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Queen of the Night
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Queen of the Night asked in Entertainment & MusicMusicOther - Music · 1 decade ago

When was The Boomtown Rats single, "I Don't Like Mondays", released?

...and did Bob Geldof acknowledge his debt to Van Morrison's "Wavelength" for the bit he lifted from that track?

Update:

OK, thanks for these. Ten points goes to the person who can give me an answer to the second part of the question!

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  • tickydicky
    1 decade ago
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    18 November 1978 on the album Rat Trap.

    Source(s): http://homepage.ntlworld.com/gary.hart/lyricsb/boo...
  • Bladette
    1 decade ago

    As a single 21st July 1979, although the album it featured on(A Tonic For The Troops) came out in June the year before.

    Source(s): wikipedia
  • duracell18
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    November 1978.

  • GoldBond
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    1979 - Geldof wrote the song after reading a telex report on the shooting spree of 16-year-old Brenda Ann Spencer, who fired at children playing in a school playground across the street from her home in San Diego, California. She killed two adults and injured eight children and one police officer. Spencer showed no remorse for her crime, and her explanation for her actions was "I don't like Mondays."

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  • Delboy
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    July 1979 . Don't know about the acknowledgement though !

  • lovemysport
    1 decade ago

    i hink its 1979.what an all time classic.will b on my greatest hits album

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