 "Everybody Knows" was first released on Cohen's album "I'm Your Man", February 1988.Five minutes, 37 seconds in duration, "Everybody Knows" is known for its somber tone and repetition of the title at the beginning of most verses.Featuring phrases such as ""Everybody knows that the dice are loaded"" and ""Everybody knows that the good guys lost"", "Everybody Knows" has been variously described by critics as "bitterly pessimistic" yet funny, or, more strongly, a "bleak prophecy about the end of the world as we know it."