Flag (Yello album)


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.
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" – 8:23
  9. "Tied Up in Gear" – 3:58
  10. "The Race " *
  11. "Wall Street Bongo" *
  12. "The Race " *
Bonus tracks on the 2005 remastered release

Chart performance

Singles – UK Singles Chart / Millward Brown
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