"Tears for Fears" has been one of the most recognizable bands of all time. The band has had a successful career throughout the 1980s, especially with their song "Everybody Wants To Rule The World." However, when the band sang the song in a karaoke bar, people did the unthinkable.
In a recent interview with NME, the band opened up about the time when member Curt Smith decided to belt out the iconic track in a karaoke bar.
Smith hung out with the cast of "Psych" and decided to have a good night. He mentioned that some of his friends there are "big karaoke singers," and he was dragged on stage, saying, "Wouldn't it be funny if I got up and sang one of our songs?"
He later started singing the track, and to his shock, no one paid attention to him, and no one realized he was one of the members of the band.
"No one in there paid me any attention. No one realized it was me and it was hilarious!" he said. (via Uproxx)
The Success of 'Everybody Wants To Rule The World'
The song was a massive success when it was released in 1985, and it even dominated the American charts as the band is based in the United Kingdom.
It became the band's one of their two number-one singles in the United States along with the track "Shout."
It topped the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S. and spent more than a month in the U.K.'s top five.
Today, it continues to dominate the streaming era, as it received a whopping 600 million streams on Spotify.
What Does 'Tears For Fears' Think of Other Singers Sampling Their Music?
Elsewhere in the interview, Smith was asked about his opinion on today's celebrities using their music as a sample like Kanye West, Drake, Nas, and more.
He answered, "Yes, but only when the song turns into something else." However, he had issues with West's "Coldest Winter."
Smith mentioned that he thought the band deserved 80 percent of the publishing, but "all he did was steal the entire song and the lyric."
Regarding Nas' "Rule," he said he liked the song, while Drake's "Lust for Life," he's unsure about his feelings.
"I don't know the Drake song. I would have thought my children would have played that to me, but clearly they're not on the ball!" he added.
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