Everybody Want to Rule the World - Tears for Fears

"Everybody Want to Rule the World" gave the British pop/rock band Tears for Fears the UK Top 40 chart hit, peaking at #2 in April 1985. In the USA, it was the lead single from the album and gave the band their first ever Billboard Hot 100 #1 hit on June 8, 1985, remaining there for two weeks. The song has since become the pinnacle of Tears for Fears' chart success, its endurance allowing it to accumulate over two million radio broadcasts by 1994, according to BMI. A cornerstone of the 80's new wave music.



"Everybody Wants to Rule the World" Lyrics

WELCOME TO YOUR LIFE
THERE´S NO TURNING BACK
EVEN WHILE WE SLEEP
WE WILL FIND YOU
ACTING ON YOUR BEST BEHAVIOUR
TURN YOUR BACK ON MOTHER NATURE

EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD

IT´S MY OWN DESIGN
IT´S MY OWN REMORSE
HELP ME TO DECIDE
HELP ME MAKE THE MOST OF
FREEDOM AND OF PLEASURE
NOTHING EVER LASTS FOREVER

EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD

THERE´S A ROOM WHERE THE LIGHT WON´T FIND YOU
HOLDING HANDS WHILE THE WALLS COME TUMBLING DOWN
WHEN THEY DO I´LL BE RIGHT BEHIND YOU

SO GLAD WE´VE ALMOST MADE IT
SO SAD THEY HAD TO FADE IT

EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD

I CAN´T STAND THIS INDECISION
MARRIED WITH A LACK OF VISION

EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE

SAY THAT YOU´LL NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, NEVER NEED IT
ONE HEADLINE WHY BELIEVE IT?

EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD

ALL FOR FREEDOM AND FOR PLEASURE
NOTHING EVER LASTS FOREVER

EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD

B-side: "Pharaohs"
Released: March 18, 1985
Format: 7", 10", 12"
Recorded: 1984
Genre: New Wave
Length: 4:13
Label: Mercury Records
Writer(s): Roland Orzabal, Ian Stanley, Chris Hughes
Producer: Chris Hughes