King of My Castle
"King of My Castle" is a song by American electronic music producer Chris Brann under his Wamdue Project alias, with vocals by Gaelle Adisson. It was originally released in 1997 as a downtempo song but became a worldwide club hit in 1999 when it was remixed by Italian house producer Roy Malone and featured on the 1998 album "Program Yourself." The song peaked at number one on the US "Billboard" Hot Dance Club Songs. Outside of the United States, the song topped the charts in the United Kingdom and peaked within the top ten of the  charts in at least 12 other countries, including Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Norway. The song's title and lyrics reference Sigmund Freud's theory of the unconscious which holds that the human ego is not free and is instead controlled by its own unconscious id (see Id, ego and super-ego)—in Freud's own words, "das Ich ist nicht Herr im eigenen Hause" ("the ego is not king of its own castle"). Hence, one of the song's two music videos consists of footage from the 1995 anime film "Ghost in the Shell", where people  with cyborg implants have their actions controlled against their will by a hacker criminal known in the film as "puppetmaster". In 2009, "King of My Castle" was covered as a duet by singers Shayne Ward and Britney Spears, intended for Ward's album "Obsession". Ward sings new lyrics while Spears's parts largely follow the original version. For unknown reasons, it was never released, but their version leaked online in 2021. A version solely featuring Spears also leaked online months later. Track listings. CD single Maxi CD Charts and certifications. Weekly charts. Original version 2009 version Year-end charts. Original  version 2009 version