King of My Castle

"King of My Castle"
Single by Wamdue Project
from the album Program Yourself
Released 24 May 1997 (1997-05-24)
Format
Genre House[1]
Length 3:40 (Original Radio Edit)
Label Strictly Rhythm
Songwriter(s) Chris Brann
Producer(s) Chris Brann
Wamdue Project singles chronology
"The Deep EP"
(1998)		 "King of My Castle"
(1997)		 "Program Yourself"
(1999)

"The Deep EP"
(1998)		 "King of My Castle"
(1999)		 "Program Yourself"
(1999)

"King of My Castle" is a song by American electronic music producer Chris Brann under his Wamdue Project alias, with vocals by Gaelle Adisson. It was originally released in 1997 as a downtempo song, but became a worldwide club hit in 1999 when it was remixed by house producer Roy Malone and featured on the 1998 album Program Yourself. The song peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs. Outside the United States, the song topped the charts in the United Kingdom, peaked within the top ten of the charts in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, the Republic of Ireland and Switzerland and the top twenty of the charts in Canada and Switzerland.

The song's title and lyrics reference Sigmund Freud's theory of the unconscious which holds that the human ego is not free and is instead controlled by its own unconscious Id (see Id, ego and super-ego); in Freud's own words, "das Ich ist nicht Herr im eigenen Hause" ("the ego is not king of its own castle"). Hence, one of the song's two music videos consists of footage from the 1995 anime film Ghost in the Shell, where people with cyborg implants have their actions controlled against their will by a hacker criminal known in the film as "puppetmaster."

"King of My Castle" was re-released in 2009 but was available on YouTube from November 2008 and includes new remixes by Rowald Steyn, Mischa Daniels and Armin van Buuren.

Track listing

CD single
  1. "King Of My Castle" (Roy Malone's King Radio Edit) – 3:40
  2. "King Of My Castle" (S'man's Comin'4 Ya Castle Radio Edit) – 3:11
Maxi CD
  1. "King Of My Castle" (Roy Malone's King Radio Edit) – 3:40
  2. "King Of My Castle" (S'man's Comin'4 Ya Castle Radio Edit) – 3:11
  3. "King Of My Castle" (Original Radio Edit) – 3:40
  4. "King Of My Castle" (Roy Malone's King Mix) – 4:56
  5. "King Of My Castle" (S'man's Comin'4 Ya Castle) – 7:58
  6. "King Of My Castle" (Beef Injection Mix) – 7:31
  7. "King Of My Castle" (Charles Shilling Toboggan Mix) – 6:34

Charts and certifications

Charts

Chart (1999–2000) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[2] 26
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[3] 5
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[4] 5
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[5] 3
Belgium Dance (Ultratop)[6] 3
Canada (Nielsen SoundScan)[7] 17
Denmark (Tracklisten)[8] 3
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[9] 9
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[10] 15
France (SNEP)[11] 6
Germany (Official German Charts)[12] 3
Greece (IFPI)[13] 5
Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)[14] 5
Ireland (IRMA)[15] 5
Italy (FIMI)[16] 8
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[17] 2
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[18] 2
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[19] 21
Norway (VG-lista)[20] 2
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[21] 1
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[22] 31
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[23] 7
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[24] 1
UK Dance (Official Charts Company)[25] 1
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[26] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1999) Position
Germany (Official German Charts)[27] 10

2009 version

Chart (2009) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[28] 10
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[29] 15
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[30] 14
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[31] 37

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/Sales
Belgium (BEA)[32] Platinum 50,000*
Netherlands (NVPI)[33] Gold 50,000^
Norway (IFPI Norway)[34] Gold 5,000*
United Kingdom (BPI)[35] Gold 400,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

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References

  1. ↑ Closermag.fr (22 April 2016). "Que sont-ils devenus ? - Kareen Antonn, toujours en bonne "voix"". Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – Wamdue Project – King Of My Castle". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  3. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Wamdue Project – King Of My Castle" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  4. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Wamdue Project – King Of My Castle" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  5. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Wamdue Project – King Of My Castle" (in French). Ultratop 50.
  6. ↑ "Ultratop Dance 26/12/1998". ultratop.be. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  7. ↑ "Artist Search for "wamdue project"". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  8. ↑ "Danishcharts.com – Wamdue Project – King Of My Castle". Tracklisten.
  9. ↑ Inc, Nielsen Business Media (11 September 1999). "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 26 August 2017 – via Google Books.
  10. ↑ "Wamdue Project: King Of My Castle" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
  11. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Wamdue Project – King Of My Castle" (in French). Les classement single.
  12. ↑ "Musicline.de – WAMDUE PROJECT Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
  13. ↑ "Top 10 Greece" (PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
  14. ↑ "Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (NR. 338 Vikuna 26.8. - 2.9. 1999)" (PDF) (in Icelandic). Dagblaðið Vísir. Retrieved July 13, 2018.
  15. ↑ "Irish Singles Chart – Search for song". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
  16. ↑ "Hit Parade Italia - Indice per Interprete: W". Hit Parade Italia. Retrieved July 6, 2012.
  17. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Wamdue Project" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
  18. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Wamdue Project – King Of My Castle" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  19. ↑ "Charts.nz – Wamdue Project – King Of My Castle". Top 40 Singles.
  20. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Wamdue Project – King Of My Castle". VG-lista.
  21. ↑ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  22. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Wamdue Project – King Of My Castle". Singles Top 100.
  23. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Wamdue Project – King Of My Castle". Swiss Singles Chart.
  24. ↑ "Wamdue Project: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
  25. ↑ "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40". officialcharts.com.
  26. ↑ "Wamdue Project Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard.
  27. ↑ "Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
  28. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Wamdue Project – King Of My Castle 2009" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  29. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Wamdue Project – King Of My Castle 2009" (in French). Ultratop 50.
  30. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Wamdue Project" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
  31. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Wamdue Project – King Of My Castle 2009" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  32. ↑ "Ultratop − Goud en Platina – singles 1999". Ultratop. Hung Medien.
  33. ↑ "Dutch single certifications – Wamdue Project – King of my castle" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers. Enter King of my castle in the "Artiest of titel" box.
  34. ↑ "IFPI Norsk platebransje Trofeer 1993–2011" (in Norwegian). IFPI Norway.
  35. ↑ "British single certifications – Wamdue Project – King of my castle". British Phonographic Industry. Select singles in the Format field. Select Gold in the Certification field. Type King of my castle in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
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