The song was a sleeper hit in the UK: it entered the UK Singles Chart at number 35, but proved popular with audiences and climbed 27 places over the next 3 weeks to reach a peak of number 8, thus becoming the group's first Top 10 hit in their home country. McCluskey has stated that the song is 'not a celebration' of the event, but hopes that it conveys 'an ambivalence about whether it was the right or the wrong thing to do.' Released as a single, 'Enola Gay' was an enormous success, going on to sell more than 5 million copies internationally. Written by frontman Andy McCluskey, it addresses the atomic bombing of Hiroshima during the final stages of World War II and references Enola Gay and ' Little Boy', the Boeing B-29 Superfortress and nuclear weapon used in the bombing, respectively. ' Enola Gay' is an anti-war song by British synthpop band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), released as the only single from their 1980 album, Organisation.
