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1988 studio album by Yello
Flag Released 1 November 1988 Recorded 1987–1988 Genre Synthpop Length 49 01 Label Mercury (original US release) Fontana (original UK & European release) Vertigo (2005 CD reissue) Producer Yello
"The Race "
"Tied Up"
"Of Course I'm Lying"
"Blazing Saddles"
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic [1]
Flag 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 [2] [3]
An early cut of the album was used as the soundtrack for the film Nuns on the Run
Track listing [ edit ]
All tracks written by Dieter Meier and Boris Blank .
"Tied Up" – 6:05
"Of Course I'm Lying" – 5:56
"3rd of June" – 4:50
"Blazing Saddles" – 3:53
"The Race " – 8:08
"Alhambra" – 3:38
"Otto Di Catania" – 3:20
"Tied Up in Red" (CD bonus track) – 8:23
"Tied Up in Gear" – 3:58
"The Race (Break Light Mix)" *
"Wall Street Bongo" *
"The Race (12 ″ Mix)" *
(*) Bonus tracks on the 2005 remastered release
Chart performance [ edit ]
Country
Peak[4] [5] [6]
Switzerland
3
Australia [7] 94
Austria
12
Sweden
24
New Zealand
33
United Kingdom
56
United States
152
Singles – 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 [ edit ]
Yello
Dieter Meier - lyrics, vocals
Boris Blank – music composition, arrangements, vocals on "Blazing Saddles"
with:
Billy Mackenzie – backing chorus on "Of Course I'm Lying" and "Otto di Catania"
Leos Gerteis – clarinet on "Otto di Catania"
Chico Hablas – guitars on "Otto di Catania" and "Tied Up in Gear"
Beat Ash – drums, percussion on 1, 2, 5, 8, 9
Ernst Gamper - cover
Production [ edit ]
Arranged, produced, engineered and mixed by Yello
Mastered by Kevin Metcalfe
Certifications [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine : Eurosport Trailer 5 YouTube
^ European charts
^ UK chart
^ Billboard chart
^ "Chartifacts – Week Ending: 11 August 1991 (from The ARIA Report Issue No. 81)" . Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA ). Retrieved 23 July 2016 .
^ "Austrian album certifications – Yello – Flag" (in German). IFPI Austria.
^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Yello; ' Flag' )" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie .
^ "British album certifications – Yello – Flag" . British Phonographic Industry .
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