Mister Kingdom

"Mister Kingdom"
Single by Electric Light Orchestra
from the album Eldorado
A-side	Turn to Stone
Released	1974 1977 (single version)
Format	7"
Genre	Symphonic rock
Length	5:29
Writer(s)	Jeff Lynne
Producer	Jeff Lynne
Eldorado track listing "Poor Boy (The Greenwood)" (5) "Mister Kingdom" (6) "Nobody's Child" (7) Flashback track listing "Do Ya" (14) "Mister Kingdom" (15) "Grieg's Piano Concerto In A Minor" (16)

"Mister Kingdom" is a symphonic rock song written by the Electric Light Orchestra.

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, 5:29. But on the Flashback boxset, the solo fades about 16 seconds early than the LP version, also cutting the small orchestra intro.

The song has a similar style to The Beatles' song Across the Universe. The song features an extended orchestral playout starting from 4:16 to 5:29 transiting into Nobody's Child.

"This guy's always looking for a pot of gold." Jeff Lynne (2001 - Eldorado Remaster)

"God knows what this is about, but I like the sound" - Jeff Lynne 2000 Flashback liner notes