Mister Kingdom | |
Type: | single |
Artist: | Electric Light Orchestra |
Album: | Eldorado |
A-Side: | Turn to Stone |
Released: | 1974 1977 (single version) |
Genre: | Symphonic rock |
Length: | 5:29 |
Label: | Jet |
Producer: | Jeff Lynne |
Prev Title: | Telephone Line |
Prev Year: | 1977 |
Next Title: | Mr. Blue Sky |
Next Year: | 1978 |
"Mister Kingdom" is a song in the symphonic rock genre written by the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO).
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: