Day 116: Everybody Wants to Rule the World by Tears for Fears (1985)

When I originally set out to write this post, I thought it'd be fun to post a cover of this tune, but I didn't particularly like any of the cover versions. So I decided to just post the original, but in researching the original release date, I found out an interesting piece of trivia on Wikipedia's discussion of this song. Apparently, the band borrowed the beat from Simple Minds' tune called Waterfalls, which was being recorded in the studio next door. Waterfalls is a nice track too, so here's both so here you can enjoy both and compare the beat.

Here's Everybody Wants to Rule the World

And here's Waterfront by Simple Minds.