Flag Day
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"Flag Day" is a socially conscious indie pop song by British band The Housemartins, known for its critique of charity and social inequality.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Flag Day canonical | 3 |
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | London 0 Hull 4 ⓘ |
| artist | The Housemartins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedAct | The Beautiful South ⓘ |
| chronologyWithinArtistSingles | early Housemartins single ⓘ |
| composer | Paul Heaton ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| format |
12-inch single
ⓘ
7-inch single ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock
ⓘ
indie pop ⓘ |
| hasBside | Stand at Ease ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
bass guitar
ⓘ
drums ⓘ guitar ⓘ |
| hasNotableLyric |
"It's not that you can't see the solution, it's that you can't see the problem"
ⓘ
"Too many Florence Nightingales, not enough Robin Hoods" ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
British society
ⓘ
charity ⓘ class inequality ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Paul Heaton ⓘ |
| lyricTheme |
critique of charity
ⓘ
hypocrisy ⓘ poverty ⓘ social inequality ⓘ |
| musicalStyle | socially conscious pop ⓘ |
| partOf | London 0 Hull 4 ⓘ |
| performer | The Housemartins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | John Williams (record producer) ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Go! Discs ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1980s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1985 ⓘ |
| tempo | mid-tempo ⓘ |
| vocalStyle | male lead vocals ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
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