22, 1985 by Phonogram , Mercury and Vertigo Records as the third single from the album. "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" is a new wave and synth-pop song with lyrics that detail the desire humans have for control and power and center on themes of corruption.
Music critics praised "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" in their retrospective reviews, with some ranking the song among the decade's best. Along with " Shout " (1984), it is one of the band's signature songs . An international success, the song peaked at number two in Ireland, Australia and the United Kingdom and at number one in Canada, New Zealand and on both the US Billboard Hot 100 and Cashbox . It was certified gold by both Music Canada (MC) and the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).
Nigel Dick directed the music video which received promotion from MTV . It shows bassist Curt Smith (who sings lead vocal) driving an antique Austin-Healey 3000 sports car around Southern California intercut with shots of the band performing the song in a studio. In 1986, the song won Best Single at the Brit Awards . The group re-recorded the song as a charity single for the Sport Aid campaign. The song has been covered extensively since its release, most notably by New Zealand singer Lorde for the soundtrack to the movie adaptation of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire .
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