Tears For Fears, Everybody Wants To Rule The World | Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶

In the 34^th edition of Throwback Vibez (2023), we recollect and reflect on “Everybody Wants To Rule The World” by Tears For Fears.  

The vibes, the vibes, those Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶! Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 is a column that celebrates awesome songs from the past.  The records that grace this column are older, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that they’re ancient – no fossils 🦴! All genres of music are welcome. In the 34^th edition of Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 (2023), we recollect and reflect on 🎵 “Everybody Wants To Rule The World”, performed by 🎙 Tears For Fears. 

“Welcome to your life / There’s no turning back / Even while we sleep / We will find you.” Oh, my 👀 😬! When you earn a no. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, you have solidified a spot in history 💪! 🎙 Tears For Fears – 🎙 Roland Orzabal and 🎙 Curt Smith – earned two no. 1 hits.  Furthermore, both songs hailed from their 1985 album, 💿 Songs From The Big Chair, which eventually reached no. 1 on the Billboard 200.  For our intents and purposes, we focus only on 🎵 “Everybody Wants To Rule The World”, among the truly beloved tracks of the 1980s. Notably, the band did earn a 🏆 Grammy nomination, but not for this song nor album – bummer!

Curt Smith sounds utterly fantastic on “Everybody Wants to Rule The World.” The verses are short, sweet, and relatively simple.  The same can be said of the chorus, which is variable, but always concludes with the powerful, titular lyric, “Everybody Wants to Rule The World.”  One of the reasons why this song is stellar is because the melody is incredibly tuneful, particularly the chorus.  Furthermore, the overall sound (keys, programming, guitars) and production (🎛 Chris Hughes) – the aesthetic, overall – is M-A-R-V-E-L-O-U-S!  “I can’t stand this indecision / Married with a lack of vision / Everybody wants to rule the – ” Woo! 🎵 “Everybody Wants To Rule The World” is a vibe that endures well beyond the 80s!

🎙 Tears For Fears • 💿 Songs From The Big Chair • 🏷 Mercury • 📅 1985

Tears For Fears, “Everybody Wants To Rule The World”: Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 No. 34 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Mercury; John Alan Sperry, PIRO via  Pixabay]