White Flag (song) "The Sopranos", "Tru Calling", "Cold Case", "Winners & Losers", and films "Perfect Stranger" and "Mommy". Carly Rae Jepsen performed a cover version of the song on "Canadian Idol". "White Flag" was written and produced by Dido, Rollo Armstrong and Rick Nowels. In the song, the protagonist is unwilling to give up, even if she knows her relationship is over. "White Flag" features "multi-layered" sound, delicate piano outro, and strings. The song is written in the key of F major (the verse starts on the minor parallel) with a tempo of 90 beats per minute, and Dido's vocals range from the
White Flag incident told Colvin that he had been assured by Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa of the surrendering combatants' safety, all they had to do was “hoist a white flag high”. Nambiar told her that the President’s assurance was enough and that his presence was unnecessary. At 1:06 AM on May 18, 2009, Nadesan made his final call to Tamil MP Chandrakanth Chandranehru saying they were walking towards the Sri Lankan military and, “I will hoist the white flag as high as I can.” According to witnesses, Nadesan’s Sinhalese wife was among the front of the surrender party. Hours later, the Sri