I Don't Like Mondays

song by Bob Geldof

"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.

"I Don't Like Mondays"
Single by the Boomtown Rats
from the album The Fine Art of Surfacing
B-side"It's All the Rage"
Released13 July 1979 (UK)[1]
October 1979 (US)[2]
RecordedTrident Studios
Length4:19 (LP)
3:47 (single/video)
LabelEnsign (UK)
Columbia (US)
Songwriter(s)Bob Geldof, Johnnie Fingers
Producer(s)Phil Wainman
The Boomtown Rats singles chronology
"Rat Trap"
(1978)
"I Don't Like Mondays"
(1979)
"Diamond Smiles"
(1979)
Music video
"I Don't Like Mondays" on YouTube
Audio
"I Don't Like Mondays" on YouTube

References

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  1. "Boomtown Rats singles".
  2. "Record World" (PDF). 20 October 1979. p. 36. Retrieved 12 December 2018.