{"id":5092,"date":"2025-05-07T08:21:03","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T15:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/?p=5092"},"modified":"2025-05-13T21:34:24","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T04:34:24","slug":"tears-for-fears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/tears-for-fears","title":{"rendered":"Episode 292: Tears for Fears"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"subhead\">&#8220;Everybody Wants To Rule The World&#8221;<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SongExploder292-TearsForFears-600x338.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-5095\" srcset=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SongExploder292-TearsForFears-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SongExploder292-TearsForFears-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SongExploder292-TearsForFears-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SongExploder292-TearsForFears.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!-- PRX PLAYER EMBED CODE --><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"monetization\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 300px\" src=\"https:\/\/play.prx.org\/e?ge=prx_93_44824659-db54-44d3-b9e1-691e2bc67018&#038;uf=http%3A%2F%2Ffeed.songexploder.net%2FSongExploder\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><!-- PRX PLAYER EMBED CODE ENDS --><\/p>\n<p><!-- LISTEN LINKS --><\/p>\n<div class=\"download-links\">LISTEN: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/tears-for-fears-everybody-wants-to-rule-the-world\/id788236947?i=1000706681374\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">APPLE<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/6AYNS1kaV9s4BE6Fx3UpwB?si=f-4987XLSW2KcFMwUuCawg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SPOTIFY<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.com\/podcasts\/58a85de5-7ebb-464c-a13e-9d3008deb3bb\/episodes\/fcfe9728-ebfd-4477-adac-fbf931c1a834\/song-exploder-tears-for-fears---everybody-wants-to-rule-the-world\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AMAZON<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/pod.link\/songexploder\/episode\/abc4683b64f1762bf2f12b6cda2b9b14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OTHER APPS<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tearsforfears.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tears for Fears<\/a> is a duo formed in 1981 in Bath, England by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roland_Orzabal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Roland Orzabal<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Curt_Smith\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Curt Smith.<\/a> They\u2019ve sold over 30 million albums, starting with their first, <a href=\"https:\/\/album.link\/us\/i\/1440912595\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Hurting,<\/em><\/a> which went to number one in the UK. But it was their second album, <a href=\"https:\/\/album.link\/us\/i\/1440813508\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Songs from the Big Chair,<\/em><\/a> that made them international stars. It came out in 1985, and had huge singles like <a href=\"https:\/\/song.link\/us\/i\/1440813509\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cShout\u201d<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/song.link\/us\/i\/1440759783\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cHead Over Heels.\u201d<\/a> But their biggest hit is <a href=\"https:\/\/song.link\/us\/i\/1440813515\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cEverybody Wants to Rule The World.\u201d<\/a> It won <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Everybody_Wants_to_Rule_the_World#:~:text=In%201986%2C%20the%20song%20won%20%22Best%20Single%22%20at%20the,only%20a%20%22dialogue%20collage%22.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Best Single at the BRIT Awards in 1986<\/a>, and it\u2019s been streamed over 2 billion times. So I talked to the two of them about how they, along with their producer <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chris_Hughes_(musician)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chris Hughes<a\/> and keyboard player <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ian_Stanley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ian Stanley,<\/a> made a song that would help define the sound of the 80s.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aGCdLKXNF3w?si=E4mNCTMYSOeNVFlH\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You can buy or stream &#8220;Everybody Wants to Rule the World&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/song.link\/us\/i\/1440813515\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Illustration by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lerms.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carlos Lerma.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>For a transcript of this episode, <a href=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Song-Exploder-Tears-For-Fears-Transcript.pdf\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"header\">footnotes:<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Neil_Taylor_(guitarist)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Neil Taylor<\/a> &#8211; guitar solo<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jimmy_Page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jimmy Page<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/song.link\/us\/i\/192480808\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cThen Came the Last Days of May\u201d<\/a> by Blue \u00d6yster Cult<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/petergabriel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Peter Gabriel<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/boygeorgeandcultureclub.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Culture Club<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/song.link\/us\/i\/1440825672\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;The Way You Are&#8221;<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/song.link\/us\/i\/1440813517\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;Mothers Talk&#8221;<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/song.link\/us\/i\/1444024699\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;Waterfront&#8221;<\/a> by Simple Minds<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cabasa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cabasa<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/LinnDrum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LinnDrum<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/song.link\/us\/i\/1629179091\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;Throw Away the Key&#8221;<\/a> by Linx<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dbrecords.co.uk\/the-db-story\/biography\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">David Bates<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Phonogram_Inc.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Phonogram Inc.<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Primal_Scream\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;The Primal Scream&#8221;<\/a> by Arthur Janov<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spirit-of-metal.com\/en\/place\/Union_Studio\/2843\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Union Studios<\/a> in Munich<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/masseyhall.mhrth.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Massey Hall<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Everybody Wants To Rule The World&#8221; LISTEN: APPLE \u00b7 SPOTIFY \u00b7 AMAZON \u00b7 OTHER APPS Tears for Fears is a duo formed in 1981 in Bath, England by Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith. 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