<Table> <Tr> <Td> "Rat Trap" (1978) </Td> <Td> "I Don't Like Mondays" (1979) </Td> <Td> "Diamond Smiles" (1979) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "Rat Trap" (1978) </Td> <Td> "I Don't Like Mondays" (1979) </Td> <Td> "Diamond Smiles" (1979) </Td> </Tr> <P> "I Don't Like Mondays" is a song by Irish band The Boomtown Rats about the 1979 Cleveland Elementary School shooting in San Diego . The song was a number one single in the UK Singles Chart for four weeks during the summer of 1979, and ranks as the sixth biggest British hit of 1979 . Written by Bob Geldof, it was the band's second number one single . </P> <P> The full length version appeared on the group's third album, The Fine Art of Surfacing . It includes a reprise of the first verse, which was edited for the single release . </P>

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