On 6 August 1945, during the final stages of World War II, it became the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb. The Enola Gay is a Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber, named after Enola Gay Tibbets, the mother of the pilot, Colonel Paul Tibbets. (P) 1980 The copyright in this audiovisual recording is owned by Virgin Records Ltd The Black Eyed Peas Songs - Let's Get It Started L.Music video by Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark performing Enola Gay.Boston Songs - If You Were In Love Lyrics.The Charlie Daniels Band Songs - Reflections Lyrics.Boston Songs - Last Day Of School Lyrics.Boston Songs - You Gave Up On Love (2.0) Lyrics.Superdrag Songs - I Guess It's American Lyrics.Boston Songs - Didn't Mean To Fall In Love Lyrics.Collective Soul Songs - Smashing Young Man Lyrics.Beyoncé Songs - God Made You Beautiful Lyrics.American Authors Songs - Believer Lyrics.All Time Low Songs - A Love Like War Lyrics.Brand New Songs - The Boy Who Blocked His Own Shot.One Direction Songs - Midnight Memories Lyrics.Avenged Sevenfold Songs - Radiant Eclipse Lyrics.Killswitch Engage Songs - The Hell in Me Lyrics.Manfred Mann Songs - Do Wah Diddy Diddy Lyrics.Lynyrd Skynyrd Songs - The Ballad Of Curtis Loew L.Broken Bells Songs - Holding On For Life Lyrics.Annie Lennox Songs - Little Bird Lyrics.All That Remains Songs - What If I Was Nothing Lyrics.George Michael Songs - Freedom '90 Lyrics.Aerosmith Songs - Monkey on My Back Lyrics.Tom Waits Songs - Romeo Is Bleeding Lyrics.Alcatrazz Songs - God Blessed Video Lyrics.One Direction Songs - Don't Forget Where You Belon.Michael Schenker Group Songs - Dancer Lyrics.Johnny Cash Songs - I See A Darkness Lyrics.Wednesday 13 Songs - I Walked With A Zombie Lyrics.Carl Douglas Songs - Kung Fu Fighting Lyrics.The Charlie Daniels Band Songs - The South's Gonna.Taking Back Sunday Songs - This Photograph Is Proo.Genesis Songs - I Know What I Like (In Your Wardro.Rex Smith Songs - You Take My Breath Away Lyrics.DAUGHTRY Songs - High Above The Ground Lyrics.Carpenters Songs - Only Yesterday Lyrics.DAUGHTRY Songs - Long Live Rock & Roll Lyrics.Genesis Songs - Tonight, Tonight, Tonight Lyrics.Breaking Benjamin Songs - Forget It Lyrics.Fear Factory Songs - Cyber Waste Lyrics.Bullet for My Valentine Songs - Raising Hell Lyrics.Pink Floyd Songs - Biding My Time Lyrics.Black Light Burns Songs - Scream Hallelujah Lyrics.Revolting Cocks Songs - Attack Ships On Fire Lyrics.The Poppy Girls Songs - The Call (No Need To Say G.Taking Back Sunday Songs - Set Phasers To Stun Lyrics.Paul Westerberg Songs - Waiting For Somebody Lyrics.Billy Joel Songs - The River Of Dreams Lyrics.System of a Down Songs - Prison Song Lyrics.Fifth Harmony Songs - Me & My Girls Lyrics.Stereolab Songs - Jenny Ondioline Lyrics.James Taylor Songs - A Junkie's Lament Lyrics.
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This was the first of 7 Top-10 UK singles for the group their only US hit was "If You Leave," which was written for the 1985 movie Pretty In Pink. OMD is the shortened form of the band's full name: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark.The most famous and influential single bomber was Enola Gay. Some even thought it was a coded message that we were gay. So why did the electronic music group OMD write a song about it? In our 2010 interview, we asked their lead singer Andy McCluskey, who replied: "Many people simply don't know what it's actually about. It was named after Enola Gay Tibbets, the mother of the plane's pilot, Paul Tibbets. The Enola Gay was the American plane that dropped the atom bomb on Hiroshima in World War II.OMD - Enola Gay Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos