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The Boomtown Rats

The Boomtown Rats

86 songs
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2020
Single
Mar 2020
Monster Monkeys
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Single
Mar 2020
Monster Monkeys
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2020
Single
Mar 2020
Here’s a Postcard
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Single
Mar 2020
Here’s a Postcard
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2020
Single
Mar 2020
K.I.S.S.
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Single
Mar 2020
K.I.S.S.
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2020
Album
Mar 2020
Citizens of Boomtown

9 tracks

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Album
Mar 2020
Citizens of Boomtown

9 tracks

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2013
Album
Sep 2013
Back to Boomtown: Classic Rats Hits

17 tracks

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Album
Sep 2013
Back to Boomtown: Classic Rats Hits

17 tracks

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1994
Album
Jan 1994
Loudmouth: The Best of Bob Geldof & The Boomtown Rats

1 track

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Album
Jan 1994
Loudmouth: The Best of Bob Geldof & The Boomtown Rats

1 track

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1984
Album
Apr 1984
In the Long Grass

11 tracks

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Album
Apr 1984
In the Long Grass

11 tracks

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1982
Album
Mar 1982
V Deep

7 tracks

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Album
Mar 1982
V Deep

7 tracks

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1980
Album
Nov 1980
Mondo Bongo

12 tracks

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Album
Nov 1980
Mondo Bongo

12 tracks

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1979
Album
Sep 1979
The Fine Art of Surfacing

7 tracks

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Album
Sep 1979
The Fine Art of Surfacing

7 tracks

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1979
Single
Jun 1979
Having My Picture Taken
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Single
Jun 1979
Having My Picture Taken
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1979
Single
Jun 1979
Diamond Smiles
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Single
Jun 1979
Diamond Smiles
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1978
Album
May 1978
A Tonic for the Troops

7 tracks

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Album
May 1978
A Tonic for the Troops

7 tracks

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1977
Album
Aug 1977
The Boomtown Rats

6 tracks

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Album
Aug 1977
The Boomtown Rats

6 tracks

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Album
Citizens of Boomtown (Deluxe)

4 tracks

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Album
Citizens of Boomtown (Deluxe)

4 tracks

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Top Songs

#1
Living in an Island
#2
Monster Monkeys
#3
Having My Picture Taken
#4
Keep It Up
#5
How Do You Do?
#6
Fall Down
#7
Lying Again
#8
Dave

About The Boomtown Rats

Discography

Back to Boomtown: Classic Rats Hits
17 tracks · 2013
Mondo Bongo
12 tracks · 1980
In the Long Grass
11 tracks · 1984
Citizens of Boomtown
9 tracks · 2020
V Deep
7 tracks · 1982
The Fine Art of Surfacing
7 tracks · 1979
A Tonic for the Troops
7 tracks · 1978
The Boomtown Rats
6 tracks · 1977
Citizens of Boomtown (Deluxe)
4 tracks
Loudmouth: The Best of Bob Geldof & The Boomtown Rats
1 track · 1994

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Popular lyrics by The Boomtown Rats

Living in an Island

[Verse 1] Oh, night fell fast, like it did in the past When the phone rang twice and a voice said "I think I'm alone" I gave my advice and t…

Monster Monkeys

Hey, Mr. Mojo with your mop-top hair And your eyes so greedy With that half-lidded staring At that hip-cocked lipstuck world Where nobody ca…

Having My Picture Taken

[Intro] " Hold it, fellas, watch the beauty ." [Verse 1] My camera sees things my eyes can't see I have it focused from here to eternity Cat…

Keep It Up

[Verse 1] Oh, in her two pound coat, she really thinks she's cloaked in mystery She's actin' like some character from Agatha Christie I got …

How Do You Do?

I gotta listen to you I gotta hear about the things I should or shouldn't do All about the deals I blew How do you do I shook a thousand han…

Fall Down

Put your head between your knees and breathe real deep Let it in Let it out Until it's over I might scribble, I might scrawl I might claw at…

Lying Again

Here they go, lying again Beating everybody at their favourite game But in the end nobody wins no Here they go let's pretend the rules have …

Dave

Dave'd called me up yesterday Everything he loved had moved away I felt despair come crawling through that phone I know the feeling but don'…

Here’s a Postcard

Here she comes walking down the street High-heeled shoes and her miniskirt And her heat It's a summer's day in London All the kids are out o…

Do the Rat

[Verse 1] He rodent into town, fangs were getting him down He whiskered around the juke joint where the cool cats hang around Down at the mo…

Discography at a glance

86

Songs on Lyrks

10

Albums

5

Singles

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Popular tracks by The Boomtown Rats include Living in an Island, Monster Monkeys, Having My Picture Taken, Keep It Up, How Do You Do?. Browse full lyrics on Lyrks.

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