Flag (Yello album)

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Flag is Yello's sixth original album, released in 1988 and featuring the eight-minute tour-de-force, "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.

An early cut of the album was used as the soundtrack for the film Nuns on the Run.

Track listing

• All Songs Written By Dieter Meier & Boris Blank. (Datasound, in Association with Axxis Musikverlag GmbH, subpublished by Warner-Chappell Music)

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

Country	Peak position
Switzerland	3
Austria	12
Sweden	24
New Zealand	33
United Kingdom	56
United States	152

Singles - The Official UK Singles Chart / Millward Brown (United Kingdom)

Date	Single	Chart	Position
August 1988	"The Race"	The Official UK Singles Chart	7
December 1988	"Tied Up"	The Official UK Singles Chart	60
March 1989	"Of Course I'm Lying"	The Official UK Singles Chart	23
July 1989	"Blazing Saddles"	The Official UK Singles Chart	47

Personnel

• Dieter Meier, Boris Blank: Vocals
• Billy Mackenzie: Backing Vocals
• Leos Gerteis: Clarinet
• Chico Hablas: Guitars
• Beat Ash: Drums, Percussion

Production

• Arranged, Produced, Engineered & Mixed By Yello
• Mastered By Kevin Metcalfe