Everybody Wants to Rule the World
| Everybody Wants to Rule the World | |
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| Tears for Fears | |
| publication | March 18, 1985 |
| length | 4:10 |
| Genre (s) | Pop-Rock , New Wave |
| Author (s) | Roland Orzabal , Ian Stanley , Chris Hughes |
| Producer (s) | Chris Hughes |
| Label | Mercury Records |
| Award (s) | BRIT Award 1986 |
| album | Songs from the Big Chair |
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Everybody Wants to Rule the World is a 1985 Tears for Fears song written by Roland Orzabal , Chris Hughes and Ian Stanley.
The song won a BRIT Award in 1986 for Best Single . Orzabal also said in an interview that the song should have won the Ivor Novello Award instead of the Paul Hardcastle classic 19 .
history
Ironically, given its success, the song was only a very late addition to the album Songs from the Big Chair . Orzabal said he considered the song to be a "lightweight" that would not fit the album. However, the song's producer, Chris Hughes, convinced him to try a recording and release the song on the album and later as a single. Hughes was right, and the song became an international hit. In an interview with a radio station, Orzabal revealed that the band was based on the Simple Minds classic Waterfront from 1983.
“The song was written and recorded within two weeks, as the very last track on the album Songs from the Big Chair . The shuffle was alien to our way of making music. In contrast to the somewhat stiff shout , it was more cheerful, but continued to develop into an extrovert. "
As with the three hits from the first album, The Hurting , bassist Curt Smith also sings on this piece .
Among other things, the song was also used for the credits at the end of the video game World in Conflict . The reference to the meaning of the text is also brought in here, as the game is about a fictitious escalation of the East-West conflict in the context of the Cold War.
Meaning of the song
“The song has a very serious meaning. It is about power-hungry people, about war and the misery it creates. "
Single version
The single was released on March 18, 1985 on Mercury Records . Although the hit gained popularity, only a few remixes and versions of various lengths were released. An electronica version appeared in the 2004 re-released compilation Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82-92) . The album version of the song erroneously landed again in 2006, erroneously referred to as the "7" version (there is no such thing), on the new release of the album Songs from the Big Chair . The title Everybody Wants to Run the World was planned .
Everybody Wants to Run the World
In 1986 the song was rewritten in cooperation with the band Aid Trust as part of a hunger relief for the Sport Aid project in Everybody Wants to Run the World .
The band commented on the background as follows:
" ... to get Bob Geldof off our backs! He gave us so much gip for not turning up at Live Aid. All those millions of people dying, it was our fault. I felt terrible. I tell you, I know how Hitler must have felt. "
The song was due to appear on the re-release of Songs from the Big Chair in 2006 . Instead, however, the album version was released again.
The B-side of the single
The B-side of the song is Pharaoh's instrumental piece . The vocal voice is a BBC radio announcer reading a maritime weather report for the sea routes around the UK, and the title is a reference to the Faroe Islands . The B-side appeared in the compilation album Saturnine Martial & Lunatic , which contains all B-sides of the songs by Tears for Fears, and in the 2006 version of the album Songs from the Big Chair. A remix of the track was released by Groove Armada on the album Back to Mine .
“No matter how scary the weather may be, the sea weather report is read out in a consciously calm and relaxed voice. We recorded the B-side of Everybody Wants to Rule the World at Wool Hall, Bristol with a calm and relaxed atmosphere. "
Music video
The music video was shot in early 1985, directed by Nigel Dick. Curt Smith drives an Austin-Healey 3000 to various places in California, such as the Salton Sea or Cabazon Dinosaurs. You can also see the recording of the song in a studio in London.
Cover versions
The title has been covered in many variations by other musicians.
- 1992: Hank Marvin
- 1997: Gloria Gaynor
- 2001: Nas
- 2001: Ken Boothe
- 2004: Fenomenon
- 2007: Patti Smith
- 2007: The Bad Plus
- 2010: Andy McKee
- 2010: Care Bears On Fire
- 2011: Foals
- 2013: Lorde
- 2016: Ninja Sex Party
- 2018: Trevor Horn - feat. Robbie Williams & The Sarm Orchestra
- 2019: Weezer
Movies and games
Games
- World in Conflict (Credits)
- Assassin's Creed Unity (Trailer)
- Saints Row 2
- Rock Band 3 (Song)
- BioShock Infinite
- Total War: Rome II (Trailer)
Movies
- Psych (TV Series), Season 5, Episode 8
- Mr. Robot (TV series), Season 2, Episode 8
- The Hunger Games - Catching Fire
- What a genius (credits)
- In a World ...
- Print the legend
- Romy and Michele
- Click
- Pixels
- The Silicon Valley story
- Straight Outta Compton
- To All The Boys I've Loved Before
- Tesla (2020)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sources for chart placements: [1] / accessed on February 3, 2015, accessed on April 11, 2010.
- ^ Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World , hitparade.ch
- ↑ a b c Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Run The World (UK 12 ″). In: Burning The Ground. March 22, 2012, accessed December 8, 2016 .
- ↑ Jonathan Kannaugh: Tears For Fears . In: Peter Buckley (Ed.): The Rough Guide to Rock . 3rd ed. London 2003, ISBN 1-85828-457-0 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
- ↑ Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Run The World on Discogs
- ↑ Tears For Fears: Everybody Wants to Rule the World on WhoSampled.com
- ↑ imdb.com: Soundtracks