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| Writer = | Producer = Chris Hughes | Last single = "Shout" (1984) | This single = "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" (1985) | Next single = "Head over Heels" (1985) | Misc = }} "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" is a song by the English band Tears for Fears. Originally released in the UK on 22 March 1985 it was the band's ninth single release in the United Kingdom (the third from their second LP: ''Songs from the Big Chair'') and seventh UK Top 30 chart hit, peaking at number two in April 1985. In the US, it was the lead single from the album and gave the band their first ''Billboard'' Hot 100 number-one hit on 8 June 1985, remaining there for two weeks. It also reached number one on both the Hot Dance Club Play and Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales charts in the US. The song has since become the pinnacle of Tears for Fears' chart success. In 1986, the song won "Best Single" at the Brit Awards. ==Background and composition== "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" was somewhat of an afterthought during the recording of ''Songs from the Big Chair''. According to Roland Orzabal, he initially regarded the song as a lightweight that would not fit with the rest of the album. Originally, the lyrics of the song were "everybody wants to go to war", which Orzabal felt was lacklustre. It was producer Chris Hughes who convinced him to try recording it, in a calculated effort to gain American chart success. "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" is set in the key of D major with a and a tempo of 112 beats per minute.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url= http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtdFPE.asp?ppn=MN0072600 )〕 As was the case with the three hit singles from Tears for Fears' debut LP ''The Hurting'', the song featured bassist Curt Smith on lead vocals. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Everybody Wants to Rule the World」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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