30 SONGS ABOUT MONDAY with music videos (YouTube)

The TOP 30 SONGS About MONDAY

Most people don’t like Mondays, and whinge about it, and some make music about it. Monday doesn’t have to be filled with doom & gloom as sung by the Boomtown Rats in their hit song I Don’t Like Mondays. You can make your Monday moods much more magical with the marvels of music. Here is a compilation of 30 Monday songs, including some Top 10 hits, pop, punk, rock, blues, jazz, country, classics and crap songs about Monday…

30 MONDAY SONGS :

I Don’t Like Mondays (1979) ~ The Boomtown Rats

This song was a UK number one single for 4 weeks during 1979, the band’s 2nd number 1 single. Written by Bob Geldof. YouTube Vevo official video: The Boomtown Rats – I Don’t Like Mondays…

Rainy Days and Mondays (1971) ~ The Carpenters

This song went to No.2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and it was the The Carpenters’ 4th No.1 song on the Adult Contemporary singles chart. The song was certified Gold by the RIAA. Written by Paul Williams and Roger Nichols.

Manic Monday (1986) ~ The Bangles

This song was the 1st single released from The Bangles’ 2nd studio album Different Light (1986). It was written by Prince using the pseudonym name of Christopher. It was The Bangles’ 1st hit, reaching No.2 in the United States and the United Kingdom, Austria, Canada, Germany and Ireland, and within the Top 5 in New Zealand, Norway and Switzerland. The lyrics describe a woman who is waking up on Monday, wishing it were still Sunday.

Blue Monday (1983) ~ New Order

This song was originally released in 1983, and later remixed in 1988 and 1995, becoming a popular anthem in the dance club scene. It is is one of the longest tracks ever to chart on the UK Singles Chart, at over 7 minutes long, and is the biggest-selling 12″ single of all time.

New Moon on Monday (1984) ~ Duran Duran

This song was the 2nd single from the band’s 1983 album Seven and the Ragged Tiger. This song was another success, and reached the Top 10 on the British and American music charts. Allmusic journalist Donald A. Guarisco praised the song with a retrospective review: “The music holds the unusual lyrics together by wedding effervescent verse melodies that bounce high and low to a triumphant-sounding chorus with a rousing feel.”

Monday Monday (1966) ~ The Mamas and Papas

This song is from the You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears album. The song was written by John Phillips in about 20 minutes. It was the 2nd consecutive number-one hit song in the U.S. to contain a false ending, succeeding “Good Lovin'” by the Young Rascals. The Mamas & the Papas won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with this song’s vocals in 1967 . The song appears on the soundtrack of the Stardust movie.

Monday’s Rain (1966) ~The Bee Gees

This song written by Robin and Barry Gibb, is the first track on side one of the Spicks and Specks album, which was the second studio album by the Bee Gees. The album was originally proposed to be called the Monday’s Rain album.

Monday Morning (1975) ~ Fleetwood Mac

This song was written and sung by Lindsey Buckingham, the Fleetwood Mac guitarist. It’s the first track of the self-titled Fleetwood Mac album, which went multi-platinum. “A brilliant opening to a brilliant album, …strong pop instincts and craftsmanship” ~ Matthew Greenwald (reviewer)