Mister Kingdom

1974 single by Electric Light Orchestra
"Mister Kingdom"
Single by Electric Light Orchestra
from the album Eldorado
A-side"Turn to Stone"
Released1974
1977 (single version)
GenreSymphonic rock
Length5:29
LabelJet
Songwriter(s)Jeff Lynne
Producer(s)Jeff Lynne
Electric Light Orchestra singles chronology
"Telephone Line"
(1977) 		"Mister Kingdom"
(1974) 		"Mr. Blue Sky"
(1978)
Eldorado track listing
10 tracks
Side one
  1. "Eldorado Overture"
  2. "Can't Get It Out of My Head"
  3. "Boy Blue"
  4. "Laredo Tornado"
  5. "Poor Boy (The Greenwood)"
Side two
  2. "Mister Kingdom"
  3. "Nobody's Child"
  4. "Illusions in G Major"
  5. "Eldorado"
  6. "Eldorado Finale"

"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:

This guy's always looking for a pot of gold.

— Eldorado remaster

God knows what this is about, but I like the sound.

— Flashback[1]

References

  1. ^ Flashback (Media notes). Electric Light Orchestra. Legacy. 2000.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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