Though it only reached #73 on the US charts, it became a staple on FM radio, and remains one of those day-of-the-week songs that disc jockeys love. Released in October that year, the song shot to #1 in the UK. The title came from the teenage shooter’s stated motive for the killings.
By the time he got back to his hotel, Geldof had started writing the song. He noticed a breaking news story coming out of the Telex machine about a school shooting. “I Don’t Like Mondays” was born in January 1979, when Bob Geldof, lead singer of Irish pop band the Boomtown Rats, was in the US doing a radio interview. After all, you are echoing the words of a convicted killer. Laced with baroque piano flourishes and a call-and-response style chorus, the song is an earworm that makes you feel a little guilty for singing along. It may be the catchiest murder ballad of all time. Originally sung by The Boomtown Rats The Music
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