I wanna sho...ot the whole day down, down, down, Shoot it all down, hi-yea, hey-yam. Text accompanying the photos and songs was written by novelist Neil Gaiman . A recording of that performance appears on the 1982 album The Secret Policeman's Other Ball. Tell me why I don't like mondays. It was such a senseless act. Tell me why I don't like mondays. I Don't Like Mondays by Tori Amos. I don't like, I don't like, I don't like mondays. Watch the video for I Don't Like Mondays from Tori Amos's Strange Little Girls for free, and … Despite reaching number-one in the United Kingdom, it only reached number 73 on the US Billboard Hot 100. This was the band's final major appearance. It was the perfect senseless act and this was the perfect senseless reason for doing it. Listen to I Don't Like Mondays by Tori Amos, 22,540 Shazams, featuring on This Is Just a Tribute Apple Music playlist. And the journalists interviewing her said, 'Tell me why?' [8] Spencer's family tried to prevent the single from being released in the United States. On 9 September 1981, Geldof was joined on stage by fellow Boomtown Rat Johnnie Fingers to perform the song for The Secret Policeman's Ball sponsored by Amnesty International. Song information for I Don't Like Mondays - Tori Amos on AllMusic Down, down, shoot it all down. Tell me why, I don't like Mondays. And school's out early and soon we'll be learning And the lesson today is how to die. I don't like, I don't like, I don't like Mondays. I don't like mondays. Tori Amos
Miscellaneous
I Don't Like Mondays
The silicon chip inside her head
Gets switched to overload
And nobody gonna go to school today
She gonna make them stay at home
Daddy doesn't understand it
He always said she was good as … It was released in 1979 as the lead single from their third album, The Fine Art of Surfacing. [11] The song was played regularly by album-oriented rock format radio stations in the United States throughout the 1980s, although radio stations in San Diego refrained from playing the track for some years to respect local sensitivities about the shooting. This recorded performance features on Bon Jovi's live album One Wild Night Live 1985–2001, as well as on the bonus 2-CD edition of These Days. In the UK the song won the Best Pop Song and Outstanding British Lyric categories at the Ivor Novello Awards.[12]. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2001 CD release of "Strange Little Girls" on Discogs. At a concert in London in 1995, almost ten years later to the day, Bon Jovi covered the song after being joined on stage by Geldof at Wembley Stadium. I want to shoot the whole day down. A recording of that performance appears on the 1982 album The Secret Policeman's Other Ball. I want to shoot the whole day down. The album entered the charts at US No. Like most of Amos' albums, this one also features B-sides on its singles, but this time only two were released. The album's cover of "Happiness Is a Warm Gun" was translated into a discussion on the right to bear arms, and included sound bites from both George W. Bush and George H. W. Bush, as well as from Amos's own minister father. It was covered by Backlash [US], Bryant Olender, Who Hit John, The Cat and Owl and other artists. 1 Background 1.1 Character 2 Live performances 3 Personnel 4 References "I Don't Like Mondays" was written by Bob Geldof and originally recorded by his band the Boomtown Rats, first appearing on their 1979 album The Fine Art of Surfacing. Spencer showed no remorse for her crime; her explanation for her actions was "I don't like Mondays. Down, down, shoot it all down. Tell me why, I don't like Mondays. I dont like, I don't like, I don't like mondays. Tell me why I don't like mondays. I don't like, I don't like, I don't like mondays. I Don't Like Mondays by Tori Amos was written by Bob Geldof and was first released by The Boomtown Rats in 1979. And the playing stopped in the playground now, She wants to … [7] Geldof had been contacted by Steve Jobs to play a gig for Apple, inspiring the opening line about a "silicon chip". Amos received two 2002 Grammy nominations: Female Rock Vocal Performance for "Strange Little Girl", and Alternative Music Performance for the album. The complete short stories in which this text appears can be found in Gaiman's 2006 collection Fragile Things. Geldof himself performed a version of the song while hosting the Live 8 concert in London, on 2 July 2005. Daddy doesn't understand it; He always said she was good as gold. And all the playing's stopped in the playground now; She wants to play with her toys a while. And school's out early and soon we'll be learning I Don't Like Mondays Tori Amos The silicon chip inside her head Gets switched to overload And nobody gonna go to school today She gonna make them stay at home Daddy doesn't understand it He always said she was good as gold And he can see no reasons 'Cause there are no reasons What reasons do you need to be shown And Mother feels so shocked Father's world is rocked And their thoughts turn to Their own little girl Sweet 16 ain't that peachy keen No it ain't so neat to admit defeat, They can see no reasons Cos there are no reasons The telex machine is kept so clean and it types to waiting world. Tell me why, I don't like Mondays. And school's out early and soon we'll be learning I want to sho...ot the whole day down, down, down, Shoot it all down, hi-yea, hey-yam. I don’t like Mondays I want to shoot The whole day down. A fifth cover of the "I Don't Like Mondays" character was also issued in the UK and other territories. [6] I wrote that down. I read it as it came out. The album's greatest attention was garnered from Amos's cover of Eminem's "'97 Bonnie & Clyde", a rap song. [6] The song was first performed less than a month later. Release in standard jewel case with obi and Japanese lyrics insert, featuring '見本盤' ['Sample Copy'] promo text to disc face (in contrast to version 'Strange Little Girls' which features an obi sticker and the text 'Sample - Loaned' in English on the CD inner rim). I Don't Like Mondays Tori Amos The silicon chip inside her head Gets switched to overload And nobody gonna go to school today She gonna make them stay at home Daddy doesn't understand it He always said she was good as gold And he can see no reasons 'Cause there are no reasons What reasons do you need to be shown I don?t like Mondays I want to shoot The whole day down The telex machine is kept so clean and it types to waiting world. [citation needed]. Also see Camelot, duration, release date, label, popularity, energy, danceability, and happiness. A potom se rozbije zvonek a kapitán se toho chopí. Tell me why, I don't like Mondays. The album's 12 tracks are covers of songs written and originally performed by men, reinterpreted by Amos from a female point of view. 4, selling 111,000 copies, making it her third album to debut in the US Top 10, her second-highest debut in terms of sales,[12] and her best position in the US for almost six years. I don't like, I don't like, I don't like Mondays. Text accompanying the photos and songs was written by novelist Neil Gaiman. Protože tu nejsou. Not liking Mondays as a reason for doing somebody in is a bit strange. And he can see no reason, 'cause there are no reasons, What reason do you need to be sho-wn... Tell me why, I don't like Mondays. I don't like Mondays I want to shoot The whole day down Všechny hry teď na hřišti ustaly Chce si hrát chvíli se svými hračkami. Get … Key and BPM for I Don't Like Mondays by Tori Amos. I don't like Mondays I want to shoot The whole day down The telex machine is kept so clean and it types to waiting world. Tell me why, I don't like Mondays. Fingers received a financial settlement and co-credit.[10]. I don't like Mondays Tell me why I don't like Mondays I don't like I don't like I don't like Mondays Tell me why I don't like Mondays I want to shoo-o-o-o-o-ot The whole day down Down down Shoot it all -- down Ahh-ee-ahh-ah Ahh-ee-ahh-ah-mm And the playing's stopped in the playground now She wants to play with her toys awhile 1", "Australiancharts.com – Tori Amos – Strange Little Girls", "Austriancharts.at – Tori Amos – Strange Little Girls", "Ultratop.be – Tori Amos – Strange Little Girls", "Tori Amos Chart History (Canadian Albums)", "Danishcharts.dk – Tori Amos – Strange Little Girls", "Dutchcharts.nl – Tori Amos – Strange Little Girls", "Lescharts.com – Tori Amos – Strange Little Girls", "Offiziellecharts.de – Tori Amos – Strange Little Girls", "Italiancharts.com – Tori Amos – Strange Little Girls", "Norwegiancharts.com – Tori Amos – Strange Little Girls", 29, 2001/40/ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100", "Swedishcharts.com – Tori Amos – Strange Little Girls", "Swisscharts.com – Tori Amos – Strange Little Girls", https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1045442/ask-billboard, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Strange_Little_Girls&oldid=1002153250, Short description is different from Wikidata, Album articles lacking alt text for covers, Articles with unsourced statements from March 2008, Certification Table Entry usages for United States, Pages using certification Table Entry without certification, Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz release group identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, M & M – additional guitars, string pads track 6, This page was last edited on 23 January 2021, at 02:57. The Boomtown Rats performed the song for Live Aid at Wembley Stadium in 1985. Despite being recalled from the shelves, limited copies of the single were sold and a promotional video was made. Strange Little Girls is a concept album released by singer-songwriter Tori Amos in 2001. And daddy doesn't understand it, he always said she was good as gold. Créez gratuitement votre compte sur Deezer pour écouter I Don't Like Mondays par Tori Amos, et accédez à plus de 56 millions de titres. So perhaps I wrote the perfect senseless song to illustrate it. [8], In later years, Geldof admitted that he regretted writing the song because he "made Brenda Spencer famous". S problémy jak a proč A on nevidí důvody. I dont like mondays. Top Comments - I Don't Like Mondays, The West Wing BeninSC for Top Comments Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.) Sheets Product ID HL21936 Down, down, shoot it all down. I don't like mondays. Tori Quotes "'I Don't Like Mondays' was sung from the point of view of the cop who went to the school that day, because I couldn't hold the essence of the person who went and killed everybody. I didn't believe that this was a bad seed." Tori Amos released it on the album Strange Little Girls in 2001. And Mother feels so shocked Father’s world is rocked And their thoughts turn to Their own little girl Sweet 16 ain’t that peachy keen No it ain’t so neat to admit defeat, They can see no reasons Cos there are no reasons Tell me why I don't like mondays. The silicon chip inside her head Gets switched to overload. [8], Geldof had originally intended the song as a B-side, but changed his mind after the song was successful with audiences on the Rats' US tour. [4] Written by Bob Geldof and Johnnie Fingers, the piano ballad[5] was the band's second single to reach number one on the UK chart. 1979 Cleveland Elementary School shooting, List of 1970s one-hit wonders in the United States, "The Boomtown Rats – I Don't Like Mondays", "10 Underrated '80s Bands You Need to Hear Now", "BBC Radio 6 Music – Classic Singles, I Don't Like Mondays", "Urban Legends Reference Pages: Music (I Don't Like Mondays)", "Geldof and Fingers reach settlement over 'I Don't Like Mondays, Australian-charts.com – The Boomtown Rats – I Don't Like Mondays", Austriancharts.at – The Boomtown Rats – I Don't Like Mondays", Ultratop.be – The Boomtown Rats – I Don't Like Mondays", Offiziellecharts.de – The Boomtown Rats – I Don't Like Mondays", The Irish Charts – Search Results – I Don't Like Mondays", Dutchcharts.nl – The Boomtown Rats – I Don't Like Mondays", Charts.nz – The Boomtown Rats – I Don't Like Mondays", Norwegiancharts.com – The Boomtown Rats – I Don't Like Mondays", Swedishcharts.com – The Boomtown Rats – I Don't Like Mondays", Swisscharts.com – The Boomtown Rats – I Don't Like Mondays", "The Boomtown Rats Chart History (Hot 100)", "Forum – 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)", "Image : RPM Weekly – Library and Archives Canada", "Top Selling Singles of 1979 | The Official New Zealand Music Chart", Loudmouth – The Best of Bob Geldof and the Boomtown Rats, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=I_Don%27t_Like_Mondays&oldid=1008243071, European Hot 100 Singles number-one singles, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles with unsourced statements from July 2011, Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz work identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 22 February 2021, at 08:57. Amos … "I Don't Like Mondays"is the ninth song on Tori Amos' 2001 covers album Strange Little Girls. "I Don't Like Mondays" was subsequently covered by Tori Amos on her 2001 album Strange Little Girls and later by G4 on their 2006 album Act Three. Tell me why I don't like mondays. I don't like, I don't like, I don't like mondays. And all the playing's stopped in the playground now; She wants to play with her toys a while. This livens up the day". For the song, see, 2001 studio album of cover songs by Tori Amos, "Tori Amos 'Strange Little Girls' Atlantic", "Jay-Z's 'Blueprint' Enters Second Week at No. They were "Fear of a Black Planet" by Public Enemy, "Hoover Factory" by Elvis Costello, "I'm Sick of You" by Iggy Pop and "Marlene Dietrich's Favorite Poem" by Peter Murphy. Tell me why, I don't like Mondays. Tell me why, I don't like Mondays. According to Geldof, he wrote the song after reading a telex report[6] at Georgia State University's campus radio station, WRAS, on the shooting spree of 16-year-old Brenda Ann Spencer, who fired at children in a school playground at Grover Cleveland Elementary School in San Diego, California, on 29 January 1979, killing two adults and injuring eight children and one police officer. The complete short stories in which this text appears can be found in Gaiman's 2006 collection Fragile Things . I Don't Like Mondays Lyrics: The silicon chip inside her head / Gets switched to overload / And nobody's gonna go to school today / She gonna make them stay at home / And Daddy doesn't … I don't like, I don't like, I don't like Mondays. And he can see no reasons 'Cause there are no reasons What reasons do you need to be shown? Paroles du titre I Don't Like Mondays - Tori Amos avec Paroles.net - Retrouvez également les paroles des chansons les plus populaires de Tori Amos Les cookies assurent le bon fonctionnement de nos services. It wasn't an attempt to exploit tragedy. And all the playing's stopped in the playground now; She wants to play with her toys a while. Amos also tackled songs by artists such as Tom Waits, the Velvet Underground, Depeche Mode, and the Stranglers. "I Don't Like Mondays" is a song by Irish new wave group The Boomtown Rats about the 1979 Cleveland Elementary School shooting in San Diego. As with Amos's previous two studio albums, the cover album was recorded at her Cornwall studio. Bon Jovi was again joined by Geldof for a performance of the song at The O2 Arena on 23 June 2010, the 10th night of their 12-night residency. This article is about the Tori Amos album. Tell me why, I don't like Mondays. In the United States the album was issued with four alternative covers depicting Amos as the characters singing "Happiness Is a Warm Gun", "Strange Little Girl", "Time", and "Raining Blood". The song was originally recorded by the Boomtown Rats. Product ID OP98656. And the playing stopped in the playground now, She wants to … [citation needed], Additionally, Amos later acknowledged that she had attempted to reinterpret four other songs that she "couldn't find her way into." On singing the line, "And the lesson today is how to die", Geldof paused for 20 seconds while the crowd applauded the significance to those starving in Africa that Live Aid was intended to help. I want to shoot the whole day down. Lyrics for I Don't Like Mondays by Tori Amos. [9], In 2019 Bob Geldof and Johnnie Fingers reached an agreement in their dispute over who wrote the song, until then credited solely to Geldof. A fifth cover of the "I Don't Like Mondays" character was also issued in the UK and other territories. Tell me why I don't like mondays. Tell me why I don't like mondays. I was thinking about it on the way back to the hotel and I just said 'silicon chip inside her head had switched to overload'. The album received mixed reviews upon its release in September 2001 with critics largely seeing the album as a mixed bag, praising the unlikely re-workings of Eminem's "'97 Bonnie and Clyde" and Slayer's "Raining Blood", while panning the versions of the Beatles' "Happiness Is a Warm Gun" and Neil Young's "Heart of Gold". I want to shoot the whole day down. And Mother feels so shocked Father?s world is rocked And their thoughts turn to Their own little girl Sweet 16 ain?t that peachy keen No it ain?t so neat to admit defeat, They can see no reasons Cos there are no reasons A je brzo ve škole a brzy se budeme učit, že dnešní lekce je jak zemřít. A planned commercial EP "Strange Little Girl" (originally by the Stranglers), including "After All" (originally by David Bowie) and "Only Women Bleed" (originally by Alice Cooper), was pulled from shelves soon after being shipped to stores in Europe. On 9 September 1981, Geldof was joined on stage by fellow Boomtown Rat Johnnie Fingers to perform the song for The Secret Policeman's Ball sponsored by Amnesty International. These tracks have not been released.[13]. The song was a number one single in the UK Singles Chart for four weeks during the summer of 1979,[3] and ranks as the sixth biggest hit of the UK in 1979. Amos created female personae for each track (one song featured twins) and was photographed as each, with makeup done by Kevyn Aucoin. Tell me why I don't like mondays. I was doing a radio interview in Atlanta with Johnnie Fingers and there was a telex machine beside me.
Miscellaneous
I Don't Like Mondays
The silicon chip inside her head
Gets switched to overload
And nobody gonna go to school today
She gonna make them stay at home
Daddy doesn't understand it
He always said she was good as … It was released in 1979 as the lead single from their third album, The Fine Art of Surfacing. [11] The song was played regularly by album-oriented rock format radio stations in the United States throughout the 1980s, although radio stations in San Diego refrained from playing the track for some years to respect local sensitivities about the shooting. This recorded performance features on Bon Jovi's live album One Wild Night Live 1985–2001, as well as on the bonus 2-CD edition of These Days. In the UK the song won the Best Pop Song and Outstanding British Lyric categories at the Ivor Novello Awards.[12]. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2001 CD release of "Strange Little Girls" on Discogs. At a concert in London in 1995, almost ten years later to the day, Bon Jovi covered the song after being joined on stage by Geldof at Wembley Stadium. I want to shoot the whole day down. A recording of that performance appears on the 1982 album The Secret Policeman's Other Ball. I want to shoot the whole day down. The album entered the charts at US No. Like most of Amos' albums, this one also features B-sides on its singles, but this time only two were released. The album's cover of "Happiness Is a Warm Gun" was translated into a discussion on the right to bear arms, and included sound bites from both George W. Bush and George H. W. Bush, as well as from Amos's own minister father. It was covered by Backlash [US], Bryant Olender, Who Hit John, The Cat and Owl and other artists. 1 Background 1.1 Character 2 Live performances 3 Personnel 4 References "I Don't Like Mondays" was written by Bob Geldof and originally recorded by his band the Boomtown Rats, first appearing on their 1979 album The Fine Art of Surfacing. Spencer showed no remorse for her crime; her explanation for her actions was "I don't like Mondays. Down, down, shoot it all down. Tell me why, I don't like Mondays. I dont like, I don't like, I don't like mondays. Tell me why I don't like mondays. I don't like, I don't like, I don't like mondays. I Don't Like Mondays by Tori Amos was written by Bob Geldof and was first released by The Boomtown Rats in 1979. And the playing stopped in the playground now, She wants to … [7] Geldof had been contacted by Steve Jobs to play a gig for Apple, inspiring the opening line about a "silicon chip". Amos received two 2002 Grammy nominations: Female Rock Vocal Performance for "Strange Little Girl", and Alternative Music Performance for the album. The complete short stories in which this text appears can be found in Gaiman's 2006 collection Fragile Things. Geldof himself performed a version of the song while hosting the Live 8 concert in London, on 2 July 2005. Daddy doesn't understand it; He always said she was good as gold. And all the playing's stopped in the playground now; She wants to play with her toys a while. And school's out early and soon we'll be learning I Don't Like Mondays Tori Amos The silicon chip inside her head Gets switched to overload And nobody gonna go to school today She gonna make them stay at home Daddy doesn't understand it He always said she was good as gold And he can see no reasons 'Cause there are no reasons What reasons do you need to be shown And Mother feels so shocked Father's world is rocked And their thoughts turn to Their own little girl Sweet 16 ain't that peachy keen No it ain't so neat to admit defeat, They can see no reasons Cos there are no reasons The telex machine is kept so clean and it types to waiting world. Tell me why, I don't like Mondays. And school's out early and soon we'll be learning I want to sho...ot the whole day down, down, down, Shoot it all down, hi-yea, hey-yam. I don’t like Mondays I want to shoot The whole day down. A fifth cover of the "I Don't Like Mondays" character was also issued in the UK and other territories. [6] I wrote that down. I read it as it came out. The album's greatest attention was garnered from Amos's cover of Eminem's "'97 Bonnie & Clyde", a rap song. [6] The song was first performed less than a month later. Release in standard jewel case with obi and Japanese lyrics insert, featuring '見本盤' ['Sample Copy'] promo text to disc face (in contrast to version 'Strange Little Girls' which features an obi sticker and the text 'Sample - Loaned' in English on the CD inner rim). I Don't Like Mondays Tori Amos The silicon chip inside her head Gets switched to overload And nobody gonna go to school today She gonna make them stay at home Daddy doesn't understand it He always said she was good as gold And he can see no reasons 'Cause there are no reasons What reasons do you need to be shown I don?t like Mondays I want to shoot The whole day down The telex machine is kept so clean and it types to waiting world. [citation needed]. Also see Camelot, duration, release date, label, popularity, energy, danceability, and happiness. A potom se rozbije zvonek a kapitán se toho chopí. Tell me why, I don't like Mondays. The album's 12 tracks are covers of songs written and originally performed by men, reinterpreted by Amos from a female point of view. 4, selling 111,000 copies, making it her third album to debut in the US Top 10, her second-highest debut in terms of sales,[12] and her best position in the US for almost six years. I don't like, I don't like, I don't like Mondays. Text accompanying the photos and songs was written by novelist Neil Gaiman. Protože tu nejsou. Not liking Mondays as a reason for doing somebody in is a bit strange. And he can see no reason, 'cause there are no reasons, What reason do you need to be sho-wn... Tell me why, I don't like Mondays. I don't like Mondays I want to shoot The whole day down Všechny hry teď na hřišti ustaly Chce si hrát chvíli se svými hračkami. Get … Key and BPM for I Don't Like Mondays by Tori Amos. I don't like Mondays I want to shoot The whole day down The telex machine is kept so clean and it types to waiting world. Tell me why, I don't like Mondays. Fingers received a financial settlement and co-credit.[10]. I don't like Mondays Tell me why I don't like Mondays I don't like I don't like I don't like Mondays Tell me why I don't like Mondays I want to shoo-o-o-o-o-ot The whole day down Down down Shoot it all -- down Ahh-ee-ahh-ah Ahh-ee-ahh-ah-mm And the playing's stopped in the playground now She wants to play with her toys awhile 1", "Australiancharts.com – Tori Amos – Strange Little Girls", "Austriancharts.at – Tori Amos – Strange Little Girls", "Ultratop.be – Tori Amos – Strange Little Girls", "Tori Amos Chart History (Canadian Albums)", "Danishcharts.dk – Tori Amos – Strange Little Girls", "Dutchcharts.nl – Tori Amos – Strange Little Girls", "Lescharts.com – Tori Amos – Strange Little Girls", "Offiziellecharts.de – Tori Amos – Strange Little Girls", "Italiancharts.com – Tori Amos – Strange Little Girls", "Norwegiancharts.com – Tori Amos – Strange Little Girls", 29, 2001/40/ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100", "Swedishcharts.com – Tori Amos – Strange Little Girls", "Swisscharts.com – Tori Amos – Strange Little Girls", https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1045442/ask-billboard, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Strange_Little_Girls&oldid=1002153250, Short description is different from Wikidata, Album articles lacking alt text for covers, Articles with unsourced statements from March 2008, Certification Table Entry usages for United States, Pages using certification Table Entry without certification, Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz release group identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, M & M – additional guitars, string pads track 6, This page was last edited on 23 January 2021, at 02:57. The Boomtown Rats performed the song for Live Aid at Wembley Stadium in 1985. Despite being recalled from the shelves, limited copies of the single were sold and a promotional video was made. Strange Little Girls is a concept album released by singer-songwriter Tori Amos in 2001. And daddy doesn't understand it, he always said she was good as gold. Créez gratuitement votre compte sur Deezer pour écouter I Don't Like Mondays par Tori Amos, et accédez à plus de 56 millions de titres. So perhaps I wrote the perfect senseless song to illustrate it. [8], In later years, Geldof admitted that he regretted writing the song because he "made Brenda Spencer famous". S problémy jak a proč A on nevidí důvody. I dont like mondays. Top Comments - I Don't Like Mondays, The West Wing BeninSC for Top Comments Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.) Sheets Product ID HL21936 Down, down, shoot it all down. I don't like mondays. Tori Quotes "'I Don't Like Mondays' was sung from the point of view of the cop who went to the school that day, because I couldn't hold the essence of the person who went and killed everybody. I didn't believe that this was a bad seed." Tori Amos released it on the album Strange Little Girls in 2001. And Mother feels so shocked Father’s world is rocked And their thoughts turn to Their own little girl Sweet 16 ain’t that peachy keen No it ain’t so neat to admit defeat, They can see no reasons Cos there are no reasons Tell me why I don't like mondays. The silicon chip inside her head Gets switched to overload. [8], Geldof had originally intended the song as a B-side, but changed his mind after the song was successful with audiences on the Rats' US tour. [4] Written by Bob Geldof and Johnnie Fingers, the piano ballad[5] was the band's second single to reach number one on the UK chart. 1979 Cleveland Elementary School shooting, List of 1970s one-hit wonders in the United States, "The Boomtown Rats – I Don't Like Mondays", "10 Underrated '80s Bands You Need to Hear Now", "BBC Radio 6 Music – Classic Singles, I Don't Like Mondays", "Urban Legends Reference Pages: Music (I Don't Like Mondays)", "Geldof and Fingers reach settlement over 'I Don't Like Mondays, Australian-charts.com – The Boomtown Rats – I Don't Like Mondays", Austriancharts.at – The Boomtown Rats – I Don't Like Mondays", Ultratop.be – The Boomtown Rats – I Don't Like Mondays", Offiziellecharts.de – The Boomtown Rats – I Don't Like Mondays", The Irish Charts – Search Results – I Don't Like Mondays", Dutchcharts.nl – The Boomtown Rats – I Don't Like Mondays", Charts.nz – The Boomtown Rats – I Don't Like Mondays", Norwegiancharts.com – The Boomtown Rats – I Don't Like Mondays", Swedishcharts.com – The Boomtown Rats – I Don't Like Mondays", Swisscharts.com – The Boomtown Rats – I Don't Like Mondays", "The Boomtown Rats Chart History (Hot 100)", "Forum – 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)", "Image : RPM Weekly – Library and Archives Canada", "Top Selling Singles of 1979 | The Official New Zealand Music Chart", Loudmouth – The Best of Bob Geldof and the Boomtown Rats, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=I_Don%27t_Like_Mondays&oldid=1008243071, European Hot 100 Singles number-one singles, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles with unsourced statements from July 2011, Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz work identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 22 February 2021, at 08:57. Amos … "I Don't Like Mondays"is the ninth song on Tori Amos' 2001 covers album Strange Little Girls. "I Don't Like Mondays" was subsequently covered by Tori Amos on her 2001 album Strange Little Girls and later by G4 on their 2006 album Act Three. Tell me why I don't like mondays. I don't like, I don't like, I don't like mondays. And all the playing's stopped in the playground now; She wants to play with her toys a while. This livens up the day". For the song, see, 2001 studio album of cover songs by Tori Amos, "Tori Amos 'Strange Little Girls' Atlantic", "Jay-Z's 'Blueprint' Enters Second Week at No. They were "Fear of a Black Planet" by Public Enemy, "Hoover Factory" by Elvis Costello, "I'm Sick of You" by Iggy Pop and "Marlene Dietrich's Favorite Poem" by Peter Murphy. Tell me why, I don't like Mondays. Tell me why, I don't like Mondays. According to Geldof, he wrote the song after reading a telex report[6] at Georgia State University's campus radio station, WRAS, on the shooting spree of 16-year-old Brenda Ann Spencer, who fired at children in a school playground at Grover Cleveland Elementary School in San Diego, California, on 29 January 1979, killing two adults and injuring eight children and one police officer. The complete short stories in which this text appears can be found in Gaiman's 2006 collection Fragile Things . I Don't Like Mondays Lyrics: The silicon chip inside her head / Gets switched to overload / And nobody's gonna go to school today / She gonna make them stay at home / And Daddy doesn't … I don't like, I don't like, I don't like Mondays. And he can see no reasons 'Cause there are no reasons What reasons do you need to be shown? Paroles du titre I Don't Like Mondays - Tori Amos avec Paroles.net - Retrouvez également les paroles des chansons les plus populaires de Tori Amos Les cookies assurent le bon fonctionnement de nos services. It wasn't an attempt to exploit tragedy. And all the playing's stopped in the playground now; She wants to play with her toys a while. Amos also tackled songs by artists such as Tom Waits, the Velvet Underground, Depeche Mode, and the Stranglers. "I Don't Like Mondays" is a song by Irish new wave group The Boomtown Rats about the 1979 Cleveland Elementary School shooting in San Diego. As with Amos's previous two studio albums, the cover album was recorded at her Cornwall studio. Bon Jovi was again joined by Geldof for a performance of the song at The O2 Arena on 23 June 2010, the 10th night of their 12-night residency. This article is about the Tori Amos album. Tell me why, I don't like Mondays. In the United States the album was issued with four alternative covers depicting Amos as the characters singing "Happiness Is a Warm Gun", "Strange Little Girl", "Time", and "Raining Blood". The song was originally recorded by the Boomtown Rats. Product ID OP98656. And the playing stopped in the playground now, She wants to … [citation needed], Additionally, Amos later acknowledged that she had attempted to reinterpret four other songs that she "couldn't find her way into." On singing the line, "And the lesson today is how to die", Geldof paused for 20 seconds while the crowd applauded the significance to those starving in Africa that Live Aid was intended to help. I want to shoot the whole day down. Lyrics for I Don't Like Mondays by Tori Amos. [9], In 2019 Bob Geldof and Johnnie Fingers reached an agreement in their dispute over who wrote the song, until then credited solely to Geldof. A fifth cover of the "I Don't Like Mondays" character was also issued in the UK and other territories. Tell me why I don't like mondays. Tell me why I don't like mondays. I was thinking about it on the way back to the hotel and I just said 'silicon chip inside her head had switched to overload'. The album received mixed reviews upon its release in September 2001 with critics largely seeing the album as a mixed bag, praising the unlikely re-workings of Eminem's "'97 Bonnie and Clyde" and Slayer's "Raining Blood", while panning the versions of the Beatles' "Happiness Is a Warm Gun" and Neil Young's "Heart of Gold". I want to shoot the whole day down. And Mother feels so shocked Father?s world is rocked And their thoughts turn to Their own little girl Sweet 16 ain?t that peachy keen No it ain?t so neat to admit defeat, They can see no reasons Cos there are no reasons A je brzo ve škole a brzy se budeme učit, že dnešní lekce je jak zemřít. A planned commercial EP "Strange Little Girl" (originally by the Stranglers), including "After All" (originally by David Bowie) and "Only Women Bleed" (originally by Alice Cooper), was pulled from shelves soon after being shipped to stores in Europe. On 9 September 1981, Geldof was joined on stage by fellow Boomtown Rat Johnnie Fingers to perform the song for The Secret Policeman's Ball sponsored by Amnesty International. These tracks have not been released.[13]. The song was a number one single in the UK Singles Chart for four weeks during the summer of 1979,[3] and ranks as the sixth biggest hit of the UK in 1979. Amos created female personae for each track (one song featured twins) and was photographed as each, with makeup done by Kevyn Aucoin. Tell me why I don't like mondays. I was doing a radio interview in Atlanta with Johnnie Fingers and there was a telex machine beside me.