Flag Day (song)

1985 single by The Housemartins

"Flag Day"

Single by The Housemartins
from the album  London 0 Hull 4
Released| October 1985
Recorded| 1985
Genre| Indie rock
Length| 3:33
Label| Go! Discs
Songwriter(s)| Paul Heaton, Stan Cullimore, Ted Key
The Housemartins singles chronology
|  | "Flag Day"
(1985)  | "Sheep"
(1986)

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"Flag Day" is the debut single released by British indie rock band The Housemartins. Released in 1985,[1] it peaked at #124 on the UK Singles Chart, and a re-recorded version of it appeared on the debut album London 0 Hull 4. "Flag Day" also appears on the compilations Now That's What I Call Quite Good, Soup and as a shorter live version on Live at the BBC.

The song was also sampled and used heavily on the dance track "Change the World" by Dino Lenny.[2]

## Track listing

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* 7"

"Flag Day" / "Stand at Ease"

* 12"

"Flag Day" / "You" / "Stand at Ease" / "Coal Train to Hatfield Main"

## References

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1. ^ "The Housemartins - Flag Day".
2. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Dino Lenny Vs. The Housemartins - Change The World. YouTube.

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The Housemartins

* Norman Cook
* Stan Cullimore
* Paul Heaton
* Dave Hemingway
* Ted Key
* Hugh Whitaker

Studio albums|

* London 0 Hull 4
* The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death

Live albums|

* Live at the BBC

Compilations|

* Now That's What I Call Quite Good
* Soup
* Happy Hour: The Collection

Singles|

* "Flag Day"
* "Sheep"
* "Happy Hour"
* "Think for a Minute"
* "Caravan of Love"
* "Five Get Over Excited"
* "Me and the Farmer"
* "Build"
* "There Is Always Something There to Remind Me"

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz work
* MusicBrainz release group

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