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The Boomtown Rats

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Bob Geldof, Pete Briquette, Johnnie Fingers, Simon Crowe, Garry Roberts, The Boomtown Rats, and Gerry Cott
The Boomtown Rats is known for The Handmaid's Tale (2017), Mindhunter (2017) and Un amore (1999).
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    Known for

    Elisabeth Moss in The Handmaid's Tale (2017)
    The Handmaid's Tale
    8.3
    TV Series
    • Soundtrack
    Holt McCallany, Anna Torv, and Jonathan Groff in Mindhunter (2017)
    Mindhunter
    8.6
    TV Series
    • Soundtrack
    Un amore (1999)
    Un amore
    7.4
    • Soundtrack
    • 1999
    Busy Philipps and Erika Christensen in Home Room (2002)
    Home Room
    7.1
    • Soundtrack
    • 2002

    Credits

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    Actor

    • The Boomtown Rats: Rain
      Music Video
      • The Boomtown Rats
      • 1985
    • Band Aid in Band Aid: Do They Know It's Christmas? (1984)
      Band Aid: Do They Know It's Christmas?
      7.3
      Music Video
      • The Boomtown Rats
      • 1984
    • The Boomtown Rats: Tonight (1984)
      The Boomtown Rats: Tonight
      Music Video
      • The Boomtown Rats
      • 1984
    • The Boomtown Rats: Dave (1984)
      The Boomtown Rats: Dave
      Music Video
      • The Boomtown Rats
      • 1984
    • The Boomtown Rats: Drag Me Down (1984)
      The Boomtown Rats: Drag Me Down
      Music Video
      • The Boomtown Rats
      • 1984
    • The Boomtown Rats: House on Fire
      Music Video
      • The Boomtown Rats
      • 1982
    • The Boomtown Rats: Never in a Million Years (1982)
      The Boomtown Rats: Never in a Million Years
      Music Video
      • The Boomtown Rats
      • 1982
    • The Boomtown Rats: The Elephants Graveyard (Guilty)
      Music Video
      • The Boomtown Rats
      • 1981
    • The Boomtown Rats: Up All Night (1981)
      The Boomtown Rats: Up All Night
      Music Video
      • The Boomtown Rats
      • 1981
    • The Boomtown Rats: Banana Republic
      Music Video
      • The Boomtown Rats
      • 1980
    • The Boomtown Rats: Diamond Smiles (1979)
      The Boomtown Rats: Diamond Smiles
      7.4
      Music Video
      • The Boomtown Rats
      • 1979
    • Bob Geldof, Pete Briquette, Johnnie Fingers, Simon Crowe, Garry Roberts, The Boomtown Rats, and Gerry Cott in The Boomtown Rats: I Don't Like Mondays (1979)
      The Boomtown Rats: I Don't Like Mondays
      7.2
      Music Video
      • The Boomtown Rats
      • 1979
    • The Boomtown Rats: Rat Trap
      Music Video
      • The Boomtown Rats
      • 1978
    • The Boomtown Rats: She's So Modern
      Music Video
      • The Boomtown Rats
      • 1978
    • The Boomtown Rats: Lookin' After No. 1
      Music Video
      • The Boomtown Rats
      • 1977

    Soundtrack

    • EastEnders (1985)
      EastEnders
      4.8
      TV Series
      • performer: "Rat Trap"
      • performer: "The Elephants Graveyard"
      • producer: "The Elephants Graveyard" (uncredited, uncredited, uncredited)
      • 2012–2026
    • America's Morning Headquarters (2000)
      America's Morning Headquarters
      2.3
      TV Series
      • performer: "I Don't Like Mondays"
      • 2025
    • Black Mirror (2011)
      Black Mirror
      8.7
      TV Series
      • performer: "I Don't Like Mondays"
      • 2023
    • Saint Patrick's Day at the BBC (2021)
      Saint Patrick's Day at the BBC
      TV Special
      • performer: "Rat Trap"
      • 2021
    • Diminishing Returns (2016)
      Diminishing Returns
      3.1
      Podcast Series
      • performer: "I Don't Like Mondays"
      • 2019
    • Susanna Reid and Ben Shephard in Good Morning Britain (2014)
      Good Morning Britain
      3.0
      TV Series
      • performer: "I Don't Like Mondays" (uncredited)
      • 2019
    • Joe Pantoliano, Ray Abruzzo, Paul Ben-Victor, Lynn Cohen, Skyler Gisondo, Addison Timlin, Josh Helman, Andrew Schulz, and Madison Iseman in Feast of the Seven Fishes (2019)
      Feast of the Seven Fishes
      7.0
      • performer: "I Don't Like Mondays"
      • 2019
    • Elisabeth Moss in The Handmaid's Tale (2017)
      The Handmaid's Tale
      8.3
      TV Series
      • performer: "I Don't Like Mondays"
      • 2019
    • Cannonball (2017)
      Cannonball
      5.7
      TV Series
      • performer: "Cheerio" (uncredited)
      • 2017
    • Holt McCallany, Anna Torv, and Jonathan Groff in Mindhunter (2017)
      Mindhunter
      8.6
      TV Series
      • performer: "I Don't Like Mondays"
      • 2017
    • Großstadtrevier (1986)
      Großstadtrevier
      6.2
      TV Series
      • performer: "I Don't Like Mondays" (uncredited)
      • 2017
    • Christopher Larkin, Devon Bostick, Eliza Taylor, Bob Morley, Marie Avgeropoulos, and Thomas McDonell in The 100 (2014)
      The 100
      7.5
      TV Series
      • performer: "I I Don't Like Mondays" (uncredited)
      • 2017
    • Today at Wimbledon (1964)
      Today at Wimbledon
      6.5
      TV Series
      • performer: "I Don't Like Mondays" (uncredited)
      • 2016
    • Wimbledon (1937)
      Wimbledon
      7.8
      TV Series
      • performer: "I Don't Like Mondays" (uncredited)
      • 2016
    • Donauinselfest Live (2012)
      Donauinselfest Live
      TV Series
      • music: "Neon Heart", "(She's Gonna) Do You In", "Close As You'll Ever Be", "Mary of the 4th Form", "Looking After Number One"
      • performer: "(I Never Loved) Eva Braun", "Like Clockwork", "Neon Heart", "(She's Gonna) Do You In", "Someone's Looking at You", "Banana Republic", "A Tonic for the Troops", "I Don't Like Mondays", "Close As You'll Ever Be", "Mary of the 4th Form", "Looking After Number One", "Rat Trap", "The Boomtown Rats" (uncredited, uncredited)
      • 2016

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      One of their biggest hits was the controversial "I Don't Like Mondays". The song was inspired by the story of a 17-year old girl named Brenda Spencer who shot 11 people (killing two) just because she didn't like Mondays.

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