Enola Gay by OMD - Songfacts

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• ENOLA GAYORCHTRAL MANOVR THE DARKTRACK 1 ON ORGANISATN PRODUCED BYMIKE HOWLETT & ORCHTRAL MANOVR THE DARK“ENOLA GAY” IS A SONG BY BRISH SYNTHPOP GROUP ORCHTRAL MANOVR THE DARK. THE ANTI-WAR TRACK WAS RELEASED AS THE ONLY SGLE OM THEIR 1980 ALBUM ORGANISATN AND… READ MORE SEP. 26, 19801 VIEWER59.6K VIEWS49 CONTRIBUTORSENOLA GAY LYRICS[VERSE 1]ENOLA GAYYOU SHOULD HAVE STAYED AT HOME YTERDAYAH-HA, WORDS N'T SCRIBETHE FEELG AND THE WAY YOU LIEDTHE GAM YOU PLAYTHEY'RE GONNA END MORE THAN TEARS SOMEDAYAH-HA, ENOLA GAYIT SHOULDN'T EVER HAVE TO END THIS WAY[CHOS]IT'S 8:15AND THAT'S THE TIME THAT 'S ALWAYS BEENWE GOT YOUR MSAGE ON THE RADCONDNS NORMAL AND YOU'RE G HOME[INSTMENTAL BRIDGE][BRIDGE]ENOLA GAYIS MOTHER PROUD OF LTLE BOY TODAY?AH-HA, THIS KISS YOU GIVEIT'S NEVER EVER GONNA FA AWAY[INSTMENTAL BREAKDOWN]YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[VERSE 2]ENOLA GAYIT SHOULDN'T EVER HAVE TO END THIS WAYAH-HA, ENOLA GAYIT SHOULDN'T FA OUR DREAMS AWAY[CHOS]IT'S 8:15AND THAT'S THE TIME THAT 'S ALWAYS BEENWE GOT YOUR MSAGE ON THE RADCONDNS NORMAL AND YOU'RE G HOME[OUTRO]ENOLA GAYIS MOTHER PROUD OF LTLE BOY TODAY?AH-HA, THIS KISS YOU GIVEIT'S NEVER EVER GONNA FA AWAY14EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT
• OMD - ENOLA GAY LYRICS
• ENOLA GAY
• “ENOLA GAY” BY ORCHTRAL MANOVR THE DARK (OMD)
• "ENOLA GAY" LYRICS
• HOW WE MA: ORCHTRAL MANOVR THE DARK ON ENOLA GAY
• OMD RELEASE SPECIAL 40TH ANNIVERSARY EDN OF CLASSIC H, ‘ENOLA GAY’

ENOLA GAYORCHTRAL MANOVR THE DARKTRACK 1 ON ORGANISATN PRODUCED BYMIKE HOWLETT & ORCHTRAL MANOVR THE DARK“ENOLA GAY” IS A SONG BY BRISH SYNTHPOP GROUP ORCHTRAL MANOVR THE DARK. THE ANTI-WAR TRACK WAS RELEASED AS THE ONLY SGLE OM THEIR 1980 ALBUM ORGANISATN AND… READ MORE SEP. 26, 19801 VIEWER59.6K VIEWS49 CONTRIBUTORSENOLA GAY LYRICS[VERSE 1]ENOLA GAYYOU SHOULD HAVE STAYED AT HOME YTERDAYAH-HA, WORDS N'T SCRIBETHE FEELG AND THE WAY YOU LIEDTHE GAM YOU PLAYTHEY'RE GONNA END MORE THAN TEARS SOMEDAYAH-HA, ENOLA GAYIT SHOULDN'T EVER HAVE TO END THIS WAY[CHOS]IT'S 8:15AND THAT'S THE TIME THAT 'S ALWAYS BEENWE GOT YOUR MSAGE ON THE RADCONDNS NORMAL AND YOU'RE G HOME[INSTMENTAL BRIDGE][BRIDGE]ENOLA GAYIS MOTHER PROUD OF LTLE BOY TODAY?AH-HA, THIS KISS YOU GIVEIT'S NEVER EVER GONNA FA AWAY[INSTMENTAL BREAKDOWN]YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[VERSE 2]ENOLA GAYIT SHOULDN'T EVER HAVE TO END THIS WAYAH-HA, ENOLA GAYIT SHOULDN'T FA OUR DREAMS AWAY[CHOS]IT'S 8:15AND THAT'S THE TIME THAT 'S ALWAYS BEENWE GOT YOUR MSAGE ON THE RADCONDNS NORMAL AND YOU'RE G HOME[OUTRO]ENOLA GAYIS MOTHER PROUD OF LTLE BOY TODAY?AH-HA, THIS KISS YOU GIVEIT'S NEVER EVER GONNA FA AWAY14EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT

Songfacts®:The Enola Gay was the Amerin plane that dropped the atom bomb on Hiroshima World War II. It was named after Enola Gay Tibbets, the mother of the plane's pilot, Pl Tibbets.

Some even thought was a d msage that we were gay. The most famo and fluential sgle bomber was Enola Gay.

"The BBC misperceived "Enola Gay" as beg a homosexual love song and banned on the kids' show Swap Shop. Also had the knack for wrg chart-botherg and tchy sgl, none more so than Enola Gay.Wh s tle, and spiratn, taken om the name of the aeroplane which dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima Augt 1945, the song is most memorable for s tchy synth hook – somewhat at odds wh the sombre subject matter.

OMD - ENOLA GAY LYRICS

Such is Enola Gay’s stant appeal, has gone on to sell more than five ln pi.

In fact, was banned om beg played on the BBC children’s programme Swap Shop – not bee of the events referenced the track, but a bizarre misterpretatn that was promotg homosexualy.Here, Andy McClkey talks through the creatn of the ternatnal h which ntu to pose a moral dilemma… More ‘How I wrote’ featurReleased: 26 September 1980.

ENOLA GAY

I also had a fascatn for warfare, not a celebratory way but a sense that I was drawn by the horror of and the moral dilemma that people were allowed to do thgs war that were illegal at tim of peace.“If you’re terted Send World War aeroplan then ultimately you have to e to the one that effectively end the war, the B-29 Superfortrs the Enola Gay that dropped the atom bomb on Hiroshima.

I still have a rg br which has my not on the Enola Gay and I n see that I ed some of those not to help wh the lyrics.“The mic always has to e first wh Orchtral Manovr the Dark. The Enola Gay was Pl Tibbets’ mother’s name. It has a pth and a darkns and a requirement to ask yourself moral qutns.”Enola Gay was the only sgle om the OMD’s 1980 album Organisatn.

About“Enola Gay” is a song by Brish synthpop group Orchtral Manovr the Dark. Enola Gay is the name of Brigadier General Pl Tibbets’s mother.

“ENOLA GAY” BY ORCHTRAL MANOVR THE DARK (OMD)

The sgle reached ternatnal succs, managg to sell over 5 ln pi and beg one of the band’s signature a qutn about this songAsk a qutn *CredsRelease DateSeptember 26, 1980Songs That Sample Enola GaySongs That Interpolate Enola GayEnola Gay Live PerformancView Enola Gay samplTags. Enola Gay, you should have stayed at home yterdayAha words n't scribe the feelg and the way you liedThe gam you play, they're gonna end more than tears somedayAha Enola Gay, shouldn't ever have to end this wayIt's 8:15, and that's the time that 's always beenWe got your msage on the rad, ndns normal and you're g homeEnola Gay, is mother proud of ltle boy todayAha this kiss you give, 's never ever gonna fa awayEnola Gay, shouldn't ever have to end this wayAha Enola Gay, shouldn't fa our dreams awayIt's 8:15, and that's the time that 's always beenWe got your msage on the rad, ndns normal and you're g homeEnola Gay, is mother proud of ltle boy todayAha this kiss you give, 's never ever gonna fa awayTe to the spir of the 80's, O.

"ENOLA GAY" LYRICS

's (Orchtral Manvers the Dark) 1980 h "Enola Gay" is a bright, tchy, poppy some credibly dark and sister lyrics. The Enola Gay was an aircraft - the B-29 Superfortrs bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb on the cy of Hiroshima, Japan WWII on Augt 6, 1945. Enola Gay, the song, is "mother" - impregnated wh a "Ltle Boy" bomb that would go down Boy was the name of that nuclear bomb, which was ployed over the cy at 8:15 am that morng.

HOW WE MA: ORCHTRAL MANOVR THE DARK ON ENOLA GAY

Millns more suffered physil fects and ser illns as a rult of the droppg of Ltle Boy by Enola Gay was a huge mistake, and as the song suggts, the Enola Gay should have stayed home that day.

"Enola Gay" - O. Enola Gay.

OMD RELEASE SPECIAL 40TH ANNIVERSARY EDN OF CLASSIC H, ‘ENOLA GAY’

Enola Gay, you should have stayed at home yterday. Oho Enola Gay, shouldn't ever have to end this way.

Enola Gay, is mother proud of ltle boy today.

Enola Gay, shouldn't ever have to end this way.

Oho Enola Gay, should've fad our dreams away. About Enola Gay. "Enola Gay" is an anti-war song by the Brish synth-pop group Orchtral Manovr the Dark (OMD) and the only sgle om the band's 1980 album Organisatn.

"Enola Gay" has been scribed—along wh 1986's "If You Leave"—as OMD's signature song. Aha, Enola Gay, shouldn't ever have to end this way.

Enola Gay, is mother proud of ltle boy today?