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"Bomber" | ||||
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Single by Motörhead | ||||
from the album Bomber | ||||
B-side | "Over the Top" | |||
Released | November 1979 (UK) [1] | |||
Recorded | 7 July – 31 August 1979 Roundhouse Studios Olympic Studios | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 3:43 | |||
Label | Bronze | |||
Songwriter(s) | Eddie Clarke Ian Kilmister Phil Taylor | |||
Producer(s) | Jimmy Miller | |||
Motörhead singles chronology | ||||
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"Bomber" is a song by the English heavy metal band Motörhead, recorded and released in 1979 (see 1979 in music). It is the title track to their album Bomber and was released as a single peaking at 34 on the UK Singles Chart.
The single was released in the UK by Bronze Records as a 7-inch vinyl single with the first 20,000 copies pressed in blue vinyl and thereafter in black. The band promoted its release with an appearance on the BBC TV show Top of the Pops on 3 December.[2]
On 13 April 2019, Motörhead re-released the original single of Bomber for the first time since 1979, along with the single edit of Overkill on picture disc as a celebration of the albums 40th anniversaries on Record Store Day.[3]