Enola Gay (song)

"Enola Gay"
Single by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
from the album Organisation
B-side	"Annex"
Released	26 September 1980 (1980-09-26)[1]
Studio	Ridge Farm Studio (Dorking)
Genre	Synth-pop[2][3] new wave[4]
Length	3:33
Label	Dindisc
Songwriter(s)	Andy McCluskey
Producer(s)	Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark Mike Howlett
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark singles chronology
"Messages" (1980) "Enola Gay" (1980) "Souvenir" (1981)
Music video
"Enola Gay" on YouTube

"Enola Gay" is a 1980 song by British band Orchestal Manoeuvres in the Dark and was the only single from their second studio album Organisation. It went to number 8 in the United Kingdom, number 1 in Spain, Portugal and Italy, number 14 in Ireland, number 31 in New Zealand, number 6 in France and number 47 in Australia.

Track listing

1980 original release

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Enola Gay"	3:33

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Annex"	4:33

The 12" single contained the same tracks as on the 7".

2003 remix 12"

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Enola Gay" (Dancefloor Killa Remix)	9:02

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Enola Gay" (dub remix)	6:57
2.	"Enola Gay" (radio edit)	3:05

2020 re-release 12"

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Enola Gay" (extended mix)	4:49

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Enola Gay" (slow mix)	4:05

References

1. Cite error: The named reference NZ was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
2. Houghtaling, Adam Brent (2012). This Will End in Tears: The Miserabilist Guide to Music. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-0617-1967-7. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) made the haunting shadows left behind by the flashburnt victims of the first atomic bombs into the synthpop hit 'Enola Gay', which imagines an eternal kiss that is 'never gonna fade away'.
3. Pirnia, Garin (12 June 2012). "Enola Gay". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 6 October 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
4. QUINN, COLE. "Songs so good, they make the album look bad". The Daily Evergreen.