Bombers (Tubeway Army song)

"Bombers"
Single by Tubeway Army
B-side
  • "Blue Eyes"
  • "O.D. Receiver"
Released21 July 1978
RecordedThe Music Centre, Wembley, 15 April 1978
GenrePunk rock[1]
Length3:52
LabelBeggars Banquet
BEG 8
Songwriter(s)Gary Numan
Producer(s)Kenny Denton
Tubeway Army singles chronology
"That's Too Bad"
(1978)
"Bombers"
(1978)
"Down in the Park"
(1979)

"Bombers" is the second single by English new wave band Tubeway Army, released on 21 July 1978, on Beggars Banquet.

"Bombers" is considered by some to be one of the most popular songs by Tubeway Army. The song enjoyed brief popularity in the '80s and is featured in several books cataloguing iconic songs of the period.[2]

  1. ^ Evans, Richard (6 August 2024). "1978". Listening to the Music the Machines Make: Inventing Electronic Pop 1978-1983. Omnibus Press. pp. 81–82. ISBN 978-1-915841-45-2.
  2. ^ Jancik, Wayne (2010). The Billboard Book of One-hit Wonders. Billboard Books. ISBN 9780823076222.