Anybody Listening?

"Anybody Listening?" is a song by progressive metal band Queensrÿche appearing as the last track on their 1990 album Empire. The song was released as the sixth and final single from the album.

"Anybody Listening?"
Single by Queensrÿche
from the album Empire
Released	February 1992
Recorded	Spring 1990
Genre	Progressive metal heavy metal
Length	7:41
Label	EMI America
Songwriter(s)	Chris DeGarmo Geoff Tate
Producer(s)	Peter Collins
Queensrÿche singles chronology
"Another Rainy Night (Without You)" (1991) "Anybody Listening?" (1992) "Real World" (1993)
Audio sample
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Empire track listing
11 tracks "Best I Can" "The Thin Line" "Jet City Woman" "Della Brown" "Another Rainy Night (Without You)" "Empire" "Resistance" "Silent Lucidity" "Hand on Heart" "One and Only" "Anybody Listening?"

The video was recorded at the last show of the Building Empires Tour in Spokane, and in and around the Deception Pass area.

Queensrÿche guitarist Chris DeGarmo wrote in the sleevenotes for the Japanese edition of the Empire album: "'Anybody Listening?' is basically talking about two things. First of all, it is talking about trying to find a freedom of soul. The second thing is about trying to pay attention to what it is that people are saying. It is asking that whether anybody really listening to what we are doing."

Geoff Tate said of this song in Metal Edge magazine, December 1990: "'Anybody Listening?', as the title suggests, people don't listen to each other, they just talk."

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Anybody Listening?"	7:40
2.	"Scarborough Fair"	3:48

Chart performance

Chart (1992)	Peak position
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[1]	16

Personnel

• Geoff Tate – lead vocals, keyboards
• Chris DeGarmo – lead guitar, backing vocals
• Michael Wilton – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Eddie Jackson – bass, backing vocals
• Scott Rockenfield – drums, percussion

References

1. "Queensryche Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved September 21, 2020.