Everybody Wants to Run the World

Everybody Wants to Run the World

Single infobox
Name = Everybody Wants to Run the World


Artist = Tears for Fears
Released = May 19 1986
Format = 7", 12"
Recorded = 1985
Genre = New Wave
Length = 4:30
Label = Mercury Records
Writer = Roland Orzabal Ian Stanley Chris Hughes
Producer = Tears for Fears
Chart position =
* #5 (UK)
Last single = "I Believe (A Soulful Re-Recording)" (1985)
This single = "Everybody Wants to Run the World" (1986)
Next single = "Mothers Talk" (US remix) (1986)
"Sowing the Seeds of Love" (1989)

"Everybody Wants to Run the World" is a re-recording of the song "Everybody Wants to Rule the World", originally written by Roland Orzabal, Ian Stanley and Chris Hughes of the British band Tears for Fears and featured on the band's 1985 second LP "Songs from the Big Chair".

The re-jigged single was released in 1986 to promote the Sport Aid campaign, a charitable event held to raise money for famine relief in Africa. It was a success in the UK charts, becoming the band's sixth top 5 hit, peaking at #5 in June 1986. The song also reached #4 in Ireland.

Track listings

7": Mercury / RACE1 (UK)

# "Everybody Wants to Run the World" (4:30)
# "Everybody Wants to Run the World [Running Version] " (4:30)

12": Mercury / RACE112 (UK)

# "Everybody Wants to Run the World" (4:30)
# "Everybody Wants to Run the World [Running Version] " (4:30)


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