After completing their sessions at 6 p.m., they would spend an hour reviewing each recording many times this helped Orzabal to create the song's guitar figure and change its title. In an interview with Mix magazine, Hughes said that 'as a piece of recording history, bland as hell.' Orzabal's unimpressed reaction to the track during their songwriting sessions prompted Hughes to convince him to record it, in a calculated effort to garner American chart success.

According to Orzabal, the final line in the song's chorus, originally written as 'Everybody wants to go to war', contributed to his indifference towards the track. It was recorded in two weeks and added as the final track on the album. The decision to include the song in the album came after Orzabal played two chords on his acoustic guitar for Hughes. The song was a 'last-minute' addition during recording sessions of Songs from the Big Chair (1985). 'Everybody Wants to Rule the World' was written by Roland Orzabal, Ian Stanley and Chris Hughes, and produced by Hughes. 2 Composition and lyrical interpretation.The group re-recorded the song as a charity single for the Sport Aid campaign. In 1986, the song won Best Single at the Brit Awards. It shows bassist Curt Smith (who sings lead vocal) driving an antique Austin-Healey 3000 sports car around Southern California intercut with shots of the band performing the song in a studio. Nigel Dick directed the music video, which received promotion from MTV. It was certified gold by both Music Canada (MC) and the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). An international success, the song peaked at number two in Ireland, Australia, and the United Kingdom and at number one in Canada, New Zealand, and on both the US Billboard Hot 100 and Cashbox. Along with ' Shout' (1984), it is one of the band's signature songs. Music critics praised 'Everybody Wants to Rule the World' in their retrospective reviews, with some ranking the song among the decade's best. '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. 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). It was written by Roland Orzabal, Ian Stanley, and Chris Hughes and produced by Hughes. ' Everybody Wants to Rule the World' is a song by English pop rock band Tears for Fears. 'Everybody Wants to Rule the World' on YouTube

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