What Makes This Song Great? 'Everybody Wants to Rule the World' TEARS FOR FEARS

In this episode we take an in-depth look at Tears for Fears' "Everybody Wants to Rule the World".

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[michaelkelem]

One of the greatest lines in pop: Welcome to your life, There's no turning back.

[bills]

For 35 years I have NEVER tired of this song. You point out why it is so interesting.

[frankiehands]

Tears For Fears is an absolute MASTERCLASS in songwriting. One of my all time favorite bands.

[mikcall]

I have no clue about musical terms but I find it absolutely fascinating listening to people explaining how a song is made when all the normal listener like me hears is a great song without thinking at all on how it was constructed..

[SeanSafford]

Somebody needs to make a supercut of Rick Beato saying “wooo” when he’s feeling a guitar solo.

[jimbeaux]

This song is a master class on big 80s sound. Love hearing the individual tracks after all these years. The lyrics are very relevant today.

[ButterBallTheOpossum]

I've always said tears for fears is a very underrated band. They are very creative

[curtisprice]

The opening words "Welcome to your life, there's no turning back" hit me like a ton of bricks now that I am 56 years old! (Those words hit me after this song played on the radio immediately at the time my radio alarm clock went off!!! Talk about an incredible wake up call! Those words didn't have anywhere near the impact on me when I was only 18 lol...time flew so incredibly fast!)

[DerGlaetze]

This song is almost like a spiritual experience for me and never gets old.

[MetalJesusRocks]

This song is a 80s masterpiece. So simple, yet so catchy and timeless. Love it.

[luvmymunchkins]

This is my 14 year old son's favorite song. He literally listens to it on loop when he takes a shower. I'm constantly in awe of how much he loves a song that came out when I was 12 year's old!

[signdesigners]

I always thought this song was a masterpiece. But watching Rick break it in detail I can't find a higher word than ''masterpiece''.

[palmito]

Still having goosebumps after almost 40 years

[shadesofgday]

The singers voice just embodies the 80s. Love this song.

[WhatARook]

I consider this the most perfect pop song ever written. It just feels like it's tightly produced, and really straightforward and bright, and then every progression and callback comes in the perfect place at the perfect time. Now I understand that the brightness comes from the up-tuning. It always leaves me wanting just a little more. I could not possibly tell you how many times I've listened to this song on repeat. I do know that I've repeated it at least as many times as a dozen in a sitting. I may be a bit obsessed for the last thirty-some-odd years. It is strange how simple it sounds, but then how difficult it is to sing along with. There is a tremendous sophistication hidden in the simplicity of this song. I think you helped me to understand that I was hearing this in all the doubling and layering. Anyway, I very much enjoyed your analysis. It was interesting to listen to you pick out apart and sort of validate everything I thought I heard from a more professional perspective. Brilliant! Thank you.

[clare]

This song comes on the radio while I'm driving It's pure happiness. It's everyone in the car shut up. I am cranking this song up, and we all sing as loud as we can..

[davedagreat]

It’s timeless. My daughter is 17, and when she puts this track on she says ‘Absolute banger!’. She’s not wrong.

[MarkCoffin]

I've said it a million times... I'm a metal head, and I can't get enough TFF. They are genius song writers.

[knorrie]

This song defines the eighties for me. When I hear this I see visions of live aid, great stadium concerts, ‘big haired’ women, MTV with music, the wall falling etc, etc… really love this one

[thomasdonohue]

The entire album is great and 37 yrs later it is still fresh. My, how time has flown