The SAD Story Behind the Song “I Don't Like Mondays”

Breaking down the story behind the famous Boomtown Rats song "I Don't Like Mondays".

0:00 I Don't Like Mondays
0:47 Who are the Boomtown Rats?
1:49 How the song was written
2:42 The reception of the song
3:37 Bob Geldof's views on the song and shooting
4:47 Summary

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[patrickshollywoodtv]

Great song. Geldof originally wrote this as a reggae song but it was dramatically changed shortly there after

[MFA]

The story is not hidden. It is right in the lyrics.

[toddhendricks]

It was because of the silicone chip inside her head. It got switched to overload they say.

[gianniyuma]

Great song and sadly the video states it about one of America's most tragic school shootings and in 2024 it is has been overshadowed by MANY other instances.
Home of the brave

[cristobalcardona]

At least something good came out of all the bad the person did!

[yizzeyk]

i like the song ...but not what it represents or Brenda spencer

[TheRealWinsletFan]

Um what? Everyone knows what the song is about. It's not a secret.

[ThePaddy]

Hardly a secret the lyrics pretty much say it’s a highschool shooting …. “And the lessen today is how to die”

[LarzGustafsson]

"Rat Trap" is a far better song. So is "Mary of the 4th Form" and "Do The Rat". To mention just a few.

[videoplusdvd]

“Although the band broke up in 1986, that didn’t stop the song being released in 1979”.

No, I guess it wouldn’t since the broke up seven years after it was released. This AI voiceover isn’t Artificial Intelligence, it’s Actual Idiocy.

[arminjehle]

It should be meant that it is an anti terror song. Nobody likes days like that one at which such terrible things happened
It should be a warning to like all days, because the are all made by the lord Jesus, so that it may prevent such terrible things.