Everybody Wants To Rule The World
As of 2026-10-06, "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" by Tears for Fears has charted in 54 markets across 4 platforms, peaking at #3 (CR) on the Rotation chart.
- Markets
- 54
- First seen
- 2026-06-17
- Latest chart date
- 2026-10-06
- Peak
- #3 cr
Started in 3 markets, now in 54.
Why it's moving
- vault release: registered 1985, first charted 2026-08-20
- Plays up 1666% in Austria, with gains in 3 countriesSep 13–17
- #24 on Shazam in 21 countriesSep 22
- On Shazam in 12 countries, up from 1Sep 13–22
- Turned around worldwide: was slipping 18 places a day, now climbing 0.7 places a daySep 15–20
- Turned around in the UK: was slipping 8 places a day, now climbing 1.3 places a daySep 15–20
Score 78.3
Why it's here
"Everybody Wants to Rule the World" was released on 18 March 1985 as the third single from Tears for Fears' album Songs from the Big Chair and went on to top the US Billboard Hot 100, making it the duo's signature catalogue title that keeps re-entering global charts decades later. [1] The track climbed the American singles chart alongside its parent album after peaking at No. 2 in Britain in April 1985, and it has remained the band's most widely licensed and covered song since. [2] Tears for Fears remain an active touring act with concert dates listed for 2026, which keeps the 1985 single in circulation as their set-closing standard. [3]
In culture
Every place this record has lived. A solid chip states a fact and carries the citation that earns it; a dashed one is a connection somebody drew, and carries their name instead.
- Covered Andy Bullsource
- Covered Bow Andersonsource
- Written by Chris Hughessource
- Covered Gabriella Quevedosource
- Written by Ian Stanleysource
- Covered Jamie Cullumsource
- Covered Lettucesource
- Covered Lordesource
- Covered Making Moviessource
- Covered Mayer Hawthornesource
- Covered Niall Horansource
- Covered One Hacker Bandsource
- Written by Roland Orzabalsource
- Covered Strange Changessource
- Covered The Best of Britainsource
Across markets · earliest pickup first
Every date here is the date the source chart covers, never the date we fetched it. Sources publish on different lags: the Spotify mirror runs about two days behind, TurnTable publishes weekly.
- MarketFirst seenPeak
- United Statesus · deezer shazam spotify · 7 cities#54#23#54
- United Kingdomgb · deezer shazam spotify · 2 cities#95#29#95
- New Zealandnz · applemusic spotify#132#69#132
- Australiaau · shazam spotify#72#35#72
- Canadaca · shazam spotify · 1 city#98#44#98
- Irelandie · deezer shazam spotify · 1 city#172#23#172
- Costa Ricacr · deezer shazam spotify#164#3#164
- Argentinaar · deezer shazam · 1 city#82#6#82
Worldwide feeds · not markets
A source's own worldwide chart. These are feeds, not places, so they are kept out of the market count above.
- MarketFirst seenPeak
- Global feedglobal · deezer spotify#139#53#139
- World feedworld · shazam#79#51#79
City pickups
City charts record their parent country as the market, so these do not add to the market count above. One line per country: how many of its rooms picked the song up, and the best of them.
- us 7 cities · best #23 orlando
- br 3 cities · best #32 rio de janeiro
- gb 2 cities · best #35 brighton
- ar 1 city · best #36 buenos aires
- ca 1 city · best #44 london
- cl 1 city · best #33 santiago
- ie 1 city · best #50 dublin
- pe 1 city · best #28 lima
Listen
Editions
- 2026-09-22Chart-only edition#29
- 2026-09-16Chart-only edition#39
- 2026-09-15Chart-only edition#22
- 2026-09-14Chart-only edition#18
Identity
- ISRC
- GBF088590110
- Slug
- tears-for-fears__everybody-wants-to-rule-the-world
- Sources
- applemusic, deezer, shazam, spotify
The cross-platform join key, via Deezer.
Crude v0 identity: slug(artist)__slug(title).
Every source whose chart has ever carried this song.
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