Flag Day was the first single released by The Housemartins

The Housemartins

The Housemartins were an English indie pop band that was active in the 1980s. Many of the Housemartins' lyrics were a mixture of Marxist politics and Christianity, reflecting singer Paul Heaton's beliefs at the time .-Formation:The band was formed in late 1983 by Paul Heaton and...

. Released in 1985, it peaked at #124 in the singles chart, and a re-recorded version of it appeared on the album London 0 Hull 4

London 0 Hull 4

London 0 Hull 4 is a 1986 album by The Housemartins. It was their first album and contains the singles "Flag Day" , "Sheep" , "Happy Hour" and "Think for a Minute" ....

. Flag Day also appears on the compilations Now That's What I Call Quite Good

Now That's What I Call Quite Good

Now That's What I Call Quite Good was the post-breakup greatest hits album from The Housemartins. It was released in 1988. As well as singles, the compilation includes various album tracks, B-sides and radio session recordings...

, Soup

Soup (The Housemartins and The Beautiful South album)

Soup is an album released in November 2007 by The Housemartins and The Beautiful South on Mercury Records. It is in effect a greatest hits album for both of the bands, the first seven tracks bracketed together as "The Housemartins Condensed" and the remaining fifteen as "The Cream of The Beautiful...

 and as a shorter live version on Live at the BBC

Live at the BBC (The Housemartins album)

Live at the BBC is a compilation album of live tracks recorded for the BBC between 1985 and 1987 by The Housemartins. While most of the tracks included are session versions recorded for various BBC radio shows, the disc also features a number of cuts from the band's performances in Nottingham and...

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The song was also sampled and used heavily on the dance music

Dance music

Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...

 track "Change The World" by Dino Lenny

Dino Lenny

Dino Lenny is a DJ, singer, music producer and label owner , known on the global dance scene for 20 years.Growing up playing in the biggest European clubs - Axis, Space, Amnesia, Goa, The Egg, Ministry of Sound – he gains success thanks to remixes and collaborations with Inxs, Planet Funk,...

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Single details

• 7" Flag Day / Stand At Ease (GOD7)
• 12" Flag Day / You / Stand At Ease / Coal Train To Hatfield Main (GODX7)