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Everybody Wants To Rule The World

by Tears For Fears (1985)

This was the third single to be taken from the second and most successful (3 x Platinum) studio album Songs From The Big Chair. Other hit singles released from the album were "Shout", "Mothers Talk" and "Head Over Heels".

The song was re-recorded with a new lyric and released as "Everybody Wants To Run The World" for the 1986 Sport Aid fund-raising campaign, and reached No.5 in the UK singles chart.