I Don't Like Mondays
| "I Don't Like Mondays" | ||||
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| Single by The Boomtown Rats | ||||
| from the album The Fine Art of Surfacing | ||||
| B-side | "It's All the Rage" | |||
| Released | 13 July 1979 (UK)[1] October 1979 (US)[2] | |||
| Recorded | Trident Studios | |||
| Length | 4:19 (LP) 3:47 (single/video) | |||
| Label | Ensign (UK) Columbia (US) | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Bob Geldof, Johnnie Fingers | |||
| Producer(s) | Phil Wainman | |||
| The Boomtown Rats singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "I Don't Like Mondays" on YouTube | ||||
| Audio | ||||
| "I Don't Like Mondays" on YouTube | ||||
"I Don't Like Mondays" is a 1979 song by Irish new wave band The Boomtown Rats. It is the leading single from their third studio album The Fine Art of Surfacing. It went to number 1 in the United Kingdom, South Africa, Australia and Ireland, number 73 in the United States, number 3 in New Zealand, Norway and Belgium, number 4 in Canada and number 2 in Sweden and the Netherlands. It has covered live by Bon Jovi and was covered by Tori Amos for her concept album Strange Little Girls.
References
- ↑ "Boomtown Rats singles".
- ↑ "Record World" (PDF). 20 October 1979. p. 36. Retrieved 12 December 2018.