Written by vocalist/bass guitarist Andy McCluskey, it addresses the atomic bombing of Hiroshima by the aircraft Enola Gay on 6 August 1945, toward the conclusion of World War II. ' Enola Gay' is an anti-war song by the English electronic band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), and the only single taken from their 1980 album Organisation. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark singles chronology
