Song · KT Tunstall
“Invisible Empire” by KT Tunstall
From the album Invisible Empire // Crescent Moon (2013)
“Invisible Empire” by KT Tunstall appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2013 and 2016. It was first released in 2013 on the album Invisible Empire // Crescent Moon. Its best result is #72 on the WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2013. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #367 indie & aaa song of 2013 and #8,221 indie & aaa song of all time.
"Invisible Empire" lends its name to the first half of Invisible Empire // Crescent Moon, KT Tunstall's fourth album, and it became the record's third single on 19 August 2013. The Scottish songwriter wrote it on her own and produced it with Howe Gelb.
She had been road-testing it for a while: it first surfaced in 2012 at a concert with Daryl Hall, and a few weeks before the album came out she played it on Later... with Jools Holland and on the radio. The single leaned hard into costume drama. Its cover shows Tunstall in medieval dress, holding a rusting crown with the sea behind her, and the video, which premiered on 30 July 2013, won critics over with a look that put them in mind of Game of Thrones.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 72 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2013 | 90 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 876 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Countdown 2016 | 913 |
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