when was i don't like mondays released
I Don't Like Mondays
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21 July 1979
`` I Do n't Like Mondays '' Single by The Boomtown Rats from the album The Fine Art of Surfacing B - side `` It 's All the Rage '' Released 21 July 1979 ( UK ) Format 7 '' vinyl Recorded Trident Studios Length 4 : 19 ( LP ) 3 : 47 ( single / video ) Label Ensign ( UK ) Columbia ( US ) Songwriter ( s ) Bob Geldof Producer ( s ) Phil Wainman The Boomtown Rats singles chronology `` Rat Trap '' ( 1978 ) `` I Do n't Like Mondays '' ( 1979 ) `` Diamond Smiles '' ( 1979 ) `` Rat Trap '' ( 1978 ) `` I Do n't Like Mondays '' ( 1979 ) `` Diamond Smiles '' ( 1979 )