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When I visited my family recently…

I was playing a lot of 80s music, whereupon my sisters got into a discussion (not argument, you understand) about the song "Everybody Wants to Rule The World" by Tears For Fears.

My youngest sister (49) claimed it as a "Gen X anthem" because it was a popular song with the teenagers of the day.

My middle sister (62) maintained that since Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith are Baby Boomers, it must be a "Boomer anthem" for those of us on the tail end of that generation.

I found the discussion interesting but left them to it. Either way, I think it’s a great song.

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ArtieKat · M

And then, of course, just to complicate matters further.....

"Everybody Wants to Run the World" is a re-recording of the band's song "Everybody Wants to Rule the World". The reworked single was released in May 1986 as the theme song for the Sport Aid campaign, a charitable event held to raise money for famine relief in Africa.