Welcome to Episode 1 of Bang! 101 Songs about Nuclear War from the 1980s.

In our first episode, "Welcome to the Red Skies...", we discuss the perennial classic, "Enola Gay" by OMD; Hot Chocolate's lesser known but super-cool "Mindless Boogie"; two wonderful songs that should have been much bigger hits in the UK - "Red Skies" by The Fixx and "Forever Young" by Alphaville; and Ultravox's darkly anthemic "Dancing with Tears in Our Eyes". Dave tell us why he made the list in the first place and Pank recalls, with fondness, "Not the 9 O'Clock News".

We hope you enjoy our first podcast. Do get in touch:

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Opening and closing music - (Waiting for the) Heatwave - Fay Ray. Appears courtesy of Fay Ray. Written by John Lovering.

Intro voice - Ritchie

Artwork - Rachel Malbon

Assistant Producer - Shivam Pathak

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