Dave", a single from the original release of In the Long Grass was re-recorded as "Rain" for the US market. The song was about the band's saxophone player and school friend David McHale, who had suffered a breakdown after his girlfriend was found dead in a public toilet next to an empty heroin bag. [11] [12] Break up [ edit ] a b c d e f Ruhlmann, William. "A Tonic for the Troops – The Boomtown Rats". AllMusic . Retrieved 9 April 2014. A Tonic For The Troops (24/100 Greatest Irish Albums)". Hot Press. 17 November 2004 . Retrieved 7 November 2020. Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1sted.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p.198. ISBN 0-85112-250-7. a b c d Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19thed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p.71. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.

Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrateded.). St. Ives, New South Wales: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. The band returned to the recording studio with Lange to produce a follow-up in 1979, while they embarked on a US tour in support of the album with moderate success. [3] The single " I Don't Like Mondays" was released in July, [1] also reached No.1 in the UK. [5] The song was written in response to a school shooting in California, and became a worldwide Top Ten hit, except for the United States. [8] It was the band's only song to reach the US Billboard Hot 100 and was included in the band's third album, The Fine Art of Surfacing released in November of that year. [1] The album also contained " Diamond Smiles" and their next Top 10 hit in the UK, " Someone's Looking at You". [1] The Boomtown Rats and other bands from yesteryear who have reformed". The Independent. 28 January 2013. Archived from the original on 11 August 2022. Mcgrath, Billy (Director) (23 May 2020). Citizens of Boomtown:The story of the Boomtown Rats (Television Production). BBC.a b c d e f g Crampton, Luke; Rees, Dafydd (1996). The Q Book of Punk Legends. Enfield: Guinness Publishing Ltd. pp.26–31. The Boomtown Rats' involvement with Band Aid (on which they all played) raised their profile again, and in January 1985, a revised version of In the Long Grass was finally released in the US. The album made the US charts at No. 188, but the associated singles failed to make an impact on the charts or on the radio. The band subsequently performed at Live Aid's charity performance. [1] A Tonic for the Troops (liner notes). The Boomtown Rats. Ensign Records. 1978. ENVY 3. {{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link) The band's fifth album, V Deep, again produced by Visconti, was released in February 1982. [1] A second single from the album "House on Fire" made number 24 in the UK Singles Chart. [9] A third, 'Charmed Lives' failed to chart however. In the US, the album was initially rejected by their American label, which instead issued a four-song EP called The Boomtown Rats, featuring four selections from V Deep. The full album was eventually issued in the US in late 1982. [10] The same year Geldof appeared in the film Pink Floyd - The Wall directed by Alan Parker. [9]

a b c Roberts, David, ed. (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19thed.). Guinness World Records Limited. p.71. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.Series in which leading performers and songwriters talk about the album that made them or changed them. Eames, Tom (17 June 2013). "Boomtown Rats announce new 'Classic' album, UK and Ireland tour". Digital Spy . Retrieved 13 September 2013. There's No Tomorrow Like Today - Single by The Boomtown Rats on Apple Music". Apple Music . Retrieved 12 June 2020. The Boomtown Rats: A Tonic for the Troops". Mojo. p.114. Full of smart, acerbic, punky pop sounds...

Recorded in front of a live audience at the BBC's iconic Maida Vale Studios, each edition includes two episodes - the A-side and B-side. A follow-up album entitled In The Long Grass was recorded in 1983, but was initially rejected by the group's label. [10] By 1984, the band was touring universities after becoming unable to fund the "guarantee" required to book mainstream concert halls. In The Long Grass was finally issued in the UK in May 1984, but failed to chart. Two singles, "Tonight" and "Drag Me Down", were taken from the album; these reached the lower rungs of the UK Singles Chart, but two further singles, "Dave" and "A Hold of Me", failed to register. [9] Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrateded.). Australian Chart Book. p.42. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrateded.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p.42. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. The discography of Irish new wave group The Boomtown Rats consists of seven studio albums, seven compilation albums, 23 singles and three video albums. The Boomtown Rats' debut release was the 1977 single " Lookin' After No. 1" which was originally written by frontman Bob Geldof in 1975 while waiting for his local unemployment office to open in his native Dun Laoghaire then a major port an hour south of central Dublin. The group's next single " Mary of the 4th Form" was released in the same year, along with their self-titled debut album.

In the summer of 1976, the group played their first UK gig before moving to London where they signed with Ensign Records later that year. [1] Their first single, " Lookin' After No.1", released in August 1977 after a year of touring, including a support slot with Tom Petty. [3] It reached the Top 40 of the UK Singles Chart at No. 11. [1] [5] Their first album The Boomtown Rats was released the following month and included another single, " Mary of the 4th Form" reached No. 15 in December. [1] [3] Music journalist Martin C. Strong commented, "Geldof's moody charisma helped to give the band a distinct identity". [4] Mainstream success [ edit ]

Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1sted.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p.193. ISBN 0-85112-250-7. Jonze, Tim (28 January 2013). "Boomtown Rats re-form for Isle of Wight festival". The Guardian . Retrieved 28 January 2013.Bob Geldof, Cadogan Hall – review". thisislondon.co.uk. Archived from the original on 17 September 2012 . Retrieved 22 September 2011. The album's title was taken from a line in "She's So Modern": "And Charlie ain't no Nazi/ she likes to wear her leather boots/ 'cuz it's exciting for the veterans/ and it's a tonic for the troops." On 21 June 2009, Geldof, Roberts, and Briquette got together in Dublin to play "Dave", at a party to celebrate the life of Boomtown Rats' close friend and saxophone player, "Doctor" Dave MacHale, who had died of cancer in Frankfurt. [12] [16] Here's a Postcard (Hot Mix) - Single by The Boomtown Rats on Apple Music". Apple Music . Retrieved 21 August 2020.