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Don't Drop Bombs

{{Infobox song

| name = Don't Drop Bombs

| cover = bombsliza.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Liza Minnelli

| album = Results

| released = 25 September 1989{{cite magazine|date=23 September 1989|title=This Week - Releases|magazine=Record Mirror|page=39}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Synth-pop

| length = 3:34 (single version)

| label = Epic

| writer =

| producer =

| prev_title = Losing My Mind

| prev_year = 1989

| next_title = So Sorry, I Said

| next_year = 1989

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|xpbRfP1UwkQ|"Don't Drop Bombs"}}}}

}}

"Don't Drop Bombs" is a song by American actress and singer Liza Minnelli, released in September 1989 by Epic/ZEE 2 as the second single from her ninth album, Results (1989), produced by Pet Shop Boys and Julian Mendelsohn. It was popular on the club circuit, but failed to make the Top 40 in the UK, peaking at No. 46. The single would only find its way onto the US club scene as an import and via the DJ subscription remix services Razormaid! and This Is Only a Test.

Critical reception

Larry Flick from Billboard felt that the song "deftly straddles the line dividing high camp and pure drama".{{cite magazine|first=Larry|last=Flick|title=Dance Trax: Gangsta-Bop Hits The Spot; Divas Dance The Night Away|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1996/BB-1996-08-10.pdf|work=Billboard|date=10 August 1996|page=27|accessdate=1 December 2022|author-link=Larry Flick}} Dave Obee from Calgary Herald named it one of the "good moments" of the Results album.Obee, Dave (28 December 1989). "Recent Releases". Calgary Herald. Edwin J. Bernard from Number One described it as "aggressive Bobby O-type dance".{{cite magazine|first=Edwin J.|last=Bernard|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/57779449@N02/46792624204/in/album-72157707928884184/|title=Albums|work=Number One|date=11 October 1989|page=43|access-date=12 March 2023}} Siân Pattenden from Smash Hits declared it as "a disco stomper", adding, "Liza strides through this epic with so much gusto it leave you exhausted. All right, it does sound a tad like "Left to My Devices" but who cares? It's ruddy marvellous!"{{cite magazine|first=Siân|last=Pattenden|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/57779449@N02/37354213880/in/album-72157686040865672/|title=Singles|work=Smash Hits|date=4 October 1989|page=73|access-date=8 March 2023|author-link=Siân Pattenden}}

Music video

The accompanying music video for "Don't Drop Bombs", directed by Brian Grant was filmed at Shepperton Studios. It references other music videos and styles of the 1980s including Bananarama's "Venus", a touch of Michael Jackson towards the end, and even a reference to the Broadway Melody ballet from Singin' in the Rain with Gene Kelly and Cyd Charisse.{{Citation needed|date=July 2009}} Parts of the video were shot in black and white.

Track listings

  • 7" Epic / ZEE 2 (UK)
  1. "Don't Drop Bombs" (7") – 3:34
  2. "Don't Drop Bombs" (instrumental) – 3:39
  • 12" Epic / ZEE T2 (UK)
  1. "Don't Drop Bombs" (Extended Remix) – 5:53
  2. "Don't Drop Bombs" (dub mix) – 5:44
  3. "Don't Drop Bombs" (a cappella) – 3:40
  • 12" Epic / ZEE QT2 (UK)
  1. "Don't Drop Bombs" (Extended Remix) – 5:53
  2. "Don't Drop Bombs" (new 7" mix) – 3:39
  3. "Don't Drop Bombs" (percapella) – 3:40
  4. "Don't Drop Bombs" (a cappella) – 3:40
  • CD Epic / ZEE C2 (UK)
  1. "Don't Drop Bombs" (7") – 3:34
  2. "Don't Drop Bombs" (Extended Remix) – 5:53
  3. "Don't Drop Bombs" (a cappella) – 3:40

Charts

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!align="left"|Chart (1989)

!align="left"|Peak
position

align="left"|Finland (Suomen virallinen lista){{cite book|url=https://musiikkiarkisto.fi/oa/_tiedostot/julkaisut/sisaltaa-hitin.pdf#page=172|first=Timo|last=Pennanen|year=2021|title=Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021|section=Liza Minnelli|page=172|publisher=Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava|location=Helsinki|access-date=3 July 2022|language=fi}}

|align="center"|10

align="left"|UK Singles (OCC){{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/13481/liza-minnelli/|title=LIZA MINELLI | full Official Chart History|website=Officialcharts.com|access-date=16 May 2022}}

|align="center"|46

References

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{{Liza Minnelli}}

{{Pet Shop Boys singles}}

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Category:1989 songs

Category:Liza Minnelli songs

Category:Songs written by Neil Tennant

Category:Songs written by Chris Lowe

Category:Song recordings produced by Julian Mendelsohn

Category:Epic Records singles

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