Everybody wants to rule the world is a song by Tears for Fears from their 1984 album Songs From The Big Chair. It was the number one song of the year 1984 in the U.K.. Promo shot for Everybody Loves a Happy Ending Tears for Fears are a British pop band formed in the early 1980s by Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith, which emerged after the dissolution of their first band the mod influenced Graduate. ... The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and a member of the European Union. ...