The Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays (Official Video)

[@injanhoi1]

I've always thought of this as a good song, now after all these years, I'm 54 now, I think it's a great song!

[@tonybates9107]

Great song about a terrible event

[@adrianakarlapachecosanchez]

What a wonder and pretty man❤

[@klincheburan]

мне 56

[@natalian.587]

​What happened? ​@@tonybates9107

[@ChristineIschi]

I m 58 but no songs today have Word like this one to tell about à so sad event

[@MarinaArtDesign]

Zero comments on top explaining "the sad story behind the song" so here: According to Geldof, he wrote the song after reading a telex report at Georgia State University's campus radio station, WRAS, on the shooting spree of 16-year-old Brenda Ann Spencer, who fired at children in a school playground at Grover Cleveland Elementary School in San Diego, California, on 29 January 1979, killing two adults and injuring eight children and one police officer. Spencer showed no remorse for her crime; her explanation for her actions was "I don't like Mondays. This livens up the day". Geldof had been contacted by Steve Jobs to play a gig for Apple, inspiring the opening line about a "silicon chip".The song was first performed less than a month later.

[@stevey-uy1iu]

yes, but it was a look at the scottish murder of kids.....and it changed the world apart from america

[@MrJohnsolomon]

I think the lyrics explain the important bits of the story.

[@shaider1982]

Yup, was featured on an episodr of Deadly Women .

[@Daywalk3r]

Yeah, that was her chip that was overloaded. Just as sad of a story like Jeremy (Pearl Jam) He didn't killed others luckily, but also a sad story 😢

[@Jambarella]

Thanks for the insight!

[@Ursulauu]

Wow - that piano introduction by Johnnie Fingers deserves a 'like' of its own. 1979 was a great year for the Rats & for music.

[@HarrySwanson-ni9uu]

What a song with such an interesting backstory I absolutely love the lyrics

[@KaptainKlunk1]

Search for THE UNDERTONES .... DERRY. .. fergal sharkt lead singer..now some half cocked ecologist...😊

[@thechildhoodruiner15]

The Pumped Up Kicks of its time.

[@kabud7749]

actually, "pumped up kicks" is the "i don't like mondays" of it's time

[@saoirseculligan6789]

Yeah but Tate Langdon owns the song pumped up kicks

[@MagronesBR2]

Boomtown Rats walked so Foster The People could run

[@marnuscoreyempanadaslooseb6760]

TONY ABBOTT

[@misshantrope]

@@saoirseculligan6789 AS AN AHS FAN, YES I VERY MUCH AGREE

[@LPJack02]

RIP Garry Roberts (June 16, 1950 - November 9, 2022), age 72 You will be remembered as a legend.

[@robburns580]

that would be garrick

[@ashwilliams4989]

another victim of EJ 6795 series

[@michaelhoggarth89]

Mrs H 🇬🇧 ...I'm here in December 2024 anyone else..??? Classic unforgettable song..🎙🎶

[@traceymcintyre6265]

Me.

[@raymondfunnel6856]

This song had a story to it and is very haunting

[@nikolajankovic4381]

"May we meet again" 🕊 - Jasper

[@rubberkas2]

An absolutely brilliant classic masterpiece about a terribly sad event !!!

[@Ashery193]

Facts:This song is actually a true story 👌m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHiVkqd_ZdSJm5I

[@dansexton676]

Lol

[@AhmedMalaki]

Unfortunately that’s not the first time

[@evmac8110]

@@AhmedMalakithat was the first time

[@javiervaldes5112]

Hello, the guy with the keyboards, every time I listen to him, he surprises me more, because he is capable of making music with his feet. Wonderful! Peace and love for everyone.

[@skuhan]

I grew up in Asia where i still reside and i just used to listen to this song as it appeared on radio and the most catchy part was the piano. Never knew the history behind the song that time. Just thought it was unique.😊

[@rougeakane]

KZbin recommended this to me on a Monday. Well played, algorithm. Well played...

[@FerSpada]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@najae084_]

Recommend this to me because I watched Brenda Ann Spencer school shootout in early 1970's and she doesn't like monday.

[@janekerrigan3605]

@@najae084_ yes sir Bob wrote this song shortly after the shooting when she was asked why she did it she answered I don't like Mondays

[@spidey1753]

Very rarely do I actually laugh out load like I just did! Well done comment, well done!

[@giganick]

@@FerSpada N

[@tinietiptoes7682]

Johnny Fingers is absolutely sublime.

[@TrishGeary]

First heard this whilst sitting on a riverbank on the Blackwater River (Eire) fishing - after graduating as a teacher. Still love the track, and have requested it for my funeral - which will be held on a Monday - many years from now - i hope!!!

[@1993Bexy]

Can’t wait to see them live at Rewind Scotland 2024 at Scone Palace Xxx

[@padpaddeno9402]

I was in Ireland summer 79,this song was everywhere, even singing it in church, lol, 😁🇬🇧

[@davidodonoghue1092]

Be careful. That is the UK flag... A whole other country... Just saying ;)

[@kagenlim5271]

​@@davidodonoghue1092more of the fact that this is a song about a mass shooting

[@summerrr1]

@@davidodonoghue1092 Ireland is an island that is part British. He said he was in Ireland, not in the Republic. And you should know with a name like that.

[@noodlesthe1st]

37 years and nothing has changed.

[@garyproffitt669]

Well done Sir Bob Geldof from the son of a guy that did the art work to sell band aids platinum records for charity back then. And well done for sticking it to the rich at that corporate bash today I'm proud of ya man.

[@frostyguy1989]

Aw, that's not true. It's gotten worse!

[@ivyhockley5256]

Ha even worse now

[@lucahuman8827]

42 gotten worse

[@Boilingfrogg]

Go Brexit. 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@nataliejones5081]

Still gives me chills 44 years later

[@Яесть-р6г]

После чего?

[@Яесть-р6г]

Напишите перевод песни

[@BABYWOLF--1966]

I think that she is still IN JAIL 2024

[@thinkbig3384]

This track was life changing when it was released. We experienced something so new. And then we learned about the subject. The Rats were one of the first to sing / publicise tradegy. Complete respect x

[@colinmiles27]

UK #1 single exactly 40 years ago and still as relevant as ever.

[@cockoffgewgle4993]

How is it relevant? It's about an event which happened 40 years ago.

[@colinmiles27]

@@cockoffgewgle4993 Yes - a shooting in a school - which in the US continues to happen on a fairly regular basis even 44 years later.

[@e.j9932]

​​@@cockoffgewgle4993 because of similar events that are happening in the u.s

[@kagenlim5271]

​@@e.j9932iirc mass shootings have been on the uptick overall across the world, like even germany had a mass shooting

[@abbi3021]

My favourite song of all time, I listen to it multiple times every day and it never fails to give me goosebumps. Such a powerful song, will forever love it.

[@viciouscircle7802]

@@rocketscience4516 Probably better a psychologist cos psychiatrists just dole out the pills that help make some shooters tbf

[@susannebuchholz785]

Me,too! This song is timeless!✌🏻

[@melianhoover1910]

Are you serious? Multiple times?

[@ktcooki276]

😆

[@gand5231]

I play in shower before work and think, I don’t like Mondays

[@JaquieDanielsMusic]

Right from the moment I first heard this song I loved it - the arrangement and the topical story it tells made it stand out.

[@ShirleyRowarth-wn6xp]

It's Monday 1st July, 2024, here in the UK, and it's raining. I don't like wet Mondays! 😮

[@Josephbrownbear]

Trump ...lucky man

[@adrianakarlapachecosanchez]

❤ jajaja 😅

[@DesMurray-b2l]

Mondays is the worst day

[@ishikasingh1895]

Today is 2nd July and last month on 3rd of June i lost my dad. It was a Monday. He was 57 and bedridden since January. Everytime i hear this song i feel this strong connection to it with the huge pain in my heart

[@nazneensaleem7723]

Sorry for your lost may God continue to give you hope and braveness so you can fight more pain than anyone else!

[@verena9911]

Can we talk about how beautiful Bob was

[@helveeta]

I never thought he was that hot when I was younger but I can appreciate him now. Daaaaayum!

[@ILK97]

there is an actor i can't name right noe but he looks like Bob back in thr days.

[@declankessler8815]

this song is such a classic

[@nctpti2073]

Always loved this song. Brilliantly composed and well performed.

[@comicbookguygamecat]

This song is a masterpiece.

[@Rob-ox6sv]

sad story to the song r.i.p. those who died that day

[@probrogaming4113]

Poker Face so one like two people, people should talk more about the poor kids and the teacher who died in the dunblane shooting

[@xenon53827]

@@probrogaming4113 Dunblane? that was the last in the UK. The government banned handguns after that and it has never been repeated here. Maybe the US should do the same.

[@probrogaming4113]

@@xenon53827 ye exactly

[@waynemcdonnell910]

This song plays in my head every Sunday night

[@RK-zo9vs]

This has always been a favourite one of mine because I've never liked Mondays. Unfortunately I found out it is not just a song about people not liking Mondays because they had to be back at work.

[@DreamBelief]

I first heard this as a kid on the 2005 Live Aid DVD my father had. I've loved it ever since. I have autism, and sometimes it feels like that

[@Naturelover2]

Lyrics The silicon chip inside her head Gets switched to overload And nobody's gonna go to school today She's gonna make them stay at home And daddy doesn't understand it He always said she was good as gold And he can see no reasons 'Cause there are no reasons What reason do you need to be shown? I don't like Mondays (Tell me why) I don't like Mondays (Tell me why) I don't like Mondays I wanna shoot the whole day down The Telex machine is kept so clean And it types to a waiting world Her mother feels so shocked, father's world is rocked And their thoughts turn to their own little girl Sweet sixteen, ain't that peachy keen Now it ain't so neat to admit defeat They can see no reasons 'Cause there are no reasons What reasons do you need, oh oh oh oh? I don't like Mondays (Tell me why) I don't like Mondays (Tell me why) I don't like Mondays I wanna shoot the whole day down Down, down, shoot it all down And all the playing's stopped in the playground now She wants to play with the toys a while And school's out early and soon we be learning And the lesson today is how to die And then the bullhorn crackles and the captain tackles With the problems and the hows and whys And he can see no reasons 'Cause there are no reasons What reason do you need to die, die, oh oh oh? The silicon chip inside her head Gets switched to overload And nobody's gonna go to school today She's gonna make them stay at home And daddy doesn't understand it He always said she was good as gold And he can see no reasons 'Cause there are no reasons What reason do you need to be shown? I don't like Mondays (Tell me why) I don't like Mondays (Tell me why) I don't like I don't like (Tell me why) I don't like Mondays (Tell me why) I don't like I don't like (Tell me why) I don't like Mondays (Tell me why) I don't like Mondays I wanna shoot the whole day down Source: Musixmatch Songwriters: Geldof Bob / Geldof Robert / Geldof Robert Frederick Zenon I Don't Like Mondays lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Ltd.

[@vinnyvincent2862]

Nature lover ! Many Thanks ! 👍

[@SAHB]

Really I don't like Mondays still Because we have to go back to work and we will have to continue THAT

[@lotuselise4432]

Musk is doing it now.

[@lotuselise4432]

@@SAHB - Everyday dislike a Sunday for me, Morrissey.

[@blinkenschnaag777]

​@@SAHBWhat's a Monday? Is that some kind of strange creature?

[@Intelligenzbestie]

German teen magazine BRAVO commented in 1979: This song expresses exactly what many of us feel (spricht vielen von uns aus der Seele)..

[@DerDrako]

BRAVO was never about journalism for young people, but about how to get the pocket money of teenagers.

[@irone9143]

Apaan Monday good day

[@stevemoore1121]

Me right now

[@Romalvx]

Genius band. A song that sticks like superglue, it has been like this for forty years now

[@indisugartaufik]

i remember watched this video on MTV classic as a kid. RIP MTV.

[@jps-NL]

i remember the time that '' Music TeleVision'' really was about music!

[@Boilingfrogg]

Empty V

[@vickytate7132]

such a classic still gives me goosebumps after 38 years

[@TechNed]

It's a bloody masterpiece.

[@HarryBoSweets]

It’s still a bloody masterpiece

[@HeatherGardiner]

Age of #reason, maybe

[@haydomatt]

Come back Vicky

[@paulinvagny6848]

my favorite moment of the clip is here at 0:58 the schoolchildren who ask him the question and him insisting on his answer little by little, making an increasingly angry face while remaining calm all the same

[@vickytate7132]

This song still gives me chills after 37 years and I was only 5 when it was number 1 in the charts in 1979

[@georgiehenderson8750]

What????? 37 years!!! No way, this can't 😲be true. I was 6 years old.....when it came out, now if I do the math today, it has been 39 years....where did all those years go.... I start to sound like my grandma. I love that song and still hate Mondays. Have a great week, Vicky!

[@rjjcms1]

It went to number 1 in July that year,at the start of the school summer holidays,and stayed there for 4 weeks. I was 14 at the time,and though I had a great summer holiday overall,it started not so well with our school having a general crackdown on our unruly behaviour,in which a number of boys and one or two girls were expelled following a rather anarchic year. Some of the stunts we pulled were funny,one or two might not be believed by everybody on an internet comments section,but we drove several staff members nuts to the point of trying to scale down their having to supervise us :-o Needless to say details of our shenangians reached our homes in time for the summer holidays,and comeuppances were dished out according to the mores and attitudes of that past era. My parents much preferred to speak and reason with me and treat me more like an adult than discipline me,which I appreciated. But my part in the misbehaviour we were all involved in,a mixed school report and more deeds I was guilty of following my return home,particularly some involving the misuse of foodstuffs taken from the kitchen cupboards,combined to try their patience to the limit. So I got the riot act read to me by both of them individually,and received a punishment for once,the most of which was to do with parts of the hallways and stairs in our house,which were bare floorboards because although we'd been living there for more than 4 years no-one had got round to putting carpets or lino on them (!),(for a time there were some missing boards on the ground floor leaving gaps and holes into which the cats loved disappearing to explore on the off chance of finding any mice or something). I had a habit of cheerfully spilling drinks and cups of sugary tea on some of those floorboards in the hallways and on the stairs and then not bothering to ever clean it up. So I was down on my bare knees in one of the pairs of dinky 70s/80s shorts I used to wear most of the time in the summer months,with a bucket of soapy water and a scrubbing brush cleaning them :-( That was all done before too long,though,and mild compared to what befell one or two of my less fortunate friends. And I was still free to go out and stay out until dusk to,whether on my roller skates,playing tennis,swimming or to the cinema matinee/afternoon screening with my sister or whatever else I was doing,plus the usual plenty of family evenings out and day trips for a variety of things,visits to other relatives and away on holiday together for a couple of weeks later that summer.

[@Electronicmadness123]

:"c

[@DonDonLiom]

Why does everyone say it’s haunting what’s the story behind it if any could inform me thank you

[@richardbool4232]

They tried to ban it , the mother and father, but they failed.SO Glad.

[@steffanhoffmann1906]

Imo for it's content and the psychological evaluation? This is the greatest song ever written

[@Ethan243]

Since the Nashville shooting I can't get this song out of my head lol

[@千鶴-w3o]

私が最初に好きになった英語の曲。あの時、12才だった。日本人なので、英語の学習が始まった頃で、あまり意味が分からず、でも大好きな曲で、ラジオにリクエストしてた。今も好きな曲。名曲です。

[@ShuElegar]

I just discover this song in my timeline, and i immediately fell in love with it. I get it why this song became the first English song you love xD.

[@fiatkallesdotter]

Tragic and scary! Today, Monday Mars 27 2023 history repeats itself and make this song exactly as relevant again.. 44 years later... Im crying 😢

[@Яесть-р6г]

О чем речь?

[@notmomoayase]

same. 6 months later i'm still don't know what is this about

[@fiatkallesdotter]

@@notmomoayase How you mean, same? If you dont know whats the song is about I mean.. 🤔 You really dont know the story? Anyways, its about a tragic and troubled teen who took a gun and killed and injured teachers and kids at a school across the street of her home. Lots of police of course but there were also reporters from radio and they asked her why she did it.. Her answer was 'I dont like Mondays' Bob Geldoff (the singer of the band) heard the story live and he felt he just had to write a song about it ❤️

[@fiatkallesdotter]

@@notmomoayase her name is Brenda Spencer.. Her story is all over Internet

[@S_J_banana]

Shootings happen everyday so what

[@justinmatias6411]

One of the best songs of the 70s. Thank you, TBR.

[@estherthian-3802]

A true classic, ❤😮, takes you straight back to those boring Mondays and keeps you smiling as you look ahead waiting to die..........

[@ianroberthancox5954]

One of the greatest songs ever made ❤

[@nikkical1222]

I love how old artists are always so good at acting in their music videos, like the music and videos actually meant something to them and came from their own unique take on the world! 👌

[@TheMarcusrobbins]

Yeah, watch his face. It's stunning what he manages to say in the spaces between the words.

[@emilal]

They still do. It’s funny, because I actually thought Bob’s lip syncing was pretty overdone and bad here when compared to the stuff you see today.

[@nikkical1222]

It's not about the lip syncing guys! 🤣

[@aminahaggan6298]

I have loved this song for years. And just watched Lisbugs video and found the meaning behind behind this song.

[@aminahaggan6298]

Blu Hat yes

[@matthewtones118]

sad story behind this song

[@jackhanlon133]

Matthew Tones Yes a girl shot up the school including the principle, a couple teachers and some classmates just because she doesn't like Mondays, very sad that innocent people died because of this messed up girl.

[@Lspacehopper]

Julie Barnes It wasn't commemorating it. It was something unheard of at the time and now a regular thing in The US. Bob Geldof said the girl wrote to him and said she didn't regret what she did and thanked him for making her famous. Bob finds it hard to live with that.

[@sodaking6858]

Laura Jayne Paterson yea she loved the song and I'm sure if she could she would listen to it on a 24 hour loop he just wanted to point out the the problems modern life and social problems are leading to last I heard in 2005 she was denied parole and if she is still alive she would be 53

[@sodaking6858]

Lord Bjørn --__-- what ever

[@northerngamingdk3878]

Teachers?? She killed the principle and the janitor, and wounedd 8 students? No teachers, as what I read

[@elli875]

this is such a genius song one of my very favourites

[@tconnolly66]

Greatbsong and I've watched the boomtown rats live 3 x what a show they put on.

[@the-nomad]

Damn, takes me back... I remember listening to this for the first time, my mate Vince brought it over to play...gave me shivers down my spine, then was told what the song was about!

[@granfury1238]

Well, despite the story behind this song it is still a masterpiece which I could listen to all day

[@damienfaulkner7938]

I don’t understand why you say despite the social commentary only adds to its brilliance

[@Ashery193]

Facts:This song is actually a true story 👌m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHiVkqd_ZdSJm5I

[@somebody1828]

It's the story that makes it a masterpiece. It's just that the sheep society doesn't get it. They can't unite their positive feelings with their negative rational thoughts.

[@tsukishiro70]

No shit - I sang this as my party piece when out on Hallowe'en one year, doing what the Yanks call "Trick or Treating". Went down well. Lots of sweeties were acquired.

[@mtjoy747]

The best songs talk about the most difficult subjects, eloquently

[@peterconnolly76]

They were a great band , so many good songs .

[@grahamcheesman2252]

2 good songs

[@townsville1724]

42 years later and this song still has relevancy, sadly. Great tune, lyrics capture the senselessness that is still occurring... 'silicon chip gets switched to overload'... more relevant now than when it was written!

[@kurtpunchesthings2411]

as things stand Brenda Spencer is set to Shatter Records for longest prison sentence for a Female she's not even in her 60s and has been detained for 43 years now

[@shethingsd]

Definitely. TikTok and Instagram... I have no idea what is going on with youth these days. Those were not even imagined in the day of this song. It was unfortunately predictive of the youth and it's not getting better.

[@BruceLee-zd9bw]

This song was so unique back in the day, and it’s still as unique in 2023. That iconic piano opening, to the epic piano closing. What a masterpiece. Total respect to the band that have stood the test of time. I salute you. ✊🙏👏👏👏👏👏

[@TrueNeutralEvGenius]

Boomtown Rats are phenomenal. Bob Geldof has one of the most sublime and truthful songwritings along with Mike Scott, Pete Townseheld and Bob Dylan. Absolutely brilliant. I was so glad this song exists, it was expressing my feelings so well, which I had in the 90s. And quit nothing changed, since human nature don't change even in thousands of years.

[@isabellapompignoli3784]

Avevo 11 anni quando l ascoltai x la prima volta in Olanda e non era x loro così sconcertante !!!

[@annettebuckett5286]

I remember watching this song on Count Down when I was a young girl in Australia Bob geldof a great singer ❤

[@EARGASmickTRON]

The 100 . Jasper singing this song in the shower and asks if Monty wants a hug. LMAO 😂

[@titouanus]

😭😭😭

[@etitan1]

😭😭😭Yes

[@Bunny0PkirA]

I am here because of that

[@naimavassel4550]

Yes 😭😭

[@girosmeistras]

I was watching the 100 and just opened this song

[@bigdmac33]

Few songs in pop culture capture the mind of the school shooter as this one. Think of the senseless horrors that have been inflicted upon so many children since the Boomtown Rats first sang this. Those days seem almost innocent now.

[@LaWendeltreppe]

you're right. One cannot listen to this now, without thinking ahead to all the terrible shootings in schools. when it came out, my English wasn't good enough, so I always thought it was a song about not wanting to go to school on Mondays.

[@jacobcrabbe9011]

@Ana Martins isnt she free now or still locked up

[@jacobcrabbe9011]

@Ana Martins aww okay i swear i seen something about her getting released she must be trying to get out or something

[@markpurdie7608]

Spot on👍

[@MrJonno85]

Number 1 in UK forty years ago this month. The song itself is quite gentle and you wouldn't know what it was about without some background info - I certainly didn't at the age of nine.

[@miguelangelinojosa]

Que buen tema . Que gran recuerdo .cuando tenía 18 años. Gracias a la música.

[@pdmfuture53]

Listening to this Makes Mondays feel good

[@brigidcraig4280]

I can't stop playing this tune, Sir Bob is such a legend.

[@katoness]

Sir?? You would think an Irishman would have more cop on!!

[@hoddsy1]

Dam that takes me back to my childhood late 70s Middlesbrough UK

[@megangreensmith3973]

ayyy up the boro

[@TheRonantraftery]

Still sounds absolutely brilliant in 2019!!

[@sonnieM]

Also in 2022 👍🏻

[@johnbolton8606]

Also 2023

[@leelishman7137]

Reminds me of watching top of the pops on a thursday night,there was some great tunes back then in the late 70s-early 1980s. Sat there watching it with the whole family,parents moaning at the state if music! Love the ending of this,with the crescendo then the simple piano finish

[@suzannepitchford4558]

One of the best songs of its time.

[@irenemcquiggan5940]

Love this song played over and over again as good as the first time I heard it (love it ) ***

[@tracysweeney5404]

Wow.. 40 yrs ago.. And still eerie but brilliant 🤘

[@fordy2604]

43 years ago bro 1979

[@ozzie2612]

@@fordy2604 44 and still in prison not liking mondays

[@JX1900XJ]

On holidays in Tramore I remember rushing back from the beach to catch this on the campsite TV - TOTP. The anticipation and excitement, it felt personal, my tune.

[@tymonszt7772]

piekna muzyka łącze sie ze wszystkimi w bólu

[@stephenhancocks7261]

Saw them perform this last Friday at stone valley south. Was brilliant 👏

[@gretakournikova5031]

A great song from good old Bob...a classic... Bob has contributed to the world in charity for a cause and songwriting for other singers over the years..I think Bob deserves a merit for all the good things he has done...it's not easy living without one less daughter who sadly passed away a while ago..I am sure Bob was shattered and misses peaches very much..

[@letsrock72]

He has been given merit, he has an Honorary Knighthood and he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 and 2008.

[@daviddwyer5568]

Bought this when it first came out in '79. Still a fantastic pop song.

[@waterflows2569]

This didn't age well

[@thomasturner6980]

This is the 1970s version of Pumped Up Kicks

[@dr.emmettbrown5345]

I guess i belong to the 70s since i cant stand pumped up kicks

[@nuclearuranium235]

Thomas Turner No. Pumped up kicks is 21st century’s version of I don’t like Mondays.

[@tedmccarron]

This song was based on a 1979 school shooting.

[@madamebkrt]

*1980's Sorry...

[@Bruce-1956]

Thomas Turner, You mean Pumped Up Kicks (whoever they may be) are the later version of I don't Like Mondays.

[@shane2236]

What great memories in the 80s... gone but never forgotten!!!

[@markl8740]

1979 actually!

[@Regan743]

😂😂

[@MedusaLegend]

A team of girls sang this song at the talent show of our school. The students found it catchy either because they didn’t get the lyrics or because they didn’t know the story behind it. (I must precise we are in Belgium were we don't have the US ubran legends). But for the parents and judges, it was pretty awkward... I mean, singing this in the middle of a school...

[@reklessheart]

WHAT???

[@MedusaLegend]

@@reklessheart the more I think of it, the more I think that the guys who wants to be trolls at school should sing that.

[@fionamanson7682]

I bought this when I was 5, it resonated with me.

[@MedusaLegend]

the girls actually got a blame for the troll., but they are still the stars of the school, because now everyone knows what was hidden behind the lyrics.

[@thatcool-guyplays7831]

@@MedusaLegend omg what

[@isaacmutemi6101]

I just happened to remember this song... nostalgic. Guess it's coz today is Monday.

[@JohnofthefamilySmith]

I always hated Mondays.

[@zaqareemalcolm]

Father - I Don't Like Mondays Son - Psycho Killer Holy Spirit - Pumped Up Kicks

[@freddyagain3843]

December 18th 2020: Thanks God It's Friday ( John Denver) Weekend: Saturday Night (Herman Brood & His Wild Romance)

[@l0k0lightning51]

Hey, I have a question for you; What's the background story behind Psycho Killer? Is it based on a school shooting like what Brenda Spencer did or Columbine? If there is, please tell me about it

[@zaqareemalcolm]

@@l0k0lightning51 From what I can find, the song itself is just about a blank serial killer with no specific real life basis, although the idea of making a serial killer song was inspired by the character Norman Bates from Psycho. (who in turn was inspired by the real killer Ed Gein)

[@l0k0lightning51]

@@zaqareemalcolm Cheers for that

[@ivyhockley5256]

Idhbtfm choke XD

[@dj_grim]

It was 45 years ago today. And the USA have still not learnt.

[@inkognito1534]

As if school shootings only happen in the USA... are you living under a rock or is it selective perception? A very small selection: - November 20, 2006 Emsdetten/Germany - 37 injured - March 11, 2009 Winnenden/Germany - 15 dead - June 11, 1964 Cologne-Volkhoven/Germany - 10 dead, 22 injured - April 26, 2002 Erfurt/Germany - 16 dead - March 16, 2017 Grasse/France - 3 injured - April 2, 2024 Vantaa/Finland - 1 dead, 2 injured - February 3, 2014 Moscow/Russia - 2 dead - May 11, 2021 Kazan/Russia - 8 dead, 20 injured - October 17, 2018 Kerch, Russian-occupied Crimea - 20 dead, 40 injured - June 11, 2020 Vrútky, Slovakia - 1 dead, several injured - January 18, 2017 Monterrey, Mexico - 2 dead, several injured - March 13 2019 Suzano - São Paulo, Brazil - 7 dead, 16 injured - April 27, 2018 Mizhi/China - 7 dead, 12 injured - June 8, 2001Ikeda/Japan - 8 dead, 15 injured - October 6, 2022 Uthai Sawan/Thailand - 34 dead - March 30, 1997 Sanaa/Yemen - 8 dead - October 21, 2002 Melbourne/Australia - 2 dead, 5 injured - October 22, 2015 Trollhättan, Sweden - 3 dead - March 13, 1996 Dunblane, Scotland - 17 dead, 15 injured - August 19, 1987 Hungerford, England - 16 dead

[@kenofuro4123]

My dad’s sports teacher’s name was ‘Monday’, so he and his class used to sing this song whenever they had sports.

[@donlansdonlans3363]

Who names his child monday xD

[@unicornsprinkles3277]

@@donlansdonlans3363 might have been his last name

[@emmiekinsdazzles3040]

@@donlansdonlans3363 who names there daughter Wednesday morticia addams

[@richtofen4888]

@Ryan-Rami Ayoub Monday would also make sense then lmao what

[@alexlambert8226]

Definetly a lie 😂😂

[@MarkFalconer-sy7qe]

I am, it's still as good as when it was released and probably more relevant than ever, sadly!

[@rewster7]

This song forever makes me sad whenever I hear it.

[@gazzab3224]

Classic. I said it was a classic when it was released in 1979.

[@derrotepaul3485]

I saw Bob in the live concert, ist was terrific. What an Icon !🎸⚡️🇬🇧🇩🇪

[@GoodMrDawes]

When you compose a modern classic like this, just sit back, nothing left to prove musically. Clever Cats

[@eswakya3540]

「映像の世紀　バタフライエフェクト」 から来たよん！ やっぱり月曜日って憂鬱になりますね… ちなみにエスワキャは月曜日より、 火曜日の方が大嫌いです…

[@muradtalukdar4401]

It looks like it was partly shot in Father Ted's living room.

[@bigc7326]

Hahaha, it so does, hahaha

[@vashvaama8822]

Murad Talukdar do you live In Kolkata

[@ScabbyCrab]

Yeah and I think it's father jack singing.

[@skipraida5497]

More tea father...

[@Robin814]

Wow! It’s uncanny.

[@Tboi2206]

RIP Peaches.

[@begoodjohnny1866]

Tobi Areje Peaches come from a can. They were put the by a man. In a factory downtown.

[@suilvenmountain2395]

she had a shit father

[@sodaking6858]

Suilven Mountain hey hey hey she could have had worse like Michael Jackson or if jimmy savile had any kids or bill Cosby

[@smallworldslife4470]

no she never rofl?

[@WedgePee]

I remember hearing the news even though I didn’t have a clue who she even was. I am now the age she passed at.

[@janne-pekkahuuhtanen4691]

This is most beautiful and most sad song ever. Janne Huuhtanen Turku, Finland

[@franciscojaviergonzalez7616]

Muchas gracias Bob por haber aportado una de las canciones mas geniales a la banda sonora de mi adolescencia. Agradecido por y para siempre. Great.

[@antoniomadrid1468]

Brenda Spencer una niña asesina de 13 años ,que mato con un rifle en un colegio a 4 personas 2 niños y 2 adultos y otros pequeños gravemente .La banda se inspiró en lo que dijo ella cuando el Juez le pregunto porqué lo hizo ella respondió "Porque no me gustan los Lunes .Al cual el tema lleva como título esas palabras.Fue condenada a cadena perpetua.

[@ТатьянаГолихова]

​@@antoniomadrid1468, она убила директора школы и охранника. Детей только ранила. Стреляла по ярким пуховикам , любуясь вылетающим пухом. Винтовку ей подарил отец .

[@antoniomadrid1468]

Sabes en que se inspiraron para crear esta polémica y trágica canción.?

[@leemsvg]

When I was little, I used to think this song was about Garfield... *Yeah.*

[@leemsvg]

@Gabriel Chaves "I don't like Mondays"

[@jankriz5544]

When i was little, i thought this song is about hating mondays

[@judithaefi1979]

my first thought as well...now all we need is a hit song about lasagna..😊😊

[@FinkerMcBinker]

@Gabriel Chaves you should be

[@fd7045]

No about a Girl that shoot her School because she hates Mondays.

[@lennart8082]

The 100 ? Jasper Jordan ? :'(

[@ezkibela]

Tell my why I dont like grounders

[@erickohlrabi6636]

The 100🙌

[@ABR-ke2xk]

Hi

[@jeremyheartriter2.063]

Yeah

[@yosefmahmoud3200]

Anche io/ hi

[@matthewbailes4388]

Just show in the darkness a classic can be born

[@isabellify]

This song is from the bottom to top a cultural masterpiece. Chapeau

[@WarriorsSon]

What gets me is after the first two times of being told that they don't like Mondays he is still surprised the 3rd time..

[@smoky3302]

If her father bought her radio as she wanted for Xmas inestad of gun this song will never be written.

[@kylie9687]

shreyansh patel pro and con Pro to what happened because we have this song Con because the ordeal happened at all

[@judy2381]

Kylie 96 how could you consider this a pro? it’s basically as though saying I’m happy this happened because we received a good song from it.🙄

[@shaunmowe8843]

judy abdelrahman cause it’s a tune

[@PopeUrbanX]

hold my flux capacitor

[@spiderj379]

its a good song

[@richardbool4232]

Bob Geldof Is A Legend, One of the best Punk Bands Ever, And this is one of their best songs.

[@JohnofthefamilySmith]

He is evil.

[@chrisdavies9390]

It's Monday During the 2020 lock down I am playing a song with the day of the week in it each day for our 7 year old foster daughter. Probably the best Monday song written. Thank you for the music Sir Bob