Bob Geldof: A Ratrospective

Between 1977 and 1984 The Boomtown Rats scored 14 hit singles in the UK charts, including 2 number ones, and enjoyed 5 chart albums.

Hit singles
1977 ‘Looking After Nunber 1’ (11)
‘Mary Of The Fourth Form’(15)
1978 ‘She’s So Modern’ (12)
‘Like Clockwork’ (6)
‘Rat Trap’ (1)
1979 ‘I Don’t Like Mondays’ (1)
‘Diamond Smiles’ (13)
1980 ‘Someone’s Looking At You’ (4)
‘Banana Republic’ (3)
1981 ‘Elephant’s Graveyard’ (26)
‘Never In A Million Years’ (62)
1982 ‘House On Fire’ (24)
1984 ‘Tonight’ (73)
‘Drag me Down’ (50)

Hit albums
1977 Boomtown Rats (18)
1978 Tonic For The Troops (8)
1979 The Fine Art Of Surfacing (7)
1980 Mondo Bongo (6)
1982 V Deep (64)

The Best Of The Boomtown Rats is out now
on Eagle Records