Flag Day | |
Cover: | Housemartins Flag day.jpg |
Type: | single |
Artist: | The Housemartins |
Album: | London 0 Hull 4 |
Released: | October 1985 |
Recorded: | 1985 |
Genre: | Indie rock |
Length: | 3:33 |
Label: | Go! Discs |
Next Title: | Sheep |
Next Year: | 1986 |
"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]
"Flag Day" / "Stand at Ease"
"Flag Day" / "You" / "Stand at Ease" / "Coal Train to Hatfield Main"