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Events on Monday 18 March 1985 1
1985"Everybody Wants to Rule the World"A last-minute addition to the albumReleased "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" on 18 March 1985 — famously a late addition to Songs from the Big Chair, sketched out by Orzabal on acoustic guitar for producer Chris Hughes under the working title "Everybody Wants to Go to War". Sung by Curt Smith, it reached US #1 and UK #2, and gave the band their iconic name.