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Album: Songs from the Big Chair
Released: 1984
Producer(s): Chris Hughes
Genre: New Wave | Synth Pop
Songwriter(s): Roland Orzabal | Ian Stanley | Chris Hughes
"Everybody Wants to Rule the World" is a song by English pop rock band Tears for Fears. It was written by Roland Orzabal, Ian Stanley, and Chris Hughes and produced by Hughes. The song was first released on 18 March 1985 by Phonogram, Mercury, and Vertigo Records as the third single from the band's second album, Songs from the Big Chair (1985). "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" is a new wave and synth-pop song with lyrics that detail the desire humans have for control and power and centre on themes of corruption.
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