FLAG DAY (SONG)

"Flag Day"
"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" 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

"Flag Day" / "Stand at Ease"

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

v t e 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"

v t e 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"