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King of My Castle
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Wikipedia article
"'King of My Castle'" is a song by American electronic music producer Chris Brann under his Wamdue Project alias, with vocals by Gaelle Adisson. It was originally released in 1997 as a downtempo song but became a worldwide club hit in 1999 when it was remixed by Italian house producer Roy Malone and featured on the 1998 album 'Program Yourself.' The song peaked at number one on the US 'Billboard' Hot Dance Club Songs. Outside of the United States, the song topped the charts in the United Kingdom and peaked within the top ten of the charts in at least 12 other countries, including Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Norway.
The song's title and lyrics reference Sigmund Freud's theory of the unconscious which holds that the human ego is not free and is instead controlled by its own unconscious id (see Id, ego and super-ego)in Freud's own words, "das Ich ist nicht Herr im eigenen Hause" ("the ego is not king of its own castle"). Hence, one of the song's two music videos consists of footage from the 1995 anime film 'Ghost in the Shell', where people with cyborg implants have their actions controlled against their will by a hacker criminal known in the film as "puppetmaster".
In 2009, "King of My Castle" was covered as a duet by singers Shayne Ward and Britney Spears, intended for Ward's album 'Obsession'. Ward sings new lyrics while Spears's parts largely follow the original version. For unknown reasons, it was never released, but their version leaked online in 2021. A version solely featuring Spears also leaked online months later.
Track listings
* 'CD single'
# "King of My Castle" (Roy Malone's King Radio Edit) 3:40
# "King of My Castle" (S'man's Comin'4 Ya Castle Radio Edit) 3:11
* 'Maxi CD '
# "King of My Castle" (Roy Malone's King Radio Edit) 3:40
# "King of My Castle" (S'man's Comin'4 Ya Castle Radio Edit) 3:11
# "King of My Castle" (Original Radio Edit) 3:40
# "King of My Castle" (Roy Malone's King Mix) 4:56
# "King of My Castle" (S'man's Comin'4 Ya Castle) 7:58
# "King of My Castle" (Beef Injection Mix) 7:31
# "King of My Castle" (Charles Shilling Toboggan Mix) 6:34
Charts and certifications
Weekly charts
'Original version''2009 version'
Year-end charts
'Original version'{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!Chart (1999)
!Position
|-
!scope="row"|Austria (3 Austria Top 40)
|32
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!scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)
|36
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!scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)
|14
|-
!scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)
|15
|-
!scope="row"|France (SNEP)
|27
|-
!scope="row"|Germany (Official German Charts)
|10
|-
!scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)
|21
|-
!scope="row"|Netherlands (Single Top 100)
|24
|-
!scope="row"|Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)
|37
|-
!scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC)
|28
|-
!scope="row"|UK Club Chart ('Music Week')
|21
|}
'2009 version'
Certifications
Release history
References
Category:1997 songs
Category:1998 singles
Category:2009 singles
Category:Animated music videos
Category:American house music songs
Category:Number-one singles in Scotland
Category:AM PM Records singles
Category:Strictly Rhythm singles
Category:UK Singles Chart number-one singles
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