"Atomic City" is the third single from former Frankie Goes to Hollywood singer Holly Johnson, from his 1989 debut album Blast. The track was produced by Dan Hartman. A video was created for the track as well as a remix video titled Enviro-mental 12" Mix, directed by Colin Chilvers. The track was recorded at Marcus Studios, London.

The song was written by Holly Johnson (lyrics) and Dan Hartman (music).

In the MCA press release for the Blast album, the release stated "Besides "Love Train" and "Americanos," key tracks include "Heavens Here" and "Atomic City."

The only song on Blast to be feature a writing credit to anyone other than Johnson, Hartman also produced five other tracks on the album.

In an interview with Johnson on memories of Hartman for Hartman's unofficial fan site, one question asked "When did you first meet Dan Hartman?", and Johnson replied "He came round to my house in London in 1988. To talk about producing tracks on my first solo album after I left Frankie Goes To Hollywood. I also appeared on the same bill as Dan earlier on a outdoor live TV event called Rock around The Dock in Liverpool 1986? I think-he performed I Can Dream About You. I still have it on video somewhere..." When asked "How did "Atomic City" come about?", Johnson revealed "I had all the lyrics and vocal ideas already sorted out but needed someone to sort out the structure, Dan came up with the funky bassline and made it work. He asked for 10% of the song!"

Upon the release of the Blast album, American newspaper The Age mentioned the song in a July 1989 review of the album, stating ""Atomic City" is very 'Frankie Goes to Hollywood'."

Upon the release of the Blast album, American newspaper Record-Journal stated "Some of the songs such as "Atomic City" are designed for the DJ's booth at the local disco."

In a 1989 review of the Blast album, Smash Hits stated "Most of the songs (all written by Holly alone except for the overblown Atomic City where tunesmith for hire Dan Hartman chips in) are routine efforts, not worth the obvious effort and enthusiasm he puts into singing them."

In April 1989, NME reviewed the Blast album, writing ""Atomic City" is a, er, blasting dance furore about having no ozone layer and seeing the air pollution from the power station, and so on. "Blast" mixes such nasties with disco exuberance and so it should be; Holly well knows that people get up and dance and get up and protest."

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