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In my defence, I only remembered the melody and I didn't know the name of the song until I heard it again today.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enola_Gay_(song)

The lyric to the song reflects on the decision to use the bomb and asks the listener to consider whether the bombings were necessary ("It shouldn't ever have to end this way").[15] The phrase "Is mother proud of Little Boy today?", is an allusion to both the nickname of the uranium bomb and pilot Paul Tibbets naming the aircraft after his mother. The phrase, "It's 8:15, and that's the time that it's always been", refers to the time of detonation over Hiroshima at 8:15 am JST; as many timepieces were "frozen" by the effects of the blast, it becomes "the time that it's always been". It is identified as an "anti-war" track,[b] although McCluskey stated he "wasn't really politically motivated to write the song", which was informed by a fascination with World War II bombers. He hoped it "conveyed an ambivalence about whether it was the right or the wrong thing to do".

"Enola Gay" is popular with early home computer enthusiasts, being used in demos such as Swinth (Commodore 64).[73] Hackers have also enjoyed the song; it can be found as the "music bed" for numerous mega-demos and "cracktro" found on releases by warez groups like the Beastie Boys.[74] The song was featured in the 2015 film Ex Machina, a sci-fi thriller about the implications of artificial intelligence.

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[–] mr_anny@sopuli.xyz 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Well, the very name of the song is the name of the plane carrying the Little Boy to Hiroshima.

And it's the same for me too. Never knew the name of this song, nor listend to the lyrics even though I have heard it like million times.

This was a nice little TIL.

[–] Thorry@feddit.org 5 points 1 day ago

This is the song if people don't recognize it from the name: https://youtu.be/d5XJ2GiR6Bo

[–] Cherry@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Gonna be stuck in my head all day now…the tune that is.