They Said It Couldn't Be Done

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{{Infobox album

| name = They Said It Couldn't Be Done

| type = studio

| artist = Grandmaster Flash

| cover = They Said It Couldn't Be Done.jpg

| border = yes

| released = {{Start date|1985}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| genre = Hip hop

| length = 46:42

| label = Elektra
60389

| producer = Grandmaster Flash, Gavin Christopher

| prev_title = Greatest Messages

| prev_year = 1984

| next_title = The Source

| next_year = 1986

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = Pitchfork

| rev1score = 4.6/10{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/11751-the-message-they-said-it-couldnt-be-done/|work=Pitchfork|title=They Said it Couldn't Be Done|last=Richardson|first=Mark|date=July 14, 2005|accessdate=October 15, 2021}}

| rev2 = Record Mirror

| rev2score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite magazine|last=Reid|first=Jim|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/80s/85/Record-Mirror-1985-02-23.pdf|title=Albums: Grandmaster Flash – They Said It Couldn't Be Done (Elektra)|magazine=Record Mirror|date=23 February 1985|page=16|location=London|publisher=Spotlight Publications Ltd.|access-date=23 December 2023|via=World Radio History|issn=0144-5804|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623142118/https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/80s/85/Record-Mirror-1985-02-23.pdf|archive-date=23 June 2023}}

| rev3 = Smash Hits

| rev3score = 4/10{{cite magazine|last=Hocking|first=Josephine|url=https://archive.org/details/smash-hits-28-february-13-march-1985/page/n19|title=Albums: Grandmaster Flash – They Said It Couldn't Be Done (Elektra)|magazine=Smash Hits|location=Peterborough|publisher=EMAP National Publications, Ltd.|volume=7|issue=5|page=21|date=28 February – 13 March 1985|issn=0260-3004|access-date=22 December 2023}}

| rev4 = The Village Voice

| rev4Score = C+{{cite news|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist2.php?id=1963|title=Grandmaster Melle Mel and the Furious Five [extended]|newspaper=The Village Voice|accessdate=February 28, 2018}}

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}}

They Said It Couldn't Be Done is an album by Grandmaster Flash, released in 1985. It is his second overall studio album, and his first album credited solely to him following the breakup of the Furious Five due to the departure of rappers Melle Mel, Scorpio, and Keith Cowboy. For They Said It Couldn't Be Done, Flash signed with Elektra Records and retained the services of Rahiem and The Kidd Creole. New rappers Lavon (Kevin LaVon Dukes), Mr Broadway (Russell Wheeler), and dancer Larry Love (Larry Parker) were added. The album was re-issued on CD in the US for the first time on April 26, 2005 (DBK Works dbk514).

It was the first album the group released on a major label. It was produced by Gavin Christopher and Grandmaster Flash (the group). The album also included "Girls Love the Way He Spins", "Sign of the Times", "Paradise" and "Rock the House (Alternate Groove)". It was the first hip hop album released by Elektra Records.