Flag (Yello album)

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Flag
Yello - Flag CD cover.jpg
Studio album by
Yello
Released31 October 1988 [1]
Recorded1987–1988
Genre Synth-pop
Length49:01
Label Mercury (original US release)
Fontana (original UK & European release)
Vertigo (2005 CD reissue)
Producer Yello
Yello chronology
One Second
(1987)		Flag
(1988)		 Baby
(1991)
Singles from Flag
  1. "The Race"
    Released: 11 April 1988
  2. "Tied Up"
    Released: 28 November 1988
  3. "Of Course I'm Lying"
    Released: 23 March 1989
  4. "Blazing Saddles"
    Released: 21 August 1989
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]

Flag is the sixth studio album by Swiss electronic duo Yello, released in 1988. It features an eight-minute version of "The Race", the edited version of which reached number 7 in the UK Singles Chart in August of that year. "The Race" was used as a trailer for Eurosport, and the opening theme to the US quiz show It's Academic . [3] [4]

Contents

An early cut of the album was used as the soundtrack for the film Nuns on the Run and is played during many of the chase scenes.

Track listing

All tracks written by Dieter Meier and Boris Blank.

  1. "Tied Up" – 6:05
  2. "Of Course I'm Lying" – 5:56
  3. "3rd of June" – 4:50
  4. "Blazing Saddles" – 3:53
  5. "The Race" – 8:08
  6. "Alhambra" – 3:38
  7. "Otto Di Catania" – 3:20
  8. "Tied Up in Red" (CD bonus track) – 8:23
  9. "Tied Up in Gear" – 3:58
  10. "The Race (Break Light Mix)" *
  11. "Wall Street Bongo" *
  12. "The Race (12″ Mix)" *

(*) Bonus tracks on the 2005 remastered release

Chart performance

CountryPeak
position
[5] [6] [7]
Switzerland3
Australia [8] 94
Austria12
Sweden24
New Zealand33
United Kingdom56
United States152

Singles – UK Singles Chart / Millward Brown (United Kingdom)

DateSingleChartPosition
August 1988"The Race"The Official UK Singles Chart7
December 1988"Tied Up"The Official UK Singles Chart60
March 1989"Of Course I'm Lying"The Official UK Singles Chart23
July 1989"Blazing Saddles"The Official UK Singles Chart47

Personnel

Yello

with:

Production

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria) [9] Gold25,000*
Germany (BVMI) [10] Gold250,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [11] Silver60,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ↑ "New Albums". Music Week . 29 October 1988. p. 37.
  2. ↑ Flag at AllMusic
  3. ↑ "Yello". Archived from the original on 30 July 2013. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
  4. ↑ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine : Eurosport Trailer 5. YouTube .
  5. ↑ European charts
  6. ↑ UK chart
  7. ↑ Billboard chart
  8. ↑ "Chartifacts – Week Ending: 11 August 1991 (from The ARIA Report Issue No. 81)". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  9. ↑ "Austrian album certifications – Yello – Flag" (in German). IFPI Austria.
  10. ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Yello; 'Flag')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  11. ↑ "British album certifications – Yello – Flag". British Phonographic Industry.


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