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"I Don't Like Mondays" is a song by Irish new wave group the Boomtown Rats about the Cleveland Elementary School shooting in San Diego. It was released in 1979 as the lead single from their third album, The Fine Art of Surfacing .
He was particularly struck by Spencer's claim that she did it because she did not like Mondays, and began writing a song about it, called "I Don't Like Mondays". [23] It was released in July 1979, was number one for four weeks in the United Kingdom, [ 33 ] and was the band's biggest hit in their native Ireland.
The Fine Art of Surfacing is the third album by Irish rock band the Boomtown Rats, released on 5 October 1979.The album peaked at No. 7 on the UK Albums Chart in 1979. [4]"I Don't Like Mondays" was released as the album's first single on 13 July 1979 and reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart. [4]
The single "I Don't Like Mondays" was released in July, [1] also reached No. 1 in the UK. [5] The song was written in response to a school shooting in California, and became a worldwide Top Ten hit, except for the United States. [8]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 14 February 2025. Irish singer-songwriter and political activist (born 1951) Bob Geldof KBE Geldof in 2009 Born Robert Frederick Zenon Geldof (1951-10-05) 5 October 1951 (age 73) Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland Occupations Singer-songwriter political activist Years active 1975–present Spouses ...
Dealing with death, as had "I Don't Like Mondays", the song tells the story of a glamorous debutante ('Diamond') who commits suicide and is remembered only for her low-cut dress. [4] Some of the staff of Duke Street Hospital, in Glasgow, filed a petition with the IBA and the BBC demanding that the song be banned due to the lyrics exploiting a ...
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I Hate Mondays may refer to: "I Hate Mondays" (song), a 2009 song by Newton Faulkner; I Hate Mondays ... I Don't Like Mondays", a 1979 song by The Boomtown Rats