Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Live Cover Performances

Live Cover Performances

• Star Search winner and Season 7 American Idol runner-up, David Archuleta performed a cover of the song on his "The Other Side Of Down Asian Tour".

• American indie pop-rock group Clare & the Reasons covered the song during their performance at the Slaughtered Lamb, Clerkenwell, London, on 6 December 2007, and on BBC2's The Culture Show on 15 July 2008. The studio version appears on the re-release of their album The Movie.

• American rock singer Don Henley performed the song live during his 2007 tour and during his 2009 tour in Hollywood, Florida. He also performed the song live in Orlando, Florida at Sapphire on 13 May 2009, at the Amway 50th Anniversary concert in Grand Rapids, Michigan on 7 November 2009 and at the State Farm National Agency Convention at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada on 30 September 2011. Don also played the song live at the wrap-up of the HP Discover customer conference in Las Vegas (Mandalay Bay Events Center) on 7 June 2012.

• American rock group Alpha Rev started covering the song in 2008 and it has become a staple of their live performances.

• Season 8 American Idol winner Kris Allen performed a cover of the song at promotional radio events and during his 2010 tour. He also began performing a mashup of the song with Michael Jackson's "The Way You Make Me Feel" in Temecula, California on 20 November 2010.

• American rock group Ted Leo and the Pharmacists performed a cover of the song for The A.V. Club's Undercover series.

• Nigel Hall - Portland, ME solo artists and sometimes member of Rustic Overtones and Soulive. It was often performed during the Royal Family Ball in early 2010 with Neal Evans of Soulive on bass/keys, Eric Krasno of Soulive on guitar, and Adam Deitch of the John Scofield Trio on drums.

• Nas performed a rap version of the song.