Tales of Boomtown Glory: Bob Geldof in conversation - CANCELLED

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

Tales of Boomtown Glory: Bob Geldof in conversation - CANCELLED

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

Tales of Boomtown Glory: Bob Geldof in conversation

suss · House on Fire

Just received mine. Seems pretty comprehensive. The mysteries of Europe Looked Ugly etc finally resolved!

manatthetop · In the Long Grass

Love that song. Wish you could get it on CD

Mark L · Loudmouth

manatthetop wrote:
Love that song. Wish you could get it on CD

Great b side. Never shortchanged by the Rats on b sides.

Mark L · Loudmouth

Mark L wrote:
manatthetop wrote:
Love that song. Wish you could get it on CD
Great b side. Never shortchanged by the Rats on b sides.

Except maybe when their b side was a track from the album already bought.

Noel · Dave

Mark L wrote:
Mark L wrote:
manatthetop wrote:
Love that song. Wish you could get it on CD
Great b side. Never shortchanged by the Rats on b sides.
Except maybe when their b side was a track from the album already bought.

Apart from Someone's Looking/When The Night Comes can't think of other singles with album tracks as b-sides. Well the Irish single Go Man Go must have had a track from Mondo Bongo?

-- Edited by Noel on Thursday 5th of March 2020 10:59:58 PM

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

http://theboomtownrats.blogspot.com/2005/02/boomtown-rats-uk-singles-discography.html

Icicle In The Sun and Hard Times were B-sides...

ENY4 Looking After No.1/Born To Burn/Barefootin' (live) (NL Mercury 6008 507)
27-Aug-1977
11
47-28-17-13-{11}-14-15-34-25
9 weeks

ENY9 Mary of the 4th Form/Do The Rat (NL Mercury 6008 513)
19-Nov-1977
15
44-23-20-{15}-15-16-16-21-36
9 weeks

1978

ENY13

She's So Modern/Lying Again (NL Mercury 6008 521)
15-Apr-1978
12
23-19-15-15-{12}-14-17-33-39-61-70
11 weeks

ENY14 Like Clockwork/How Do You Do ? (NL Mercury 6008 526) FLEXIPOP3 D.U.N. L.A.O.G.H.A.I.R.E.*
17/June/1978
6
54-26-13-8-{6}-6-6-8-15-26-36-52-73
13 weeks

ENY16 Rat Trap/So Strange (NL Mercury 6008 530)
14/Oct/1978
1
22-9-7-3-2-{1}-1-2-5-13-28-28-37-50-73
15 weeks

1979

ENY30 I Don't Like Mondays/It's All The Rage (NL Mercury 6008 550)
21/July/1979
1
15-{1}-1-1-1-2-2-8-16-24-55-74
12 weeks

ENY33 Diamond Smiles/Late Last Night (NL Mercury 6008 553)
17/Nov/1979
13
35-23-{13}-15-16-27-27-43-53-72
10 weeks

1980

ENY34/ENY3412 Someone's Looking at You/When The Night Comes (NL Mercury 6008 555)
26/Jan/1980
4
45-14-8-{4}-7-14-22-50-62
9 weeks

BONGO1 Banana Republic/Man at the Top
22/Nov/1980
3
23-9-{3}-5-7-11-11-13-30-52-74
11 weeks

1981

BONGO2 The Elephants Graveyard (Guilty) /Real Different
31/Jan/1981
26
40-{26}-27-32-42-46
6 weeks

MER 87 Never in a Million Years/Don't Talk To Me
12/Dec/1981
62
{62}-62-70-70
4 weeks

1982

MER91 House on Fire/Europe Looked Ugly
MERX91 House on Fire (dub mix)/Europe Looked Ugly
20/Mar/1982
24
66-44-30-{24}-26-29-42-71
8 weeks

MER106 Charmed Lives/No Hiding Place
MER1062 Nothing Happened Today (Live)/A Storm Breaks (Instrumental)
MERX106 Charmed Lives/A Storm Breaks (Instrumental)
FAILED TO CHART

1984

MER154/MERX154 Tonight/Precious Times/Walking Downtown**
18/Feb/1984
73
{73}-76-83
3 weeks

MER163/MERX163 Drag Me Down/An Icicle In the Sun/Up All Night (extended)**
(Special Edition 12") Drag Me Down/Rat Trap/She's So Modern
05/May/1984
50
90-81-56-{50}-66
5 weeks

MER179/MERT179/MERX179 Dave/Hard Times/Banana Republic (Live)**/Close As You'll Ever Be (Live)**
24/Nov/1984
81
{81}-84-96
3 weeks

1985

MER184/MERX184 A Hold of Me/Never In A Million Years/Say Hi To Mick**
09/Feb/1985
78
84-{78}
2 weeks

1994

VERCD87 I Don't Like Mondays/Looking After No.1/Mary of the 4th Form/She's So Modern
VERDD87 I Don't Like Mondays/Rat Trap/Someone's Looking At You/Banana Republic
VER87 I Don't Like Mondays/Born To Burn/Do The Rat
02/July/1994
38
{38}-53
2 weeks

* - D.U.N. L.A.O.G.H.A.I.R.E. was the B-side to Like Clockwork in Ireland, but released as a cover mount Flexi Disc in the UK

** - 12" Only

In the US, I Don't Like Mondays was their ONLY hit! If you can call number 73 a hit. It entered on 2nd February 1980 and peaked at 73 after entering at 91.

I Don't Like Mondays
2/Feb/1980
73
91-80-75-{73}-92
5 weeks

Mark L · Loudmouth

Those were the 3 examples I was thinking of. But now you've reminded me, Never in a Million Years was another instance of cheap repetition appearing as the b side to A Hold of Me and outclassing it in the process.

I once saw album tracks as b sides advertised as an opportunity for those who haven't got the album, to sample the wares. Could work I suppose in a few cases.

-- Edited by Mark L on Friday 6th of March 2020 02:21:42 AM

manatthetop · In the Long Grass

Agree here. Same with in the long grass. 6 songs of this album 4 singles and 2 of them b sides. So buying an album Judt to get 4 other songs really. Never did like that happening to any band. But that's record companys for you

TIMBO · Someone's Looking At You

Personally loved, Dont Talk to Me. I liked Never in a Million Years but preferred Dont Talk.

Mike menzies · V Deep

Luv no hiding place. The beside to charmed lives in fact my fave b side also on a side note loved talkme up beside to bobs this is the world calling

manatthetop · In the Long Grass

Born to burn . Real different. Man at the top. Lying again. How do you do.. Walking down town. Hard times.( Should have been a single). Do the rat. Europe looked ulgy. Late last night. In my opinion all great B sides. Some of the above also could have been A sides.