Tell me why i don't like mondays song1/11/2024 This might seem like the wrong day to highlight this song. The January 29th, 1979 shooting was the first killing spree in the world conducted by a teen at a school and after she was arrested she famously told a reporter that she did it because "I Don't Like Mondays." She shot up a San Diego area elementary school, killing two adults and injuring eight children and one police officer. The song was co-written by Geldolf and fellow bandmate Johnny Fingers, after hearing about the shooting spree of 16-year-old Brenda Ann Spencer. singles chart was "I Don't Like Mondays," which only reached #79, although it went to #1 in about a dozen countries. Late by Bob Geldolf, the band's new-wavish sound combined with socially conscious lyrics hit quite hard in England, where Geldolf had famously written their first hit single while waiting at the unemployment office. While The Boomtown Rats were nothing much more than a footnote in the U.S., the band had a string of nine Top Ten hits in the U.K.
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