Flexible Strategies (song)

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"Flexible Strategies"
cover of the UK 7"
Recorded by The Police
Released: 1981
Recorded: August 1981
Length: 3:42
Album(s): Message In A Box: The Complete Recordings
Label(s): A&M
Writer(s): Andy Summers, Sting, Stewart Copeland
Producer(s): The Police
Studio(s): Le Studio
Released as single? B-SIDE

"Flexible Strategies" is a song written by Andy Summers, Sting and Stewart Copeland and recorded by The Police in 1981.

About the song

The Message In A Box liner notes provide some information - apparently The Police were at Le Studio when the record company asked them to record a b-side. They did a ten-minute jam, and obviously some Andy overdubs to produce this song.

Personnel

Hugh Padgham is not credited as producer, it was probably Nick Blagona on the knobs.

Release History

Albums

Flexible Strategies appears on the following album releases:

Cover art Album title Release date Release country
Police-album-messageinaboxthecompleterecordings.jpg Message In A Box: The Complete Recordings 1993-MM-DD UK
Every Move You Make.jpg Flexible Strategies.jpg Every Move You Make: The Studio Recordings / Flexible Strategies 2018-11-16 UK

Singles

7" Singles

Cover art Catalog no. A-side song/B-side song Release date Release country
Police-everylittlethingshedoesismagic-am8174.gif AMS 8174 "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic"/"Flexible Strategies" 1981-MM-DD UK
Invisiblesun netherlands.jpg AMS 9203 "Invisible Sun"/"Flexible Strategies" 1981-MM-DD The Netherlands
Police-spiritsinthematerialworld-am2390.gif AM 2390 "Spirits In The Material World"/"Flexible Strategies" 1982-MM-DD USA

12" Singles

Cover art Catalog no. A-side song(s)/B-side song(s) Release date Release country
Stub.gif Catalog no. "A-side song"/"B-side song" (add more songs as necessary) YYYY-MM-DD Country

Awards, nominations, and certifications

Awards

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Year Winner Award Category
YYYY WINNER (album, song, producer, etc.) AWARD (Grammy, People's Choice, etc.) CATEGORY

Nominations

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Year Nominee Award Category
YYYY NOMINEE (album, song, producer, etc.) AWARD (Grammy, People's Choice, etc.) CATEGORY

Certifications

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Country Certifier Classification Certification
COUNTRY CERTIFIER (RIAA, IFPI...) CLASSIFICATION (Album, singles, foreign artist...) CERTIFICATION (Gold, Platinum, Diamond...)


Quotations and trivia

  • Sting: "We jammed it in ten minute when we were working on Ghost, in Canada."
  • Stewart: "Word came down from the marketing machine 'Create a B-side - today!' We walked over to the gear, strapped on, and played for 10 minutes. A disgrace."
  • Andy Summers: "The B side on the single " Every Little Thing", "Flexible Strategies", is a funk tune that's basically built around one chord, like an Am or something. I'm playing a hard funk rhythm, and then there's a long guitar solo that goes virtually all the way through the song, which is like totally against the harmony that's being played. It's sort of atonal. The sound is searing, and the notes are somewhere else. It's all like Ebs and Bs against an A chord and an F#. It just works really well, which I found interesting. In a way it seems to be the area James Blood Ulmer is moving into."

Alternative and cover versions

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See also

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External links

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References

source: Message In A Box liner notes, 1982-09 Guitar Player