Song · Of Monsters And Men
“Empire” by Of Monsters And Men
From the album Beneath the Skin (2015)
“Empire” by Of Monsters And Men appears on 6 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 2015 and 2026. It was first released in 2015 on the album Beneath the Skin. Its best result is #64 on the CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2015. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #326 alternative song of 2015.
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"Empire" comes from Beneath the Skin, the 2015 second album from Iceland's Of Monsters and Men. The writing credit goes to Nanna, Ragnar Þórhallsson and Arnar Rósenkranz Hilmarsson, and the band produced it alongside Rich Costey, who also mixed, with Alex Somers engineering.
Beyond the band, the credits pull in some unexpected colors: Stephen Hughes on bass trombone, Josefina Vergara on violin, Steingrímur Teague on keyboards and Dave Stone on bass. Beneath the Skin went on to debut at number three on the Billboard 200, the band's highest-charting album in America.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 64 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2015 | 103 |
| 2015 | 65 | WERS 88.9 Boston, MA | WERS Top 88 Songs of 2015 | 88 |
| 2015 | 79 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2015 | 104 |
| 2015 | 87 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2015 | 107 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 238 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Countdown 2016 | 913 |
| 2026 | 879 | KXT | KXT 917 Song Countdown | 917 |
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