"Empires (Bring Me Men)" is a song by British singer
Lamya, released in 2002. It was the first single taken from her debut album ''
Learning from Falling''.
It is based on a poem, ''The Coming American'', commemorating the 75th anniversary of the American acquisition of the state of
California
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, by American librarian and poet
Samuel Walter Foss.
A remix of the song reached #1 on the ''
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''
Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in 2002.
Track listing
;CD single (Europe)
# Empires (Bring Me Men) (Radio edit) − 3:42
# Empires (Bring Me Men) (
Sander Kleinenberg Audio Paranoid Mix) − 8:42
;CD single (Europe)
# Empires (Bring Me Men) (Radio edit) − 3:42
# Empires (Bring Me Men) (Sander Kleinenberg Audio Paranoid Mix) − 8:42
# Empires (Bring Me Men) (Bent Mix) − 6:59
# Empires (Bring Me Men) (video) − 3:42
;Vinyl 12" (USA)
# Empires (Bring Me Men) (Widelife Main Room Tribal Mix) − 9:17
# Empires (Bring Me Men) (That Kid Chris Remix) − 8:56
;Vinyl 12" (USA)
# Empires (Bring Me Men) (Sander Kleinenberg Audio Paranoid Club Mix) − 8:36
# Empires (Bring Me Men) (That Kid Chris Mix) − 8:56
# Empires (Bring Me Men) (
Junior Vasquez "Bring Me Men" Anthem Mix) − 9:59
# Empires (Bring Me Men) (
Illicit Siren Mix) − 8:55
Charts
References
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2002 debut singles
Lamya songs
Songs based on poems
Song recordings produced by Nellee Hooper
2002 songs