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"We Could Be Kings"
Single by KT Tunstall and A.R.Rahman
from the album Million Dollar Arm (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Released 12 May 2014 (2014-05-12)
Recorded January 2014
Genre World music
Length 3:08
Label Walt Disney
Songwriter(s) A.R.Rahman
KT Tunstall
Producer(s) A.R.Rahman

"We Could Be Kings" is a song by Scottish recording artist KT Tunstall and Academy Award winning composer A.R.Rahman for the film Million Dollar Arm. It was released on 12 May 2014. The song is the third soundtrack written and released by Tunstall after The Kid's "Boy", and "Miracle".

This new song confirms Tunstall's new orientation in music, so as she announced in an interview where she declared she wishes to take a musical break after Invisible Empire // Crescent Moon and write soundtracks for movies.

Background

After the release of "Made of Glass" in December 2013, Tunstall had announced she would take a break with her album-writing career, since her fifth studio album Invisible Empire // Crescent Moon was her most acclaimed album. In an interview, she said she wanted to take a break with her musical career, and that she was aiming at writing soundtracks for movies.

On 11 February 2014 the song "Miracle" is released for the Winter's Tale soundtrack. Tunstall declared she worked on another track with Rahman in January, the song "We Could Be Kings" is one of them.

On 14 May 2014 Tunstall posted the link for the new song on her Facebook account.

Composition

The song is a world music, Hindi inspired that fits with the theme of the movie where English lyrics sung by Tunstall is backed by Swaras thrown at high pitched vocals by Rahman.

KT Tunstall
Discography
Studio albums
  • Eye to the Telescope
  • Drastic Fantastic
  • Tiger Suit
  • Invisible Empire // Crescent Moon
  • KIN
  • WAX
Live albums
  • Live in London March 2011
  • Live Islington Assembly Hall
  • Live at O2 Shepherds Bush Empire
Other albums
  • KT Tunstall's Acoustic Extravaganza
EPs
  • Have Yourself a Very KT Christmas
  • The Scarlet Tulip EP
  • Golden State EP
  • Extra Wax
Singles
  • "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree"
  • "Other Side of the World"
  • "Suddenly I See"
  • "Under the Weather"
  • "Another Place to Fall"
  • "Hold On"
  • "Saving My Face"
  • "If Only"
  • "Fade Like a Shadow"
  • "(Still a) Weirdo"
  • "Feel It All"
  • "Invisible Empire"
  • "Made of Glass"
  • "Evil Eye"
  • "Maybe It's a Good Thing"
  • "It Took Me So Long to Get Here, But Here I Am"
Other songs
  • "Miracle"
  • "We Could Be Kings"
  • "Push That Knot Away"
  • "All or Nothing"
  • "Two Way"
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