Enola Gay

@sugarfish that's factually balderdash. NUCLEAR weapons weren't around until the 1950s, but even the atomic bomb (which is different) wasn't in Soviet hands until 1949, four years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Cold War arguably began when Truman walked up to Stalin at Potsdam and, in English, told him that the US had a functioning weapon of mass destruction, as if to gloat. Indeed, the dropping of those two atomic bombs was intended as a power play by the United States, but it was nothing to do with the Japanese surrender. 250,000 people died to boost Truman's ego. Even top US generals of the time admitted openly that the Japanese were on the verge of surrender before the atomic bombs were dropped, and that those atrocities were simply unnecessary. Whilst it is true that Japan failed to surrender until a few days later, you may want to check history for any surrender finalised within a day or two - it just doesn't happen unless the enemy literally knocks on your palace door and shoves the armistice in your face. It was common knowledge among leaders of the war effort on both sides that Japan was about to end the war, but Truman seized the opportunity before they had chance to get his fill of slaughter and bloodshed. There is no justification whatsoever for the events of the 06th and 09th August 1945 in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and that is what this song portrays perfectly. I absolutely agree with those other comments which highlight the appropriacy of an upbeat, synth dance track about such a devastating and at the time entirely repeatable event.

@Queenfan1991 No, the first nuclear weapon test was in the mid-1940s, not the 1950s.