Boomtown Rats "I Don't Like Mondays"

Grover Cleveland Elementary school shooting, January 29, 1979

After 16-year-old Brenda Ann Spencer walked into a California elementary school and shot two teachers, eight students, and a police officer, her defense was simple: "I don't like Mondays. This livens up the day." Enter: Boomtown Rats' Bob Geldof, who released the song nearly seven months later, and used it to address the complete senselessness of the tragedy.