"Flick of the Finger" is the first song from British band

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's second album, '' BE'', and the first song released from the album.

Background and release

The song features a guest appearance from

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who reads out a passage from

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's 1987 book, "Street Fighting Years: An Autobiography of the Sixties" (in turn quoting a, likely fictional,

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monologue from act 1, scene 23 of

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' 1963 play "

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") to close the track. The music video for the song was made available to watch on the band's official website along with stems files as

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s during the internet promotion. The stems were later released on Facebook and Twitter. The track debuted on Californian radio station

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on 4 April 2013. The official music video premiered on YouTube, on 11 April 2013. The remix of "Flick of the Finger" backed with the remix of "Soul Love" was released on 7" single limited to 1000 copies in 2014.

References

2013 singles 2013 songs Beady Eye songs Songs written by Liam Gallagher Songs written by Gem Archer Songs written by Andy Bell (musician) {{2010s-rock-song-stub