My Kingdom (song)

This article is about the Future Sound of London song. For the Echo & the Bunnymen song, see Ocean Rain.

"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	FSOL
Producer	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)

"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]

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
• Ralph Ineson appears in the video.

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