Corridors Of Power first appeared as the B-side of the Sold Me Down The River single released on 11th September 1989. This track is also included on the Japanese only CD release of the Change album released in October 1989
1989 Skylight Suite, London recording
Running length 3:04
Written by Macdonald / Peters
Musician & Credits
Mike Peters – Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Dave Sharp – Electric Guitar
Eddie Macdonald – Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals
Nigel Twist – Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals
Mark Taylor – Hammond Organ
Tony Visconti – Backing Vocals
Recorded 21st May 1989 at The Skylight Suite, Wapping, London E1W, England
Mixed at Good Earth Studio, London W1D, England in June / July 1989
Produced & Engineered by Tony Visconti
Alternative studio recordings – Demo, Remastered, Re-imagined
Demo recorded between October 1988 – March 1989
(details tbc)
2000 Remastered
(details tbc)
2019 – Mike Peters presents The Alarm – Stream [Hurricane of Change] – Downstream disc
(details tbc)
Album appearances and discography for studio versions
All the following are Worldwide releases except where stated
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21st October 1989 : The Alarm – Change
Included only on the CD version released in Japan on I.R.S. Records – VDP-1507
Original 1989 recording 
1998 : The Alarm – the alarm.change.demos
Released on CD Red Dragon Record, catalogue number LC6448
Demo recorded between October 1988 – March 1989
2000 : The Alarm – Change [1989-1990]
Released on CD by Twenty First Century Recording Company, catalogue number 21C015 (CD)
1989 recording remastered
Appearing as part of the Alarm 2000 collection box set and then later as an individual disc
2000 : The Alarm – The Alarm 2000 collection sampler
Released on CD by Twenty First Century Recording Company, catalogue number 21C018
1989 recording remastered
1st October 2019 : Mike Peters presents The Alarm – Stream {Hurricane of Change} – Upstream disc
Released on CD by Twenty First Century Recording Company, catalogue number 21C112
2019 recording
Single Appearances and discography
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UK Releases :
11th September 1989 : 12″ Vinyl single – Sold Me Down The River
Track listing : Sold Me Down The River / Gwerthoch Fi I Lawr Yr Afon / Corridors of Power
IRS Records catalogue number EIRST 123
1989 Skylight Suite studio recording 
11th September 1989 : CD single – Sold Me Down The River
Track listing : Sold Me Down The River / Gwerthoch Fi I Lawr Yr Afon / Corridors of Power
IRS Records catalogue number EIRSCD 123
1989 Skylight Suite studio recording 
18th September 1989 : 10″ Vinyl single – Sold Me Down The River
Track listing : Sold Me Down The River / Corridors of Power / Gwerthoch Fi I Lawr Yr Afon / Firing Line
IRS Records catalogue number EIRS10 123
1989 Skylight Suite studio recording
Europe Releases :
September 1989 : 7″ Vinyl single – Sold Me Down The River
Track listing : Sold Me Down The River / Corridors of Power
IRS Records catalogue number 1C 006-24 1030 7
1989 Skylight Suite studio recording
September 1989 : 12″ Vinyl single – Sold Me Down The River
Track listing : Sold Me Down The River / Firing Line / Corridors of Power
IRS Records catalogue number 1C 060-24 1030 6
1989 Skylight Suite studio recording
German Release :
September 1989 : 3″ CD single – Sold Me Down The River
Track listing : Sold Me Down The River / Firing Line / Corridors of Power
IRS Records catalogue number CDP 552 24 1030 3
1989 Skylight Suite studio recording
Italian Releases :
September 1989 : 7″ Vinyl single – Sold Me Down The River
Track listing : Sold Me Down The River / Corridors of Power
IRS Records catalogue number 06 2410307
1989 Skylight Suite studio recording
September 1989 : 12″ Vinyl single – Sold Me Down The River
Track listing : Sold Me Down The River / Firing Line / Corridors of Power
IRS Records catalogue number 14 2410306
1989 Skylight Suite studio recording
USA Release
1989 : CD promotional single – Love Don’t Come Easy
Track listing : Love Don’t Come Easy / Corridors of Power / Working Class Hero
IRS Records catalogue number IRSD-017
1989 Skylight Suite studio recording
Officially released live recordings – Audio
All are Worldwide Releases on Twenty First Century Recording Company
(Except where stated)
20th August 2005. Recorded at Capitol Records Studio A, Los Angeles, California, USA
Running length 4:22
Performed by Mike Peters Solo acoustic.
Released on CD in 2005 as Alarmstock III Los Angeles – Set 2 When We Were Bullet Proof
Lyrics
Picture you on a pedestal
So avant-garde of mind
Standing in the last ditch
Where fallen heroes lie
Stand to the left of centre
Stand to the right sometimes
All good politicians
Speak in riddles and in rhymes
I’m looking under tables
I’m looking under chairs
Been searching for an answer
Been searching everywhere
Yeah
Day by day
Hour by hour
Who’s gonna fly my flag
In the corridors of power?
Your image is of virtue
Pure as driven snow
Your picture hangs in galleries
Your sin down in Soho
One day you’ll meet the keeper
The keeper of your soul
One day in the next world
Your secrets will unfold
I’m looking under tables
I’m looking under chairs
Been searching for an answer
Been searching everywhere
Day by day
Hour by hour
Who’s gonna fly my flag
In the corridors of power?
Day by day
Hour by hour
Who’s gonna fly my flag
In the corridors of power?
One day in the future
Like Andy Warhol said
“Everybody will be famous
For fifteen minutes” then
Day by day
Hour by hour
Who’s gonna fly my flag
In the corridors of power?
Day by day
Hour by hour
Who’s gonna fly my flag
In the corridors of power?
Power
Corridors of power
Alternative Lyrics
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Audio & Visual Sources
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(Page updated 22/04/2022)