Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Tears For Fears on TOTP

[lindseyashe85]

I wasnt even born till september in 1985 and still love their music

[moxxfactor]

omg look at those sexy polo shirts... LOL

props to every mainland chinese of 2011 copying them wearing polo shirts from the early 80's~

[albenizski]

to those who want to rule the world quit dreaming lol

[rockgod60488]

This is shit. They are not singing.

[TheSegacampGamer]

lol to the guys at the end

[HomeinHershey]

They are so young compared to what they look like in 2011.

[vior4ever]

Tears For Fears FTW! Love this band <3

[deathwish946]

nice teeth

[katesgate2012]

FATHER TIME!! MOTHER NATURES BELOVED!!! a mother requires a Father to accompany her............FAITH AND THOUGHTS IN FAITH ARE THE BEST EMOTIONAL HEALING

behaving on my best behavior..........now now tears for fears you don't teach me to turn my back on my faith MOTHER NATURE  the outside influences(reality) for delicate baby hummingbird in her NEW THOUGHTS AFTER BRAIN SURGERY IN HELP FROM THE SPIRIT!!!!!!!!!!

[FarmzyCFC]

This is an 80's classic. It's such a shame the music these days is complete and utter shit compared to this sorta stuff. everyone in today's music world should take note on classic music and bands like tears for fears

[Emj1516]

La mejor rola para bailar de los 80s

[OldMusicFan83]

Every time I hear this video - it takes me back to eating lunch in a US Army Mess Hall in West Berlin...and this song playing on Armed Forces Network Radio...

[DaveDeShrubber]

Gotta love March of '85.

[stuart38]

@DaveDeShrubber m8,you gotta love the whole of 85.86 was another great year.sadly missed,the eighties.

[jeffreyshaw]

love the guitar

[xMadelienex]

Watching this video only amplifies my lifelong yearn for this decade, (my teenage years) to be the 80's instead. The musicians were genuinely talented, intelligent and beautiful. Nowadays I'm forced to wonder how the people 'singing' on my radio station were ever deemed to be worthy of a listen, especially in comparison with Curt and Roland!

[kingd41]

best pop song of all time

[bullbreeduk]

classic ;- )

[reggie46404]

For the rest of my life this group will be my favorite band. The 80's and 90's didn't get any better than Tears for Fears for me.

[haarp35117]

1:16

[marklrc]

it's a shame that Top of The Pops make bands lipsync to their music. Tears For Fears can really play live.

[Solace2]

They did rule the world, and still do, with classics like this.

[JessayJulay]

CURT SMITH IS SEXII!!

[universaldispersal]

2 people missed the like button

[dajascfc]

Best song in the world...EVER!

[jorgano62]

qué hermosa musica! me recuerda cuando eran los `80 y la escuchabamos y baliabamos. Cuántos años han pasado pero aún me sigue emocionando como aquella vez! Con esos peinados raros, ja ja ... qué lindo! Aguanten los Tears for fears, un saludo donde quiera que estén

[GatorGrowl2010]

great song!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!

[maryleefisher]

NOW THOSE ARE TWO WHITE BOYS I REALLY LIKE!!!!

MF

[newwavepop]

i never get why the 80s is looked back at as the me decade, the decade of greed and narsasism and consumerism. i just remember it as fun, happy fun not selfish fun. we were young and we enjoyed a type of freedom and exposure that say the stereotypical youth of the 50s wouldnt of had. but also not the complete entitlement that 8 years olds sitting in class texting with their friends seem to have today. and there is no music today that simply makes me feel the way this makes me feel.

[23522184]

thanks for uploading this TTP version

[SCULLYISAFOX]

Why can't I find the OFFICIAL music video?!

[CelesteK]

@SCULLYISAFOX Because UMG owns the rights to that song and all of T4F's songs. So the original music video would be subjected to copy right.

[basketballchickensod]

this version sounds exactly from the cd lol

[ReaverFarmerSteve]

@basketballchickensod Thats because unlike todays music, the majority of the singers voices are un altered by technology.

[catchersmitt0]

@ReaverFarmerSteve  except for a little reverb, but who's counting?

[garydante1211]

the beat is spectaaaaaaaaaaaaaacular

[formeliandialogue]

This song reminds me of a special time when life was simple and carefree and I was serving with BAOR in W.Germany in 1985. It was an amazing time celebrated by an amazing song and band.

[proudgram61]

I am a baby boomer and just love this group. I was busy in the '80's raising a family, but remember these great songs. Adam Lambert doing Mad World recently, reintroduced me to some of their wonderful music and seeing Curt Smith on 'Psych" last night was great.

[cacaorocks]

this was number 1 when i was born!

[BluBel123]

Their both good,sadly music like that got extinct,now is all about Lady gaga!

[dingorooo]

Love the 80's. My mind wasn't so polluted then and I can actually remember some of those years!  Not like the 90's - a lost decade!

[tiddleto2te]

What the point going on stage to lip sync? It kind of defeats the purpose of the word LIVE, if we want the studio version we listen to it, but we don’t want to hear the studio version while watching someone pretend to sing it

[dingorooo]

@tiddleto2te  whatever

[gsg9ff]

turn your back on mother nature

everybody wants to rule the world.

[MsPink68]

GREAT BAND!!!!!

[scubaduba23]

my favorite song of the 80s JUST AMAZING : )

[r3n3369]

dam if only i could have been alive in those days!!!they were so kute!!!

[r3n3369]

dayumm they were hott

[ajuvix]

For the life of me, I can't think of any reason a respectable artist would lip sync for some shitty show. Oh wait, nevermind, I forgot about money. Still a shitty pointless show.

[craniodeprimata]

it's a great song. but playback!!!!????

[machina37]

All bands used to sing playback in TOTP-this is the rule of this british  show-stunning song !

[ounbabled]

They're using playback, because Roland is not singing in the first chorus.

[fossilable]

good ,  the best

[biagiotti2006]

Woulda sucked if the song they were playing started to skip since they aren't playing live at all haha still a great song though

[TheJaking87]

Sorry, Peter Powell. It only got to number two, unfortunately.

[Shyyrn]

Actually, it did reach the top spot, although it took three months (it reached the top in June 1985).

Deserved it, too- great writing and studio execution! Mainstream music at its absolute finest!

[TheJaking87]

You're right, it did reach the top, in the U.S. I'm assuming that's where you're from. It only reached Number two in the U.K chart. I wish it had been Number one here. It's a great tune to drive along to!

[Shyyrn]

Oh, OK. Sorry, nation-identity mishap there. :P

[ajittffcure]

That's right. In the UK, another monster of a song called 'We Are the World' occupied the top slot. What a time it was for music! All songs that were hits were actually great songs and now we have just the reverse! As Curt sings- "Say that you never never never need it. One headline- why believe it?"

[webwezal]

ajittffcure - love your comment because you're so right.... way to go in quoting Curt!! he would be proud... it's true he love stuff like that. I agree with your point... man what happened to the music?? and I don't believe it has anything to do with age, for the reason a lot of the music today sucks... now, I'm into like Rob Thomas, John Mayer, Jason Maraz but not all of the new artists are worth a listen. a good friend of mine kid that is 14 agrees with me and like the old stuff.. what gives??

[ajittffcure]

@webwezal- Liking a particular music has nothing whatsoever to do with age. I mean I was just 15 when I got into Tears for Fears and their music. It has got more to do with a certain taste of music. I think it has to do with a bit of personality as well. If the music you hear reflects your own inner feelings and thoughts, then you are bound to love it. In the case of "Everybody Wants...", it struck a chord with the many people around the world. That's how such music becomes timeless.

[240ups]

I was waiting in a van on Rodeo drive Beverly Hills. While I waited for my boss to peddle his paintings to art galleries there, I watched the mid 80's fashionistas walk on by.  I lit a joint and took a hit. In a minute or 2 the radio debuted this new song by Tears for Fears. A moment when I actually 'ruled the world' enfolded in front of me. I was 22. Rare and sweet!

[ajittffcure]

What a story! Very interesting. Thanks for sharing this. :)

I remember the moment I listened to Everybody Wants to Rule the World' on a CD in the early 1990s. I think it was called 'Live in Knebworth 1990'. I became an instant fan and I just knew this band's music is going to stay with me forever.

[StrictlyMusicNetwork]

Tears for Fears is one of the best bands of all time, and everyone mentions that they are lip-syncing. Well, everybody lip-syncs on this show. When they are live in concert TFF never lip-syncs

[chrisnoaro1]

@StrictlyMusicNetwork I agree, this obsession with lip synching is really tedious! Treat it like an alternate 'performance-oriented' video, people. You don't complain about a guitarist in a pop video not playing live do you? This band played live at gigs & were great at it. Enjoy or criticise the finished recording for its intrinsic musical value and let go of this old-fashioned obsession with whether or not something is 'live'. That's if you care about the actual music in front of you at all!!

[The80slove]

tears for fears rule

[pugs232]

you can tell that they are lip syncing! Its sounds just like song the Cd. I like them, but they are lip syncing.

[alh8inos30]

one of my all time favourite songs .jim

[earlymtv]

in live versions sometimes roland plays the guitar part and some times he has someone else do it.

[mmac78]

its mimed. No one sang or played live on Top of the Pops in the 80's as there was no time for rehearsals. But later in the mid 90's the show's bosses gave artists the option to sing & play live. But again when this was recorded they weren't allowed to do it live.

[einarabelc5]

Suckity Sucks, dam bureaucrats!!

[supertrouper]

This sounds lip sync

[waller119]

super la cansion.....lastima q en ese tiempo toooodo el mundo hacia play backs....

[xdeeyah]

wonderfullllllllllllllllllllll­llllllllllll

[josemi21]

Damn! sounds like winamp playing the mp3

Flawless

[CelesteK]

Huh? They didn't have Winamp and MP3s back then.

[CelesteK]

GAWD I WANT TO PINCH CURT'S CHEEKS!!

[Zeldaartist]

so do i. and hug him. and then he will suddenly be gone of the stage as a drag him with me.

[bluwooforme]

cheeky!

[Zeldaartist]

oh my god amasing!

soubnds crazy i know

but evrything new tears for fears i see makes me so amased i nearly fall over

[reginablablabla]

This is my favorite song from them.

[mus1cs3]

i always like that sshhhh part at 3:44 and when they pick their hands in the air

[CelesteK]

I <3 Roland's guitar strap.

[lujzien1]

this is the best song for me

[veritas1005]

no doubt

[CelesteK]

But why is the picture flickering back and forth like that? It makes me sick just watching it.

[TanzaniteDiamonds]

I love Curt in this one to. But what I love about both of them is that they're so unique from each other. I admire Roland's voice in a whole different way.

Check out 1:50. Curt seems to be adjusting that ear mechanism in his ear (probably to hear his own voice)?

Isn't this around the time we started seeing these more and more -- when artists started wearing these devices in their ears during live performances?

[TanzaniteDiamonds]

Ooops, typo alert: First sentence should say "I love Curt in this one TOO."

[CelesteK]

You mean those ear plugs that Curt has in his ears? Yeah. Curt still does wear those devices in his ears.

[Zeldaartist]

absolutly love curt

[CelesteK]

Nothing ever lasts forever....... Except Tears For Fears.

[pJcP10]

in Songs of the Big Chair each smith and orzabal made a great song with their vocals, smith with this one Everybody Wants To Rule The Wolrd and orzabal with Shout

[CelesteK]

That was a really good product placement at frame 3:36.

[CelesteK]

There goes Roland with the dancing trying to outshine Curt.

[mus1cs3]

LOL thats true.........................

[juuu787]

LOL. Curt has an amazing voice. He's wonderful in this video. Oh, just look at 3:42 GOSH Roland is pretty sexy, look the way he's holding his guitar!!! ;)

Just glad they're friends and partners again. They simply complete each other, they're kind of brothers. (L)

[rufus317]

He said Tears of Fears twice.

[sammyslammajammaaa]

Possibly my favorite song in the entire world...

[ChanyPhilly]

If I'd been there I'd probably have jumped onto the stage, and dragged Curt backstage...grrr lol.

[ghett0fabu1as]

i cant think of a band with two singers who fit more properly into their sound.

reuinionn tour (come to the states, pls) would make my year worth living

[CelesteK]

I want them to come to Canada. They haven't been up here in such a long time.

[shellyosborn]

thats orzabel's voice!

[5177845]

Curt Smith sings most of the song. He and Roland share vocals on certain bits, though.

[Duke1966]

Ain't nothing like the 80's!

[asassin06]

@Duke1966 you exclaim so little yet tell the truth

[rickheyes0]

@Duke1966 The 70's tbf

[Coverdillem]

to me it looks like the guitar player is a fake. i really don't know why.

[gojazz218]

cuz back then the show made ppl lyp sync, so da guitar is fake 2

[dragonz343]

They are both hot and I love the way they dance

[padster67]

the video and song take me back to my childhood, wicked times, miss them dearly. you would of loved it.

[karl1234554321karl]

Im 17 and i whish i was there...

The old trains...

Biks

Smell of petrol

Industrial works... ici,camerlard,Liverpool, chester

i wanna be there

[padster67]

yeah it was sound, but sadly we all get older and i can tell ya i would rather be your age than mine lol

[iheartwham85]

watching this stuff makes me jealous of all the people who grew up in the 80s, i think i should have. im obsessed with the 80s beyond reason, and none of my friends get it, and they make fun of me. im 14, if u walked into my room u would think it was 1984. i have stacks of 80s magazines, my closet has 80s clothes from ebay in it, and i listen to records, not cd's. its really sad... lol

[QuutamoMoonlight]

Your not alone. I'd give my back teeth to live in the 80's :D

[Pyroman1990]

I like SOME 80's music, but it was a terrible decade Im' told

[Pyroman1990]

I like very few 80's songs. The politics were bad in the 80's the cars were DREADFUL, e.g. The Metro and Montego WHAT A JOKE! Only a select groups were good in the 80s

[iheartwham85]

congragulations....? this has something to do with me because? (i respect ur opinion or whatever so dont have a cow and start yelling)

[Jones240]

I'm not like 99% of other youtubers man dont worry

[Pyroman1990]

sorry lol two accounts . That was me. Yeah I'm not gonna argue like everyone else

[iheartwham85]

its okay, well now i dont mean congragulations sarcastically, good job for not fighting! lol

[Segacamp]

yeah because back then the kind of music you would hear is on record or tape

[OldishMusic]

Same here! It's the best music ever! 70s and 80s is all that there is that I love music wise, and my friends call me alien and stuff like that. They really don't know what they're missing!

[choppink]

dont you listen to them..you have a wonderful taste in music

[Segacamp]

at 3:37 nice "Muscle" shirt Curt lol

[GBCOne]

The single made no'2 in the UK in the spring of 1985 and no'1 in the US in the early summer of 1985, as far as I know.

[Tornado1994]

@GBCOne How come TFF never had a #1 UK hit?

[The80sTeam]

Man, this has got to be the greatest TFF number of all time. Shame it only reached number 2 in the charts back in 1985, only number 1 would have been worthy for such a timeless classic. The lyrics are pure genius & the music just melds together with them like a dream. And to think that the band hesitated in actually recording this song let alone releasing it is shocking. It's not only their best song, but one of the greatest of all time! Timeless.

[choppink]

i agree with u mate....glad to see that someone understands this kind of music....what do u think of todays music ? (personally i hate it )

[The80sTeam]

Yeah man, you have no idea just how much I hate todays wank music scene. 80s music is untouchable & unbeatable. Today it's either rap or little kids releasing covers from old cool bands & it fuckin' pisses me off.

[Segacamp]

hey I told you before it made number 1 quit saying it was number 2 it get annoying saying the same thing STOP IT

[The80sTeam]

Two things; 1. It was never number 1 in the UK charts (which is what I was referring to) It reached number two. In the USA it reached number 1 in the Billboard hot 100. 2. Learn to spell & get your facts right.

[Segacamp]

it was too go to idolwatcher001 he has the number 1 hits for 1985 and it did make number 1

[The80sTeam]

Nah man, it didn't. Look it up for yourself.

[Segacamp]

look are we just gonna argue over 1 that was made almost 25 years ago? it was number 1 I'm serious it made number 1 go watch idolwatcher001 video's he has the number hits for 1985 and I'll prove it made number 1

[shilack2]

ok you two take it over to the finest restaruant in town Medieval Times and put on some "Amok Time music" and settle it once and for all

[Segacamp]

and by the way I mean the USA just in case you are wondering why

[asvabaroni]

Thank You,this was one of my ex boy friends favorite songs.I'm married now but hope he's doing well.

[silvanaaaaaaaa]

T.F.F, lo maximo!

[1981Loquillo]

Esta cancion la busque casi 2 años y tal vez me quede corto y al fin la encontre es un tema de puta madre lo maximo, siempre y cuando quien lo escuche sea un apasionado de la musica de los 80s como yo

[HippieGirl34]

This is soooo cool!!!! Thanks for posting it, its one of my favorite songs!

[mysterybat35]

this sounds like its lip sync :(

[GBCOne]

On that show at that time most of the artists used to mime.

[Segacamp]

I'm thinking I may be a singer but if make a song on TOTP I may not mime I'm gonna prove to everyone that I can sing all the way from beginning to end!

[toorlooo]

is the micro is a pen?

[choppink]

thank you so much mate for putting this on u tube...!!!!!

[HippieGirl34]

I like it!!

[1986ted]

Brilliant track!! Thanks for uploading!!

[lovebug11768]

This is great. Where did you find it?

[GBCOne]

It was on an old VHS tape of mine recorded when I was a teenager which was more years ago than I care to remember :-(