On Spotify, Tears For Fears’s original recording recently surpassed 250m plays
IT WAS a febrile year. In 1985 Ronald Reagan was sworn in as president for a second term, Margaret Thatcher entered the sixth year of her premiership and Mikhail Gorbachev took over as general secretary of the Communist Party, pledging to “do everything for our Soviet motherland to become still more rich and powerful”. There were nuclear tests and riots. Mobile-phone networks were set up, the first Nintendo home video-game consoles were launched and “Rocky IV” dominated the American box office.
Critics have grappled with the meaning and effect of these tributes, but the hit’s euphoric qualities are hard to capture in words. On Spotify, Tears For Fears’s original recording remains the most popular version, recently surpassing 250m plays.
In many ways “Everybody Wants To Rule The World” resonates as loudly today as it did when it was first released. “One headline, why believe it?” could refer to fake news. Listeners are reminded that “nothing ever lasts forever” as Britain’s ties with the European Union fray . The line about turning “your back on mother nature” is pertinent as awareness of the climate crisis spreads. A new rivalry, between America and China, is taking hold.
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