Talk:Enola Gay (song)

Latest comment: 5 months ago by 198.140.62.1 in topic bass guitar technique?

Is the song really anti-war? edit

I'm not sure calling the song anti-war is compatible with [McCluskey] hoped the track "conveyed an ambivalence about whether it was the right or the wrong thing to do".

The anti-war bit is completely unsourced as well, I believe. 194.80.232.68 (talk) 09:32, 17 January 2021 (UTC)Reply

"Anti-war" is now well-referenced. It was also described as such in an official press release for OMD's 40th anniversary re-release of the single.[1] Paulie302 (talk) 22:57, 18 February 2022 (UTC)Reply

No. 1 hit in Italy? edit

The previous no. 1 chart position given in this article, has been replaced with a no. 2 position based on an alternate data collector. However, that "Enola Gay" was a no. 1 hit in Italy is well-documented.[2][3][4][5] I have re-added the previous no. 1 placing, so we now have two Italian chart positions given until we can reach some kind of consensus here (if necessary). Thanks. Paulie302 (talk) 12:19, 4 June 2022 (UTC)Reply

The Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana (FIMI) did not exist until the 1990s, so that chart position can't be kept. However, until 1997, there was no official singles chart in Italy; instead there are three charts that are seen as authoritative for this period: Musica e dischi, TV Sorrisi e Canzoni and RAI. "Enola Gay" peaked at number 2 on M&D and number 1 on the other two (I will add these two peaks to the chart table). The song also topped the Italian chart published in Billboard, credited to Germano Ruscitto, who I believe was the Italian editor for Billboard (I'm not sure how reliable this chart actually is though). DPUH (talk) 15:39, 4 June 2022 (UTC)Reply

bass guitar technique? edit

I'd be interested to know why McCluskey in the video is playing bass guitar as if it were a rhythm guitar, and whatever sound is made by this doesn't seem to have made it onto the recording? 146.199.236.30 (talk) 12:44, 3 October 2022 (UTC)Reply

McCluskey's bass guitar was a left-handed one picked up second-hand that he used to play upside down. Visual padding probably. 198.140.62.1 (talk) 14:51, 7 November 2023 (UTC)Reply