Empire (Queensrÿche song)

"Empire" is a song by the progressive metal band Queensrÿche, appearing on their 1990 album Empire. The lyrical content of the song warns of a foreboding and unstoppable "Empire" of drug trafficking within the United States and its related crimes, that will inevitably lead to the breakdown of civility in American society.

"Empire"
Single by Queensrÿche
from the album Empire
ReleasedSeptember 1990
Format
RecordedSpring 1990
GenreProgressive metal
Length5:24
LabelEMI USA
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Peter Collins
Queensrÿche singles chronology
"Last Time in Paris"
(1990)		 "Empire"
(1990)		 "Silent Lucidity"
(1991)
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Empire track listing
11 tracks
  1. "Best I Can"
  2. "The Thin Line"
  3. "Jet City Woman"
  4. "Della Brown"
  5. "Another Rainy Night (Without You)"
  6. "Empire"
  7. "Resistance"
  8. "Silent Lucidity"
  9. "Hand on Heart"
  10. "One and Only"
  11. "Anybody Listening?"

Known as a fan favorite, the group has played the song often live, doing so over a thousand times as of April 2016, and the track is the band's second most played song in its setlist history. It is exceeded only by "Eyes of a Stranger".[1]

Track listing
7" single
Side A
No.TitleLength
1."Empire" (radio edit)5:07
Side B
No.TitleLength
1."Scarborough Fair"3:53
12" single
Side A
No.TitleLength
1."Empire" (radio edit)5:07
Side B
No.TitleLength
1."Scarborough Fair"3:53
2."Prophecy"3:58
CD single
No.TitleLength
1."Empire" (radio edit)5:12
2."Scarborough Fair"3:50
3."Prophecy"3:59
4."Della Brown"7:03

Chart performance
Chart (1990-91) Peak
position
UK Singles[2]61
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock[3]22

Personnel

Additional personnel

References
  1. "Queensrÿche Tour statistics - songs played total". setlist.fm]. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
  2. "QUEENSRYCHE [sic]". Official Charts Company. An archive containing all UK charts for Queensrÿche
  3. "Queensrÿche". Billboard.com. Single charts for Queensrÿche
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