{"id":142541,"date":"2025-05-18T21:15:23","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T21:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/18\/song-exploder-tears-for-fears\/"},"modified":"2025-05-18T21:15:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T21:15:23","slug":"song-exploder-tears-for-fears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/18\/song-exploder-tears-for-fears\/","title":{"rendered":"Song Exploder &#8211; Tears for Fears"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-5092\">\n\t<!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>\u201cEverybody Wants To Rule The World\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" 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=\"(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&amp;uf=http%3A%2F%2Ffeed.songexploder.net%2FSongExploder\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><!-- PRX PLAYER EMBED CODE ENDS --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tearsforfears.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tears for Fears<\/a> is a duo fashioned 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 bought over 30 million albums, beginning with their first, <a href=\"https:\/\/album.link\/us\/i\/1440912595\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Hurting,<\/em><\/a> which went to primary within 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 worldwide stars. It got here out in 1985, and had large 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 largest hit is <a href=\"https:\/\/song.link\/us\/i\/1440813515\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cEverybody Wants to Rule The World.\u201d<\/a> It gained <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 on the BRIT Awards in 1986<\/a>, and it\u2019s been streamed over 2 billion instances. So I talked to the 2 of them about how they, together with their producer <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chris_Hughes_(musician)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chris Hughes<\/a><a\/> and keyboard participant <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ian_Stanley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ian Stanley,<\/a> made a track that will assist outline the sound of the 80s.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"aGCdLKXNF3w\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World (Official Music Video)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aGCdLKXNF3w?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>You should buy or stream \u201cEverybody Wants to Rule the World\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/song.link\/us\/i\/1440813515\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">right 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\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click on right here.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Neil_Taylor_(guitarist)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Neil Taylor<\/a> \u2013 guitar solo<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jimmy_Page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jimmy Page<\/a><br \/><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 \/><a href=\"https:\/\/petergabriel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Peter Gabriel<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/boygeorgeandcultureclub.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Culture Club<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/song.link\/us\/i\/1440825672\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cThe Way You Are\u201d<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/song.link\/us\/i\/1440813517\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cMothers Talk\u201d<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/song.link\/us\/i\/1444024699\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cWaterfront\u201d<\/a> by Simple Minds<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cabasa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cabasa<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/LinnDrum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LinnDrum<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/song.link\/us\/i\/1629179091\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cThrow Away the Key\u201d<\/a> by Linx<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/dbrecords.co.uk\/the-db-story\/biography\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">David Bates<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Phonogram_Inc.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Phonogram Inc.<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Primal_Scream\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cThe Primal Scream\u201d<\/a> by Arthur Janov<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spirit-of-metal.com\/en\/place\/Union_Studio\/2843\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Union Studios<\/a> in Munich<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/masseyhall.mhrth.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Massey Hall<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- Simple Share Buttons Adder (8.5.2) simplesharebuttons.com -->\t\t\t<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- .entry-footer -->\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] \u201cEverybody Wants To Rule The World\u201d Tears for Fears is a duo fashioned in 1981 in Bath, England by Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith. They\u2019ve bought over 30 million albums, beginning with their first, The Hurting, which went to primary within the UK. But it was their second album, Songs from the Big Chair, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":142544,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[1304,10158,1303,2729],"class_list":{"0":"post-142541","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-exploder","9":"tag-fears","10":"tag-song","11":"tag-tears"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142541\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}