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Everybody Wants to Rule the World

original song written and composed by Chris Hughes, Roland Orzabal, Ian Stanley; first recorded by Tears for Fears
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Everybody Wants to Rule the World

Summary

Everybody Wants to Rule the World is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 0.15% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,107 views/month, #30 of 19,375).[2]

Key Facts

  • Everybody Wants to Rule the World's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Everybody Wants to Rule the World's composer is recorded as Chris Hughes[4].
  • Everybody Wants to Rule the World's composer is recorded as Roland Orzabal[5].
  • Everybody Wants to Rule the World's composer is recorded as Ian Stanley[6].
  • Everybody Wants to Rule the World's genre is indie pop[7].
  • Among the performers on Everybody Wants to Rule the World was Patti Smith[8].
  • Everybody Wants to Rule the World was performed by Lorde[9].
  • Everybody Wants to Rule the World is part of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack[10].
  • Everybody Wants to Rule the World's language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • Everybody Wants to Rule the World was released on 1985[12].
  • Everybody Wants to Rule the World's lyricist is recorded as Roland Orzabal[13].
  • Everybody Wants to Rule the World's lyricist is recorded as Chris Hughes[14].
  • Everybody Wants to Rule the World's lyricist is recorded as Ian Stanley[15].
  • Everybody Wants to Rule the World's tonality is recorded as D major[16].
  • Everybody Wants to Rule the World's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Everybody Wants to Rule the World'}[17].
  • Everybody Wants to Rule the World's form of creative work is recorded as song[18].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[19]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 4d3318fe-5896-3531-9d4f-b118e5fdc4d3[20]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include Patti Smith[8] and Lorde[9].

Publication

Everybody Wants to Rule the World was released on 1985[12]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[11]. Its genre is indie pop[7]. It is part of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack[10].

Why It Matters

Everybody Wants to Rule the World ranks in the top 0.15% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,107 views/month, #30 of 19,375).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21]

Related Entities

Patti Smith

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_everybody-wants-to-rule-the-world_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Everybody Wants to Rule the World}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/everybody-wants-to-rule-the-world}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 8w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → Patti Smith, Lorde
    Form of creative work → song
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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