Empire (Queensrÿche song)
| "Empire" | ||||
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| Single by Queensrÿche | ||||
| from the album Empire | ||||
| Released | September 1990 | |||
| Recorded | Spring 1990 | |||
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| Length | 5:24 | |||
| Label | EMI USA | |||
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| Producer(s) | Peter Collins | |||
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| "Empire" on YouTube | ||||
"Empire" is a song by the heavy 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".