| Bombers in the Sky | |
| Cover: | BombersInTheSky.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Thompson Twins |
| Album: | Big Trash |
| B-Side: | Big Trash |
| Released: | 1989 |
| Genre: | Pop rock |
| Length: | 3:49 |
| Label: | Warner Bros. |
| Producer: |
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| Prev Title: | Sugar Daddy |
| Prev Year: | 1989 |
| Next Title: | Come Inside |
| Next Year: | 1991 |
"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 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