It is now regarded as iconic, one of the signature elements of the song. People couldn’t comprehend how this strange song about a plane that drops a bomb could be a hit, but it became an absolute monster, selling five million copies across Europe. It seems ridiculous in this age of the X Factor and manufactured pop stars that anybody could, almost by accident, get a song to the top of the charts that they considered to be art - but that’s where we were coming from. We still close our gigs with Enola Gay, leaving the stage with the drum machine playing. I never understand bands who tire of playing their biggest hit, the song that’s been the key to their entire life.
