Up All Night by The Boomtown Rats

Released in 1981 by Mercury & Columbia Records.

[ericfranklin]

Such a jam. Brings back high school memories of late insomnia fueled nights listening to KROQ.

[dynjarren]

This song should have been a big hit! It’s catchy and has a dance club Beat! Why it was ignored and missed the mark is beyond me! Somebody dropped the ball!

[samh]

Don't know why this song wasn't bigger this is fucking fire.

[tmmycheese]

When you here this from the Jim Rome show, that means the work day is almost over!

[Thejanjan]

They played this song on Sirius 33 and I couldn't believe that I'd forgotten about this one! I was only about 9 when it was out & I'd thought it was by Talking Heads (?!). Just learning all about this cool stuff that I didn't hear on "ordinary" radio stations but on this new one I'd heard about called CFNY... And my ears were glued to that station for the rest of the 80s.

[seppaku]

Post-punk perfection. It has it all. The video is pretty awesome too, Geldorf rolling around with some snakes. Reference to Joe in the middle is to Shoeless Joe Jackson, White Sox player accused of throwing the 1919 World Series.

[nr]

Live from Southern California… it’s the Jim Rome

[mudstaind]

All these mentions of Jim Rome, but it was Sublime’s “Don’t Push” that brought this song to my attention… a band that incidentally has a singer now named Rome 🤔

[catboyzee]

Jim Rome(sports media personality) brought me here.

[chrisvarosky]

War Van Smack & the XR4Ti for bringing me here!

[samh]

When I get off at 11 and get home at 11:30 and tell myself I won't stay up too late.

[Technosphile]

and now it’s time for the hu hu hu hu hu of the day

[markharrop]

This song wen Texas sports teams win will play this song

[TheMissingtime]

this is my first play, Idaho Falls y2k listener way too long

[gillyfromgreenbay]

Clones unite 2024 we still fucking going

[jackmehoffen]

Its a Ratt Trapp...& U been Caught!!