Empires (Bring Me Men)
{{Infobox song
| name = Empires (Bring Me Men)
| cover = Lamyaempires.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Lamya
| album = Learning from Falling
| released = 23 September 2002
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| recorded = 2002
| studio =
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| length = 5:07
| label = J Records
| writer = Lamya
| producer = Nellee Hooper
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Black Mona Lisa
| next_year = 2002
}}
"Empires (Bring Me Men)" is a song by British singer Lamya, released in 2002. It was the first single taken from her debut album Learning from Falling.
It is based on a poem, The Coming American, commemorating the 75th anniversary of the American acquisition of the state of California, by American librarian and poet Samuel Walter Foss.
A remix of the song reached #1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in 2002.
Track listing
;CD single (Europe)
- Empires (Bring Me Men) (Radio edit) − 3:42
- Empires (Bring Me Men) (Sander Kleinenberg Audio Paranoid Mix) − 8:42
;CD single (Europe)
- Empires (Bring Me Men) (Radio edit) − 3:42
- Empires (Bring Me Men) (Sander Kleinenberg Audio Paranoid Mix) − 8:42
- Empires (Bring Me Men) (Bent Mix) − 6:59
- Empires (Bring Me Men) (video) − 3:42
;Vinyl 12" (USA)
- Empires (Bring Me Men) (Widelife Main Room Tribal Mix) − 9:17
- Empires (Bring Me Men) (That Kid Chris Remix) − 8:56
;Vinyl 12" (USA)
- Empires (Bring Me Men) (Sander Kleinenberg Audio Paranoid Club Mix) − 8:36
- Empires (Bring Me Men) (That Kid Chris Mix) − 8:56
- Empires (Bring Me Men) (Junior Vasquez "Bring Me Men" Anthem Mix) − 9:59
- Empires (Bring Me Men) (Illicit Siren Mix) − 8:55
Charts
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|+ Weekly chart performance for Empires (Bring Me Men) ! scope="col"| Chart (2002) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| scope="row"| US Hot Dance Music/Club Play (Billboard){{cite web |title=Lamya Chart History |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/lamya |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628145113/https://www.billboard.com/music/lamya |archive-date=28 June 2018 |access-date=12 August 2024 |website=Billboard}} {{small|Remix version}}
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