answers.input_text: short
answers.span_text: 21 July 1979
questions: when was i don't like mondays released
name: I Don't Like Mondays
contexts: `` I Do n't Like Mondays '' Single by The Boomtown Rats from the album The Fine Art of Surfacing B - side `` It 's All the Rage '' Released 21 July 1979 ( UK ) Format 7 '' vinyl Recorded Trident Studios Length 4 : 19 ( LP ) 3 : 47 ( single / video ) Label Ensign ( UK ) Columbia ( US ) Songwriter ( s ) Bob Geldof Producer ( s ) Phil Wainman The Boomtown Rats singles chronology `` Rat Trap '' ( 1978 ) `` I Do n't Like Mondays '' ( 1979 ) `` Diamond Smiles '' ( 1979 ) `` Rat Trap '' ( 1978 ) `` I Do n't Like Mondays '' ( 1979 ) `` Diamond Smiles '' ( 1979 )