Empire to Ashes

Last updated
"Empire to Ashes"
Single by Sleeping with Sirens
from the album Gossip
ReleasedAugust 4, 2017 (2017-08-04)
Length3:17
Label Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Bendeth
Sleeping with Sirens singles chronology
"Legends"
(2017)		"Empire to Ashes"
(2017)		"Cheers"
(2017)

"Empire to Ashes" is a song by American rock band Sleeping with Sirens. The song was released on August 4, 2017, as the second single from their fifth studio album, Gossip . [1]

Contents

Background

"Empire to Ashes" is about "breaking free of complacency and not being satisfied with the humdrum life." [2] The track was written by David Bendeth, Jacob Scherer, Stevie Aiello and Kellin Quinn, while production was handled by Bendeth. [3] The song has been described as "dark in both sound and lyrical content," which is the theme of their fifth studio album, Gossip . [4] A lyrics video for the track was released on August 4, 2017. [5]

Reception

Chad Childers of Loudwire stated, "An underplayed opening verse starts to build in intensity toward a more anthemic sound, before letting it fall back down and starting it up once more." [2] Maggie Dickman of Alternative Press described the track as "catchy as you'd expect it'd be." [4]

Personnel

Credits for "Empire to Ashes" adapted from album's liner notes. [3]

Charts

Chart performance for "Empire to Ashes"
Chart (2017)Peak
position
US Alternative Digital Song Sales (Billboard) [6] 25
US Hard Rock Digital Song Sales (Billboard) [7] 7

Release history

Release history and formats for "Empire to Ashes"
RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
VariousAugust 4, 2017 Warner Bros. [8]

References

  1. ↑ Jason Tate (August 4, 2017). "Sleeping With Sirens – 'Empire To Ashes'". Chorus.fm . Retrieved March 13, 2024.
  2. 1 2 Chad Childers (August 6, 2017). "Sleeping With Sirens Unleash Anthemic 'Empire to Ashes' Lyric Video". Loudwire . Retrieved March 13, 2024.
  3. 1 2 Gossip (booklet). Sleeping with Sirens. Warner Bros. Records. 2017.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. 1 2 Maggie Dickman (August 4, 2017). "Hear Sleeping With Sirens' epic new song, "Empire To Ashes," right now". Alternative Press . Retrieved March 13, 2024.
  5. ↑ Jack Parker (August 4, 2017). "Listen: Sleeping with Sirens Release New Single". All Things Loud. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
  6. ↑ "Sleeping With Sirens Chart History (Alternative Digital Song Sales)". Billboard . Retrieved March 13, 2024.
  7. ↑ "Sleeping With Sirens Chart History (Hard Rock Digital Song Sales)". Billboard . Retrieved March 13, 2024.
  8. ↑ "Empire to Ashes - Single by Sleeping with Sirens". Spotify . Retrieved March 13, 2024.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.