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"Bombers" | ||||
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Single by Tubeway Army | ||||
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Released | 21 July 1978 | |||
Recorded | The Music Centre, Wembley, 15 April 1978 | |||
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Length | 3:52 | |||
Label |
Beggars Banquet BEG 8 | |||
Songwriter(s) | Gary Numan | |||
Producer(s) | Kenny Denton | |||
Tubeway Army singles chronology | ||||
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"Bombers" is the second single by Tubeway Army, released in 1978.
"Bombers" is considered by some to be one of the most popular songs by Tubeway Army, a punk band popular in the '70s and '80s. The song enjoyed brief popularity in the '80s and is featured in several books cataloging iconic songs of the period. [1]
The song is in a somewhat more conventional rock style than their punk-oriented debut, " That's Too Bad", and features sound effects simulating air raid sirens, dive bombers, and machine gun fire. Like its predecessor, the single earned indifferent reviews and failed to chart. It is one of the few recordings in his career which Numan did not produce himself.
The B-sides were "Blue Eyes", which harked back to the fast-paced punk style of "That's Too Bad", and "O.D. Receiver", a slower piece whose lyrics reflected a Burroughsian world of drug addiction.
All tracks on the original vinyl single were credited to 'Valerian', the name that Numan (born Gary Webb) had chosen for himself prior to Tubeway Army's début album; these would be his last releases using that nom de plume; henceforward he would call himself Gary Numan.
In his review for Record Mirror in October 1978, Robin Smith stated that "..the market for this sort of heavyweight monotony has died."
"Bombers" was later released as a gatefold with the single " That's Too Bad".
Six recordings of "Bombers" have been released:
![]() | The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's
notability guideline for music. (January 2015) |
"Bombers" | ||||
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Single by Tubeway Army | ||||
B-side |
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Released | 21 July 1978 | |||
Recorded | The Music Centre, Wembley, 15 April 1978 | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 3:52 | |||
Label |
Beggars Banquet BEG 8 | |||
Songwriter(s) | Gary Numan | |||
Producer(s) | Kenny Denton | |||
Tubeway Army singles chronology | ||||
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"Bombers" is the second single by Tubeway Army, released in 1978.
"Bombers" is considered by some to be one of the most popular songs by Tubeway Army, a punk band popular in the '70s and '80s. The song enjoyed brief popularity in the '80s and is featured in several books cataloging iconic songs of the period. [1]
The song is in a somewhat more conventional rock style than their punk-oriented debut, " That's Too Bad", and features sound effects simulating air raid sirens, dive bombers, and machine gun fire. Like its predecessor, the single earned indifferent reviews and failed to chart. It is one of the few recordings in his career which Numan did not produce himself.
The B-sides were "Blue Eyes", which harked back to the fast-paced punk style of "That's Too Bad", and "O.D. Receiver", a slower piece whose lyrics reflected a Burroughsian world of drug addiction.
All tracks on the original vinyl single were credited to 'Valerian', the name that Numan (born Gary Webb) had chosen for himself prior to Tubeway Army's début album; these would be his last releases using that nom de plume; henceforward he would call himself Gary Numan.
In his review for Record Mirror in October 1978, Robin Smith stated that "..the market for this sort of heavyweight monotony has died."
"Bombers" was later released as a gatefold with the single " That's Too Bad".
Six recordings of "Bombers" have been released: