Mister Kingdom
"Mister Kingdom" is a song in the symphonic rock genre written by the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO).
| "Mister Kingdom" | ||||
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| Single by Electric Light Orchestra | ||||
| from the album Eldorado | ||||
| A-side | "Turn to Stone" | |||
| Released | 1974 1977 (single version) | |||
| Genre | Symphonic rock | |||
| Length | 5:29 | |||
| Label | Jet | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Jeff Lynne | |||
| Producer(s) | Jeff Lynne | |||
| Electric Light Orchestra singles chronology | ||||
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| Flashback track listing | ||||
10 tracks
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The song first appeared as the opening track of side 2, track number 6 from their 1974 album, Eldorado. It was the B-side to the 1977 hit "Turn to Stone", found on their album Out of the Blue.
On the single version, the solo slowly fades from 5:05 all the way to the very end at 5:29. On the Flashback boxset, the solo fades about 16 seconds earlier than the LP version, also cutting the small orchestra intro.
Some consider the song to have a similar style to The Beatles' song "Across the Universe". The song features an extended orchestral playout starting from 4:16 to 5:29, transitioning into Nobody's Child.
Jeff Lynne has said the following about the song and its subject: "This guy's always looking for a pot of gold," in the 2001 Eldorado remaster, and "God knows what this is about, but I like the sound" in the liner notes of Flashback.