My Kingdom (song)

"My Kingdom" is the first single from Future Sound of London's 1996 release Dead Cities. It is written in a theme and variation format on the song "My Kingdom", but Part 4 returns to the original theme. Part 5 is the radio edit.^[1]

"My Kingdom"
Single by The Future Sound of London
from the album Dead Cities
Released	14 October 1996
Recorded	Earthbeat Studios, London
Genre	Ambient Techno IDM
Length	30:22
Label	Astralwerks Virgin Cat. VSCDT 1605, 7243 8 93817 2 6
Songwriter(s)	FSOL
Producer(s)	FSOL
The Future Sound of London singles chronology
"The Far-Out Son of Lung and the Ramblings of a Madman" (1995) "My Kingdom" (1996) "We Have Explosive" (1997)

Track listing

1. "My Kingdom: Part 1" (10:50)
2. "My Kingdom: Part 2" (03:15) (Leon Mar reconstruct)
3. "My Kingdom: Part 3" (07:11)
4. "My Kingdom: Part 4" (05:12)
5. "My Kingdom: Part 5" (03:54)

Crew & Notes

• The guitar sample is by Ozric Tentacles, from the song "Phalarn Dawn" on their album, "Pungent Effulgent"^[2]
• The pan flute sample (performed by Gheorghe Zamfir), is from "Cockeye's Song" and "Childhood Memories", on the soundtrack to Once Upon a Time in America by Ennio Morricone, although it is only credited on the sleeve as being from "Once Upon a Time in America".^[3]
• The vocal sample is by Mary Hopkin, from "Rachel's Song", on the Blade Runner soundtrack by Vangelis^[4]
• "My Kingdom: Part 3" starts with the voice sample from "Everyone in the World is Doing Something Without Me" also from Dead Cities.^[5]
• Engineer – Yage
• Producer – Future Sound of London, The
• Written By Dougans, Cobain

Chart Position

Year	Chart	Position
1996	UK Singles Chart	#13

References

1. "Secondthought.co.uk".
2. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Ozric Tentacles – Phalarn Dawn.wmv – via YouTube.
3. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Gheorghe Zamfir – Cockey's Song – via YouTube.
4. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Blade Runner – Rachel's Song – via YouTube.
5. YouTube, a Google company. Archived from the original on 22 March 2014 – via YouTube.

External links

• My Kingdom at Discogs