White Flag (original version with solo string intro)

Name: White Flag
Duration: 4 min

~ Recording by Dido

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
1.1	White Flag	4:02	Dido	White Flag	Dido	Single	GB2003-09-01	Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment), Cheeky Records	82876546022
1.1	White Flag	4:02	Dido	White Flag	Dido	Single	GB2003-09-01	Cheeky Records	82876 56091 2
1.1	White Flag	4:02	Dido	Life for Rent	Dido	Album	AU2003-09-26	Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment), Cheeky Records	82876557422
1.1	White Flag	4:02	Dido	Life for Rent	Dido	Album	GB2003-09-29	Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment)
1.1	White Flag	4:02	Dido	Life for Rent (“Copy Control” CD; Matrix: “Sonopress 50831312/82876545982 01”)	Dido	Album	GB2003-09-29	Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment), Cheeky Records	82876545982
1.1	White Flag	4:00	Dido	Life For Rent	Dido	Album	XW2003-09-29	Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment)
1.1	White Flag	4:02	Dido	Life for Rent	Dido	Album	CA2003-09-30	Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment)	82876-50137-2
1.1	White Flag	4:02	Dido	Life for Rent	Dido	Album	US2003-09-30	Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment)	82876-50137-2
1.1	White Flag	4:00	Dido	Edgar Card Sampler	Dido	Album	AF2003-10-01 AL2003-10-01 (show 188 more) ZW2003-10-01	Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment)
1.1	White Flag	3:59	Dido	Absolute Music 44	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	SE2003-11-19	Absolute (compilation series brand used by Stockholm-based EVA Records)	AMCD 2044
1.1	White Flag	4:01	Dido	Bravo: The Hits 2003	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	-2003-11-28	Ariola (German label, used worldwide in the past)	82876 56494 2
1.1	White Flag	4:01	Dido	Bravo: The Hits 2003	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE2003-11-28	Ariola (German label, used worldwide in the past)	82876 56494 2
1.1	White Flag	4:01	Dido	Hits 57	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2003-12-01	BMG UK & Ireland	82876573832
1.1	White Flag	4:02	Dido	Life for Rent / No Angel	Dido	Album + Compilation	-2003-12-16	Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment)
2.21	White Flag	4:00	Dido	Hit Club: Very Best of 2003	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	BE2003	Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures)	9811840
1.1	White Flag	4:01	Dido	Life for Rent	Dido	Album	US2003	Classic Records (audiophile reissues), Rock the House	RTH 2015
1.1	White Flag	4:02	Dido	Life for Rent	Dido	Album	GB2003	Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment), Cheeky Records	82876545982
1.1	White Flag	4:02	Dido	Life for Rent	Dido	Album	ZA2003	Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment), Cheeky Records	CDAST (CF) 451
1.1	White Flag	4:01	Dido	Life for Rent / No Angel	Dido	Album + Compilation	-2003	Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures)	HDCD-693
1.3	White Flag	3:58	Dido	NRJ Hits 2003	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US2003		5050466 9522 2 6
1.18	White Flag	3:59	Dido	NRJ Music Awards 2004	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	FR2004-01-12	Sony Music Media, Universal Licensing Music (U.L.M), Virgin EMI Strategic Marketing	7243 596939 2 7
1.3	White Flag	4:02	Dido	RTL Winter Dreams	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE2004-01-16	Ariola (German label, used worldwide in the past)	82876 58261 2
1.1	White Flag	4:00	Dido	Brit Awards 2004	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2004-02-09	BMG UK & Ireland	82876 590892
1.1	White Flag	4:00	Dido	Natural Woman: 40 Songs for the Life You Lead	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2004-03-08	BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation)	82876606672
1.12	White Flag	3:58	Dido	Ö3 Greatest Hits 25	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AT2004-03-08	EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)	7243 577352 2 3
1.2	White Flag	3:59	Dido	The Essential Acoustic Album	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2004-04-05	Sanctuary Records (UK 1996–present)	TDSAN010
1.6	White Flag	3:59	Dido	NRJ Music Awards 2004 (Edition limitée)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	FR2004-04-07	Sony Music Media, Universal Licensing Music (U.L.M), Virgin EMI Strategic Marketing	7243 596932
1.1	White Flag	4:03	Dido	New Woman: The New Collection 2004	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2004-08-02	EMI (EMI Records, since 1972), Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)	7243 8 64654 2 9, VTDCD 634
2.2	White Flag	4:00	Dido	Kuschelrock 18	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE2004-09-20	Sony Music Media	518018 2, SMM 518018 2
2.2	White Flag	4:00	Dido	Kuschelrock 18	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	CH2004-09-20	Sony Music Media	SMM 518548 2
2.2	White Flag	4:01	Dido	Knuffelrock 13	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	NL2004-10-11
1.7	White Flag	3:59	Dido	Die ultimative Chart Show: Die erfolgreichsten Sängerinnen & die erfolgreichsten Sänger	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE2004-10-18	Ariola (German label, used worldwide in the past)	8287665473 2
1.12	White Flag	4:01	Dido	¡Cuchá cuchá! La música que querés escuchar	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AR2004	BMG Argentina	8287 667324-2
1.11	White Flag	4:02	Dido	Feel Good Mix - The Best of 2004	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AU2004	Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)	5193542000
1.1	White Flag	4:01	Dido	Heaven 2: Plugged & Unplugged	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	NL2004	BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation)
2.2	White Flag	4:00	Dido	Kuschelrock 18	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	XE2004	Sony Music Media, Bertelsmann Club	5180182000, SMM 518018 2
1.1	White Flag	3:59	Dido	Now That's What I Call Music! Pop Hits	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	FI2004	BMG Finland Oy	828765929325
1.5	White Flag	4:01	Dido	This Love	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2005-01-29	Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008)	82876676652
1.12	White Flag	3:59	Dido	The Ultimate Acoustic Songbook	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2005-05-30	Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008)	82876704792
2.11	White Flag	3:58	Dido	Drivetime	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2005-09-26	Warner Strategic Marketing United Kingdom	WSMCD215
1.5	White Flag	3:59	Dido	Le Chant des rêves : Harmony	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	FR2005-11-28	EMI Music France (1994–2013)
1.5	White Flag	4:00	Dido	Lost Without You	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	SE2005	Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures)	982 935-5
2.11	White Flag	4:02	Dido	Beautiful Lovesongs	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2006-01-30	Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008)	82876774422
1.6	White Flag	3:58	Dido	Lazy Sunday	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AU2006-07-15	EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)	3 69388 2
2.6	White Flag	4:00	Dido	Herzberührt 02	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE2006-10-27	Warner Special Marketing (Germany)	5051011-7173-2-1
1.16	White Flag	4:02	Dido	You're Beautiful	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	CA2007-01-30	Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008)	05680
1.16	White Flag	4:00	Dido	Divas: A Definitive Collection of the Best Female Voices	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2007-11-05	Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008)	88697199752
2.15	White Flag	4:00	Dido	Absolute No 1s	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AU2007	Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008)	88697113412
1.4	White Flag	4:00	Dido	Kuschelrock: The Very Best Of	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE2008-03-07	Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008)	88697 17073 2
1.1	White Flag	4:02	Dido	Life for Rent (Sony Music)	Dido	Album	XE2008-10-03	Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment), Cheeky Records	82876545982
1.1	White Flag	4:00	Dido	Life for Rent	Dido	Album	-2008-11-28	BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation)
1.9	White Flag	4:01	Dido	Girls in the City	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2008	Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008)	88697313372
1.14	White Flag	4:02	Dido	Girls in the City	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AU2008	Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008)	88697358832
1.4	White Flag	3:59	Dido	Kuschelrock: The Very Best Of	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AT2008	Ariola (German label, used worldwide in the past)
1.6	White Flag	4:00	Dido	Singer	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2008	Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008)
1.10	White Flag	3:59	Dido	Kiss FM Kiss Night	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	ES2009	Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)
1.1	White Flag	4:02	Dido	Life for Rent	Dido	Album	XE2009	Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment), Cheeky Records, Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)	88697635632
2.18	White Flag	3:58	Dido	Die Hit-Giganten: Die Hits 2000–2010	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE2010-11-26	Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)	88697785432
4.11	White Flag	4:02	Dido	1000 klassiekers: De eindejaarstop van Radio 2, vol. 2	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	BE2010	Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)	88697807102
1.1	White Flag	4:00	Dido	Dinner Party Songs	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AU2010	EMI Music Australia (not for release label use!)	9057622
2.11	White Flag	4:00	Dido	So Fresh: A Decade Of Hits 2001-2010 Vol 2	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AU2011-05-13	Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)	88697894932
3.15	White Flag	3:58	Dido	Kuschelrock 25 (Weltbild Gold Edition)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE2011-09-16	Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)	88697 95316 2
3.15	White Flag	4:00	Dido	Kuschelrock 25	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE2011-09-23	Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)	88697 81646 2
3.15	White Flag	3:58	Dido	Kuschelrock 25 (Swiss Edition)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE2011	Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)	88697 81648 2
4.11	White Flag	3:59	Dido	Kuschelrock: 25 Jahre – Das Beste (Platin‐Edition)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE2011	Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)	88697 98766 2
3.16	White Flag	4:01	Dido	Knuffelrock 2012 – Jubileum‐Editie	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	NL2012-05-07	Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)	88697937642
3.12	White Flag (album version)	4:01	Dido	100x Winter 2012	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	NL2012-11-02	Universal Music B.V. (not for release label use! NL subsidiary of UMG)
1.15	White Flag	4:01	Dido	Absolute 00’s	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	SE2012	EVA Records (Sweden)	EVACD 4149
1.4	White Flag	4:00	Dido	Kuschelrock: Woman in Love (Special Edition)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	XE2012	Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)	88691 99934 2
4.18	White Flag	4:02	Dido	Radio 10 Gold: Top 4000	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	XE2012	Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)	88697987852
1.4	White Flag	4:02	Dido	Greatest Hits (deluxe edition)	Dido	Album + Compilation	-2013-11-22	RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)	G0100030432837
1.4	White Flag	4:02	Dido	Greatest Hits	Dido	Album + Compilation	XE2013-11-23	RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)
1.4	White Flag	4:02	Dido	Greatest Hits (deluxe edition)	Dido	Album + Compilation	GB2013-11-25	RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)	88883785222
1.4	White Flag	4:02	Dido	Greatest Hits	Dido	Album + Compilation	GB2013
1.4	White Flag	4:02	Dido	Greatest Hits (deluxe edition)	Dido	Album + Compilation	MX2013	Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)	888837852227
1.16	White Flag	4:03	Dido	Smooth FM: All Time Top 50	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AU2014-01-26	Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)	88843037722
1.16	White Flag	4:00	Dido	Het Beste uit Power Vrouwen Top 101	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	NL2014-03-07	Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008)
3.10	White Flag	3:59	Dido	Pure… 2000s Party	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	-2014-08-29	Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)
3.10	White Flag	3:59	Dido	Pure… 2000s Party	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AU2014-08-29		88875006222
1.46	White Flag	4:00	Dido	Coffeehouse Classics, Vol. 1	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	XW2015-09-04	Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)
3.15	White Flag	3:58	Dido	The Magical 2000s Sounds Good	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AT2015	Ariola (German label, used worldwide in the past)	88875148562
1.19	White Flag	4:01	Dido	Heartbroken	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2016-01-15	Sony CMG (subsidiary of SME UK, add only UK releases)
1.60	White Flag	4:00	Dido	Now That’s What I Call Brit Hits	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2016-03-25	NOW (bogus label; use the MusicBrainz Series instead)
2.4	White Flag	4:00	Dido	Litefm: Love Soundsation	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	-2016-04-04	Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)
2.4	White Flag	4:00	Dido	Litefm: Love Soundsation	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	-2016-04-04	Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)
1.18	White Flag	4:01	Dido	Ultimate...2000s	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	XE2016-10-21 GB2016-10-21 AU2016	Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment), Sony Music Media	88985370102
2.4	White Flag	4:00	Dido	Litefm: Love Soundsation	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	ID2016	Sony Music Entertainment Indonesia	88985309212
3.18	White Flag	4:00	Dido	Now That’s What I Call Brit Hits	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2016	NOW (bogus label; use the MusicBrainz Series instead)	CDNNNOW38
Promotion
1.10	White Flag	4:01	Dido	CMJ New Music Monthly, Volume 118: November 2003	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US2003-11	College Music Journal	CMJ-NMM118
1.13	White Flag	?:??	Dido	Arista Fall 2003 Sampler	Various Artists	Compilation	US2003	Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment)
1.1	White Flag	4:02	Dido	Life for Rent	Dido	Album	GB2003	BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation)
Bootleg
1.1	White Flag	4:01	Dido	Life for Rent	Dido	Album	-2003
1.1	White Flag	4:02	Dido	Life for Rent	Dido	Album	XE2003	Arista (fake label, for bootlegs/counterfeits/pirated releases only)
1.1	White Flag	4:01	Dido	Life for Rent	Dido	Album	-2003
1.1	White Flag	4:02	Dido	Life for Rent	Dido	Album	RU2003	Invisible Halahup	4600031010472
1.10	White Flag	4:02	Dido	Dido Greatest Hits	Dido	Album + Compilation	BR2007-11-23
4.17	White Flag	4:02	Dido	100 Most Beautiful Songs	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	RU2015
(unknown)
1.10	White Flag	4:00	Dido	40 Jaar Top 40: 2003–2004	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	NL2004	Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008)	5178327
1.14	White Flag	4:02	Dido	Verliebt in Berlin	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE2005-05-06
1.14	White Flag	4:01	Dido	les années 2000 (CD2)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	BE2010-03-29	Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)	88697158512

Relationships

additional recording engineer:	Grippa
recording engineer and mixer:	Ash Howes (British mixer, writer and musician)
programming:	Mark Bates (member of the band Dusted) P*Nut
producer:	Dido (English singer‐songwriter) Rollo (Rollo Armstrong of Faithless)
additional acoustic guitar:	Paul Herman
bass guitar and drums (drum set):	P*Nut
electric guitar:	Rusty Anderson
guitar and keyboard:	Rick Nowels
piano:	Mark Bates (member of the band Dusted)
lead vocals:	Dido (English singer‐songwriter)
conductor:	Gavyn Wright (UK violinist, conductor)
strings arranger:	Nick Ingman

phonographic copyright (℗) by:	BMG UK & Ireland Ltd. (holding company, do not add releases here) (in 2003)

edits:	White Flag (radio edit without solo string intro)

stream for free:	https://open.spotify.com/track/3adnLFXKO5rC1lhUNSeg3N [info]

recording of:	White Flag

White Flag

lyricist:	Dido (English singer‐songwriter)
composer:	Dido (English singer‐songwriter) Rick Nowels Rollo Armstrong

part of:	The Ballad of the Costa Concordia

White Flag (original version with solo string intro)

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