The lyrics attack the decision to use the bomb, making use of sardonic black humour ('Is mother proud of Little Boy today?') and suggesting that the bombing was unnec essar y ('It shouldn't ever have to end this way'). The song is named after the aeroplane, a USAAF B-29 Super fortr ess called Enola Gay (named after its pilot's mother) which dropped 'Little Boy' the first atomic bomb to be used in an act of War on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945, to bring an end to the Second World War. več 'Enola Gay' is a song by British synthpop band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD).

The electronic beats which open the track and are later accompanied by organic drums were created using the Disco-2 preset on the popular Roland CR-78 drum machine, as demonstrated at 3:52 in the video below: Credits.

Enola Gay (OMD vs Sash Radio Edit) by Sash (1998) Electronic / Dance. The lyrics attack the decision to use the bomb, making use of sardonic black humour ('Is mother proud of Little Boy today?') and suggesting that the bombing was. Enola Gay (Sash Remix) by Sash (1998) Electronic / Dance. The song is named after the aeroplane, a USAAF B-29 Superfortress called Enola Gay (named after its pilot's mother) which dropped 'Little Boy' the first atomic bomb to be used in an act of War on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945, to bring an end to the Second World War. 'Enola Gay' is a song by British synthpop band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD).