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'' (2015), it was re-recorded for the soundtrack to the 2016 film '' The Huntsman: Winter's War''. It was released on April 9, 2016, through

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as a single from the soundtrack as well as the fourth single from ''Badlands''. "Castle" was co-written by Halsey and the track's producer,

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. The song was used in commercials and in the teaser trailer to promote the film. The song has background vocals of a choir singing

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. She is singing about taking the throne and the kingdom are locked up, which is a reference to her album ''Badlands''.

Background

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Composition

The song is in a key of

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Music video

A "Behind-the-Scenes" video was released for the song on Halsey's official

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channel on YouTube on April 8, 2016, one day prior to the single's digital download release. Five days later, on April 13, 2016, the official music video was released on Halsey's Vevo account. As of June 2022, the music video has received over 72 million views on

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In the media

The album version of "Castle" was featured in TV shows '' The Royals'', ''

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'', and '' The Originals''. ''The Huntsman: Winter's War'' version of "Castle" was featured in TV show ''

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''.

Track listing

;Digital download #"Castle (''The Huntsman: Winter's War'' version)" – 4:20

Chart performance

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References

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