Flying the Flag (For You)
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Natalie Powers (top left), Russ Spencer (bottom left), David Ducasse (top right), Caroline Barnes (bottom right)
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| Single by Scooch | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| from the album Eurovision Song Contest 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Released | 30 April 2007 (digital download) 7 May 2007 (CD single) |
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| Format | Digital download, CD single | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Recorded | 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genre | Bubblegum dance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 3:04 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Label | Warner Bros. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writer(s) |
Russ Spencer Morten Schjolin Andrew Hill Paul Tarry |
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"Flying the Flag (For You)" is a song performed by British pop/bubblegum dance group Scooch.
The song was entered and won the British national selection competition for the Eurovision Song Contest, Eurovision: Making Your Mind Up in 2007, and subsequently represented the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki, Finland. The song came joint 22nd with a total of 19 points, the same score as France.
Scooch had reformed in hope of performing at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, and the song was specifically written for the Contest; Eurovision rules state that the song must be an original composition and released no more than seven months before the contest. Russ, as the captain, opens and closes the song with captain's announcements. Natalie and Caroline sing the vocals of the song, as David offers passengers confectioneries. The lyrics are heavily based on actual experiences of flying. The song contains a liberal amount of sexual innuendo, the most overt being "...and blow into the mouthpiece" and "Would you like something to suck on for landing, sir?" (the latter was omitted or changed for some tea-time television performances). The camp style was both praised and criticised - The Guardian noted that the song was, in terms of Eurovision, outdated and similar to Buck's Fizz's winning entry in 1981, while Tim Moore called the song "a fine song in Eurovision tradition".
The original music video was their final performance on Eurovision: Making Your Mind Up; Scooch recorded a new version once their contract with Warner Bros. had been signed. Following the lyrics, the second video starts with the quartet in the front of the aeroplane, with Spencer as the captain. The video continues with all of the members as stewards walking up and down the plane, with a cameo appearance from Sister Mary McArthur, who was invited to take part after the band saw her lip sync video. Later in the video each member of the band is seen dancing in front of the flags of selected countries that are all participating in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, in addition to the flag of the European Union.
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