Everybody Wants to Rule the World

~ Recording by Tears for Fears

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleCountry/Date
Official
1.3Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:11Tears for FearsSongs From the Big Chair
  • 1985-02-17 GB
1.3Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:11Tears for FearsSongs From the Big Chair
  • 1985-02-17 GB
1.3Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:11Tears for FearsSongs From the Big Chair
  • 1985-02-25 NL
1.3Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:11Tears for FearsSongs From the Big Chair
  • 1985-02-25 US
  • 1985 DE
1.3Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:11Tears for FearsSongs From The Big Chair
  • 1985-02-25 GB
1.3Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:11Tears for FearsSongs From the Big Chair
  • 1985-02-26 DE
1.1Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:12Tears for FearsEverybody Wants to Rule the World
1.1Everybody Wants to Rule the World?:??Tears for FearsOut Now!
1.3Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:10Tears for FearsSongs From the Big Chair (22 - Allied Pressing)
1.3Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:11Tears for FearsSongs From the Big Chair
1.3Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:11Tears for FearsSongs From the Big Chair
1.3Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:11Tears for FearsSongs From the Big Chair
1.3Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:11Tears for FearsSongs From the Big Chair
1.3Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:11Tears for FearsSongs From the Big Chair
1.3Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:11Tears for FearsSongs From the Big Chair
1.7Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:14Tears for FearsHits on CD, Volume 4
1.10Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:13Tears for FearsMusic For The Miracle
1.2Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:08Tears for FearsTrax The Music Album
1.12Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:07Tears for FearsNow That’s What I Call Music: Smash Hits
  • 1987-09-21 GB
1.12Everybody Wants to Rule the World?:??Tears for FearsNow That’s What I Call Music: Smash Hits
  • 1987-09-21 GB
1.12Everybody Wants to Rule the World?:??Tears for FearsNow That’s What I Call Music! Smash Hits
  • 1987-10 GB
1.1Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:14Tears for FearsEverybody Wants to Rule the World
1.10Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:13Tears for FearsPure Soft Metal
1.16Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:10Tears for FearsHits of the World 1984/1985
  • 1991-07-01 DE
1.10Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:09Tears for FearsPower and the Glory
  • 1991-09 GB
1.4Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:10Tears for FearsCountdown Classics
1.2Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:14Tears for FearsThe Rock Collection: Rock Stars
1.3Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:10Tears for FearsPop & Wave, Volume 1: The Hits of the 80's
  • 1992-03-10 DE
1.2Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:11Tears for FearsTears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82–92)
  • 1992-03-13 ZA
1.1Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:09Tears for FearsPeter’s Friends: The Album
  • 1992-12-11 GB
1.1Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:09Tears for FearsPeter’s Friends
1.2Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:11Tears for FearsTears Roll Down
1.2Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:11Tears for FearsTears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82-92) (Made in Germany / PG 833)
1.2Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:11Tears for FearsTears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82-92)
1.2Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:11Tears for FearsTears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82-92) (Made in France by PRS)
1.2Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:11Tears for FearsTears Roll Down: Greatest Hits 82-92
1.2Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:11Tears for FearsTears Roll Down: Greatest Hits 82-92
1.2Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:11Tears for FearsTears Roll Down: Greatest Hits 82-92 (Club Edition)
1.2Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:11Tears for FearsTears Roll Down: Greatest Hits 82-92
1.2Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:11Tears for FearsTears Roll Down: Greatest Hits 82-92
1.2Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:11Tears for FearsTears Roll Down: Greatest Hits 82-92
1.2Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:11Tears for FearsTears Roll Down: Greatest Hits 82-92
1.2Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:11Tears for FearsTears Roll Down: Greatest Hits 82–92
2.1Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:11Tears for FearsThe Greatest Rock Album of All Time
1.1Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:09Tears for FearsPeter’s Friends: The Album
  • 1993-01-12 US
1.20Everybody Wants to Rule the World3:59Tears for FearsNow That’s What I Call Music! 1985
  • 1993-08-23 GB
1.1Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:10Tears for FearsRock of the 80’s, Volume 7
  • 1993-11-03 US
1.1Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:12Tears for FearsGreatest Hits of the ’80’s, Volume 2: The Definitive Singles Collection 1980–1989
1.14Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:04Tears for FearsRoadshow Hits
2.1Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:09Tears for FearsThe 80’s Collection: 1985
2.9Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:15Tears for FearsTotally ’80s
1.8Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:10Tears for FearsStart: The Best of British
  • 1994-07-18 US
1.3Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:11Tears for FearsSongs From the Big Chair
1.14Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:13Tears for FearsSounds of the Eighties: 1985
1.12Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:12Tears for FearsStereoplay Highlights 75: Super Highlights
2.15Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:09Tears for FearsTop Gear
1.16Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:08Tears for FearsTotally 80s 1+2
2.3Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:07Tears for FearsDrive Time 3
  • 1995-12-01 GB
2.16Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:11Tears for FearsOriginal Megahits of the 80’s
2.12Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:15Tears for FearsPure Soft Metal
2.2Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:08Tears for FearsTake 40: Ten Years of No. 1 Hits
  • 1995 -
1.17Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:09Tears for Fears40 Years of Number 1s
  • 1996-07-31 ZA
1.14Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:09Tears for Fears25 Years of Number 1 Hits, Volume 7: 1984/1985
  • 1996-09-02 GB
1.11Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:08Tears for FearsNo.1 Hits of the 80’s
2.3Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:08Tears for FearsRadiottanta
2.1Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:13Tears for FearsThe No.1 Eighties Album
2.10Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:12Tears for FearsThe Best of 1980–1990, Volume 12
  • 1997-01-10 DE
1.9Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:12Tears for FearsRomy and Michele’s High School Reunion: Original Soundtrack
  • 1997-04-15 US
1.10Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:07Tears for FearsThe One and Only 80’s Album
  • 1997-04-17 GB
2.6Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:09Tears for FearsCar Classics 2.0
1.8Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:11Tears for FearsLa Légende des Tubes, Volume 11
1.8Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:08Tears for FearsNow the Music: The 80s Generation
1.7Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:11Tears for FearsÖ3 Greatest Hits, Volume 1
1.2Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:11Tears for FearsPop’n’Rock 80, Volume 6
1.9Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:07Tears for FearsRetro: The One and Only 80’s Album
  • 1997 -
1.9Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:12Tears for FearsRomy and Michele’s High School Reunion: Original Soundtrack
1.16Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:14Tears for FearsThe Number One 80’s Album
1.15Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:09Tears for FearsThe Eighties Mix
  • 1998-01-03 GB
1.3Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:14Tears for FearsClassic Rock: 80’s
  • 1998-03-30 US
1.1Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:10Tears for FearsThe Roots of Rock: 80's New Wave
  • 1998-03-30 US
1.3Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:08Tears for FearsThe Number One’s: The ’80s
  • 1998-05-05 US
1.5Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:07Tears for FearsFantastic 80s! 2
  • 1998-05-11 GB
1.9Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:11Tears for FearsChart Toppers: Modern Rock Hits of the 80s, Volume 2
  • 1998-05-26 US
2.1Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:09Tears for FearsPop & Wave, Volume 1: The Hits From the Fantastic 80's
  • 1998-08-25 DE
1.3Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:13Tears for FearsSongs From the Big Chair
  • 1998-08 US
3.11Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:09Tears for Fears80’s Comeback
1.16Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:08Tears for FearsDe Pre Historie 1985, Volume 2
1.8Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:14Tears for FearsEntertainment Weekly: 80's Wave
1.7Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:07Tears for FearsGoud van oud: 36 All-Time Eighties Classics
2.13Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:09Tears for FearsLost and Found: 1979-1987
1.1Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:10Tears for FearsNew Wave: The Roots of Rock
3.2Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:07Tears for FearsThe Eighties: A Decade of Hits
1.3Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:12Tears for FearsSongs From the Big Chair
  • 1999-03-13 US
1.15Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:09Tears for FearsThe Eighties Mix
  • 1999-04-13 GB
1.6Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:00Tears for FearsNow That’s What I Call Music! 1985: The Millennium Series
  • 1999-06-21 GB
1.3Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:12Tears for FearsSongs From the Big Chair
  • 1999-06-28 XE
1.8Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:07Tears for FearsPure 80's
  • 1999-08-10 US
Bootleg
1.11Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:12Tears for FearsReal Genius
1.3Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:14Tears for FearsClassic Rock - 80's
(unknown)
1.3Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:11Tears for FearsSongs From the Big Chair

Relationships

engineer:David Bascombe
producer:Chris Hughes
mixer:Steven Wilson
bass guitar:Curt Smith (in 1984)
drums (drum set):Manny Elias (in 1984)
guitar and solo guitar:Neil Taylor (in 1984)
keyboard:Ian Stanley (in 1984)
background vocals:Roland Orzabal (in 1984)
lead vocals:Curt Smith
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Mercury Records Ltd. (in 1985, in 2014)
Phonogram Ltd. (in 1985)
DJ-mixes:Magret de canard by The Sheep Queen Experiment (order: 27)
sampled by:Holding Hands テープリワインダー by TESTAROSAH
mash-ups:1985 by Peggy‐P
Everybody by Expensive Dispenser
Everybody Wants to Believe by Beefjerky007
Everybody Wants to Miss a Thing by V‐FUN
Everybody Wants to Rule the Universe (Coldplay vs. Tears for Fears) by Carrots The Rabbi
Ribs by Neil Cicierega
THE WORLD by Danny Greyiers
Rule the War (Blackbird Blackbird vs. Tears for Fears) by The Hood Internet (order: 2)
music videos:Everybody Wants to Rule the World
part of:Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 28) (order: 28)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 319) (order: 319)
purchase for download:https://music.apple.com/us/song/1440759495 [info]
stream for free:https://open.spotify.com/track/2YiCMmONQcoMPX2bV1LxE0 [info]
https://open.spotify.com/track/3s0QZXA3agFJPqlYwKR5WP [info]
https://open.spotify.com/track/4RvWPyQ5RL0ao9LPZeSouE [info]
https://open.spotify.com/track/4UcHfTlpdp83bw9beaw3C6 [info]
https://open.spotify.com/track/6vvKUK1xZFA0ZEv5idU3MX [info]
https://www.deezer.com/track/424565832 [info]
https://www.deezer.com/track/3241071691 [info]
https://www.deezer.com/track/3282734801 [info]
stream video for free:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGCdLKXNF3w [info]
streaming page:https://music.apple.com/us/song/1440759495 [info]
https://tidal.com/track/418905469 [info]
https://tidal.com/track/424498240 [info]
recording of:Everybody Wants to Rule the World (in 1984)

Related works

Everybody Wants to Rule the World

writer:Christopher Merrick Hughes
Roland Orzabal
Ian Stanley
publisher:10 Music Ltd.
Amusements Ltd.
BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd.
Copyright Control
Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.
sub-publisher:フジパシフィック音楽出版 BMG事業部 (until 2014-12-31)
フジパシフィックミュージック BMG事業部 (from 2015-01-01 to present)
is the basis for:Ribs
Rule