When You Are a King

"When You Are a King" is a 1971 pop song by British band White Plains. It was written by John and Roger Hill, in contrast to most White Plains songs that were written by Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway. Roger Greenaway did produce the song. Releases and charts The song was released as a single with "The World Gets Better With Love" on its B-side. It was included as the title song in the When You Are a King album, released in the UK by Deram Records. It was included in the UK White Plains compilation album, My Baby Loves Lovin''' (1993; track #16). "When You Are a King" reached number 13 on the UK Singles Chart. In the Netherlands, it topped out at number 4 in the Top 100, 9 in the Top 40, and, in the year 2001, 844 in the all time Top 2000. It charted 100 in the Australian ARIA Charts.