Empire (Queensrÿche song)

"Empire"
Single by Queensrÿche
from the album Empire
Released	1990
Format	CD, Vinyl
Recorded	Spring 1990
Genre	Progressive metal
Length	5:24
Label	EMI America
Writer(s)	Geoff Tate Michael Wilton
Producer(s)	Peter Collins
Queensrÿche singles chronology
"Last Time in Paris" (1990) "Empire" (1990) "Silent Lucidity" (1990)
Music sample "Empire" Empire track listing "Best I Can" "The Thin Line" "Jet City Woman" "Della Brown" "Another Rainy Night (Without You)" "Empire" "Resistance" "Silent Lucidity" "Hand on Heart" "One and Only" "Anybody Listening?"

"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.

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]

Single track list

1. "Empire" [Edit] - 5:12
2. "Scarborough Fair" - 3:50
3. "Prophecy" - 3:59
4. "Della Brown" - 7:03

Chart performance

Chart	Peak position
UK Singles[2]	61
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock[3]	22

References

1. "Queensrÿche Tour statistics - songs played total". setlist.fm. Retrieved April 25, 2016. External link in |publisher= (help)
2. , an archive containing all UK charts for Queensrÿche
3. single charts for Queensrÿche