“Bombers in the Sky” by Thompson Twins

"Bombers in the Sky" was the second single from Big Trash, the seventh Thompson Twins album, following "Sugar Daddy" in 1989. Warner Bros. put it out in America as a cassette single, with promo-only 12-inch and CD pressings, and Gremlins 2: The New Batch used it, with clips of the film running through the video.

The critics couldn't agree. The Albuquerque Journal's Rick Nathanson heard a lullaby carrying a sinister nuclear warning, and the Palm Beach Post's Chuck Campbell liked its hammering beat. Tom Moon of the Philadelphia Inquirer called it a rewrite of INXS's "Guns in the Sky" minus the urgent rhythm guitar, while the Morning Call's Diana Valois rated it the only thing on the album worth hearing, even if it borrowed the Doors' "Riders on the Storm" all the way down to the rhythm of its title.

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