Definitely. The 1980 new wave classic by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark makes specific reference to the time the bomb detonated (8:15 AM) and the name of the device (Little Boy). With the Cold War arms race intensifying in the 1980s, songs about nuclear war were practically a subgenre of the era. Examples include melancholy tracks such as Sting’s “Russians” (1985) and Morrissey’s “Everyday Is Like Sunday” (1988) as well as unabashed dance numbers like “Enola Gay,” Fishbone’s “Party at Ground Zero” (1985), Nena’s “99 Luftballons” (1983), and Modern English’s “I’ll Melt With You” (1982).
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