We can now reveal the third single from Empires: A Picture on the Wall.
Following the success of the last single Solitaire, we have decided to release this track to represent the variation of tracks on the album, since this track is musically much more up-tempo than either of its predecessors.
Altogether, three remixed versions of A Picture on the Wall were recorded: two edits and an extended version, all based very closely on the original album version. The final single edit has a shorter introduction and ending, and has one verse removed. The unreleased alternative version keeps the missing verse and instead has shorter instrumental sections, and is unlikely to see a release in the near future. Meanwhile, the extended version has some additional instrumental sections.
The single also once again includes two new bonus tracks, Fateful Hour, which was written over around 18 months starting in March 2002, and Not in My Name, an anti-war rant which was completed this spring after around a year of progress. Both were progressively recorded over the same period as many of the tracks on Empires. The first has an retro electronic sound, while the second is not dissimilar in style to the last single Solitaire.
The confirmed tracklisting is as follows…
01. A Picture on the Wall (Radio Edit)
02. Fateful Hour
03. Not in My Name
04. A Picture on the Wall (Extended)
