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"Empty Glens" | ||||
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Single by Runrig | ||||
from the album Proterra | ||||
B-side | "Running To The Light" | |||
Released | 2003 | |||
Studio | Castlesound Studios, Edinburgh, Scotland | |||
Label | Ridge Records (UK) Columbia Records (Germany) | |||
Songwriter(s) | C. Macdonald R. Macdonald | |||
Producer(s) | Calum Malcolm | |||
Runrig singles chronology | ||||
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"Empty Glens" is a 2003 single released by Scottish celtic rock band Runrig, released as the lead and only single from their twelve studio album Proterra (2003), which they released together with Scottish musician Paul Mounsey. It was released via Ridge Records in the United Kingdom and by Columbia Records in Germany, where it achieved moderate commercial success, debuting at number ninety-three on the German Singles Charts in August 2003. [1]
"Empty Glens" lyrically focuses on the transition away from churches and religion, and the reduced significance and role that religion has in the modern word. It notes that with the decline in religion and churches, the world appears to be moving "towards a more scientific world". [2]
Ultimate Guitar reviewed "Empty Glens", citing it as one of the "good songs" on the Proterra album, alongside "Proterra" and "Day Of Days". The review further commented that "Empty Glens", together with "Proterra" and "Day of Days" are "are all alive with the sound of Runrig". [3]
Commercially, "Empty Glens" received moderate success in Germany, where it debuted at number ninety-three and stayed on the German Singles Charts for one week. [4]
Chart (2003) | Peak position |
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Germany (Official German Charts) [8] | 93 |
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