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"Bombers in the Sky" | ||||
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Single by Thompson Twins | ||||
from the album Big Trash | ||||
B-side | "Big Trash" | |||
Released | 1989 | |||
Genre | Pop rock | |||
Length | 3:49 | |||
Label | Warner Bros. | |||
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"Bombers in the Sky" is a song by Thompson Twins, which was released in 1989 as the second single from their seventh studio album Big Trash. The song was released as a cassette single in the US and also received promotional-only releases on 12-inch vinyl and CD. The song was featured in the movie Gremlins 2: The New Batch and clips of the film were used in the music video.
In a review of Big Trash, Rick Nathanson of the Albuquerque Journal considered the song to have a "lullaby feel" with a "sinister nuclear warning". [1] Chuck Campbell of The Palm Beach Post noted the song's "good, hammering beat". [2] Tom Moon of The Philadelphia Inquirer considered much of Big Trash to be derivative and felt that "Bombers in the Sky" was a "rewrite" of INXS's " Guns in the Sky" but "without the urgent rhythm-guitar pattern". [3] Diana Valois of The Morning Call felt "Bombers in the Sky" was the only song on the album deserving a listen and added "...as it should, having copped The Doors' ' Riders on the Storm' right down to the rhythm of the title!" [4]
Cassette single
12-inch promotional single
CD promotional single
Chart (1990) | Peak position |
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Australia ( ARIA Charts) [5] | 152 |