28 July 1979 – The BOOMTOWN RATS Topped The UK Singles Charts With Their Dramatic Story ‘I DON’T LIKE MONDAYS’
28 July 2025
Irish rockers THE BOOMTOWN RATS led by charismatic frontman and Live Aid
organiser Bob Geldof hit the top spot of the UK Singles Chart with their classic
cracker I DON’T LIKE MONDAYS on this Monday 46 years ago.
It was their second UK No.1 single. Geldof wrote the song after reading a report on
the shooting spree of a 16-year-old girl named 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 full explanation for her actions was “I don’t like Mondays, this livens up the day.”
