abstract:"I Don't Like Mondays" is a song by the Boomtown Rats that was a UK number one single for four weeks during the summer of 1979. Written by Bob Geldof, it was the band's second number one single.
They made history as the first Irish band to have a UK number one hit with Rat Trap and followed that up with another number one with I Don't LikeMondays, which was a hit around the world.