Bomber (song)
| bomber | |
|---|---|
| Motorhead | |
| publication | 1979 |
| length | 3:43 |
| Genre (s) | Heavy metal |
| Author (s) |
Lemmy Kilmister Eddie Clarke Phil Taylor |
| Label | Bronze Records |
| album | bomber |
Bomber is a song by the British band Motörhead , which was released on October 27, 1979 on the album of the same name Bomber and on December 1, 1979 as a single . As one of the band's most famous songs, it also appeared on numerous live albums and compilations.
History of origin and publication
It is a song that was written and recorded by the band's then members, Lemmy Kilmister , Eddie Clarke and Phil Taylor . The title was inspired by Lemmy Kilmister reading the novel Bomber by Len Deighton . The book is about a bomb attack by the British Air Force on Germany, in which the British hit the wrong city. It was also the first song he wrote on a war theme. At the same time, the eponymous bomber became the model for the album cover by illustrator Adrian Chesterman, on which the band members are depicted in the cockpit of a German bomber from the Second World War, as well as for a twelve-meter-long lighting system in the form of a Heinkel He 111 bomber made of aluminum tubing , which for their Shows was used.
The entire album, including the single, was recorded at Roundhouse Studios and Olympic Studios in London. It was produced by Jimmy Miller for Bronze Records . The album was released on October 27, 1979, and the single was released in the UK as a 7 "vinyl single, with the first 20,000 copies printed on blue vinyl and records produced thereafter on black vinyl. As the B-side, the song became Over the Top , which was not originally on the Bomber album and was only added as a bonus track when it was re-released as a CD in 1996. The band promoted their release of the single with an appearance on the BBC television show Top of the Pops on December 3rd of the year.
Charts and chart successes
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Bomber reached position 34 in the British singles charts and was in the chart list for seven weeks. It became Motörhead's fourth chart hit at home and also represented the band's biggest chart success to date in the British single charts. Previously, Overkill had reached position 39, the highest chart rating. Bomber , however, was replaced by the follow-up single Ace of Spades , which reached position 13 at the time.
Further publications and cover versions
As one of the band's most famous songs, Bomber was a standard from the band's setlist and accordingly appeared on numerous live recordings and compilations by the band. Versions of the song appeared on No Sleep 'til Hammersmith , Everything Louder than Everyone Else , Live at Brixton Academy , Better Motörhead than Dead: Live at Hammersmith , The Wörld Is Ours - Vol. 2: Anyplace Crazy as Anywhere Else and Clean Your Clock as well on the video recordings The Birthday Party , 25 & Alive Böneshaker and The Best of Motörhead .
On the EP St. Valentine's Day Massacre released in February 1981 , the song was recorded and published by Motörhead together with the band Girlschool . This recording was also used for the 2009 computer game Brütal Legend . Other covers of Bomber came out in 1992 by the band Mudhoney , who used it as the b-side of the single Suck You Dry and on the album Piece of Cake , and of Onslaught with Tom Angelripper and Phil Taylor, who used the song on their 2011 album Sounds of Violence published.
supporting documents
- ↑ Kory Grow: Motorhead's Lemmy: My Life in 15 Snarls. on rollingstone.com, Aug 28, 2015; accessed on July 7, 2020.
- ^ Motörhead: Bomber model aircraft appears for the 40th album anniversary. metal-hammer.de, September 5, 2019; accessed on April 17, 2020.
- ↑ a b Single Bomber on discogs.com; accessed on April 17, 2020.
- ↑ Single Bomber, Limited Edition, Blue, on discogs.com; accessed on April 17, 2020.
- ↑ Back In Time: Motörhead performs “Bomber” on Top Of The Pops on rockandrollgarage.com; accessed on April 17, 2020.
- ↑ a b Motorhead. officialcharts.com, accessed April 20, 2020 .
- ↑ Kory Grow: Motorhead's '1979': How One Year Turned the Band Into Punk-Metal Gods. rollingstone.com, November 6, 2010, accessed April 20, 2020 .
- ↑ Onslaught feat. Phil Campbell and Tom Angelripper cover of Motörhead's 'Bomber'. whosampled.com, accessed April 20, 2020 .
Latest Members: Lemmy Kilmister | Phil Campbell | Mikkey Dee
Former members: Michael Burston | Eddie Clarke | Pete Gill | Brian Robertson | Phil Taylor | Larry Wallis
Studio albums: Motörhead (1977) | Overkill (1979) | Bomber (1979) | Ace of Spades (1980) | Iron Fist (1982) | Another Perfect Day (1983) | Orgasmatron (1986) | Rock 'n' Roll (1987) | 1916 (1991) | March ör Die (1992) | Bastards (1993) | Sacrifice (1995) | Overnight Sensation (1996) | Snake Bite Love (1998) | We Are Motörhead (2000) | Hammered (2002) | Inferno (2004) | Kiss of Death (2006) | Motörizer (2008) | The Wörld Is Yours (2010) | Aftershock (2013) | Bad Magic (2015)
Live albums, EPs and compilations: On Parole (1975/1979) | What's Words Worth (1978) | The Golden Years (1980) | St. Valentines Massacre (with Girlschool) (1981) | No Sleep 'til Hammersmith (1981) | Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers (1982) | Live (1983) | No Remorse (1984) | The Birthday Party - Tenth Anniversary (1985) | Nope Sleep at All (1988) | The Best of Motörhead: All the Aces (1993) | Everything Louder than Everyone Else (1999) | Best of Motörhead (25 Years) (2000) | Motörhead Going to Lulea (2000) | Blitzkrieg on Birmingham 77 (2001) | “25 & Alive” Böneshaker (2001) | Live at Brixton Academy (2003) | Stone Deaf Forever (2004) | Stage Fright (2005) | Inferno 30th Anniversary Special Edition (2005) | Better Motörhead than Dead / Live at Hammersmith (2007) | The Essential (2007) | The Wörld Is Ours - Vol. 1 (2011) | The Wörld Is Ours - Vol. 2 (2012) | Clean Your Clock (2016) | Under Cöver (2017)