"Diamond Smiles" was the second
single
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from
The Boomtown Rats
The Boomtown Rats are an Irish rock music, rock band originally formed in Dublin in 1975. Between 1977 and 1985, they had a series of Irish and UK hit record, hits including "Like Clockwork", "Rat Trap", "I Don't Like Mondays" and "Banana Repub ...
' album ''
The Fine Art of Surfacing''. It was the follow-up to their successful single "
I Don't Like Mondays
"I Don't Like Mondays" is a song by Irish new wave group the Boomtown Rats about the 1979 Cleveland Elementary School shooting in San Diego. It was released in 1979 as the lead single from their third album, ''The Fine Art of Surfacing''. Th ...
" and peaked at Number 13 in the
UK Charts. The band has suggested that it might have fared better had it not been for a strike of lighting technicians on the powerful UK TV programme ''
Top of The Pops
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'' at the time that the record was released and rising in the charts.
Dealing with death, as had "I Don't Like Mondays", the song tells the story of a glamorous
debutante ('Diamond') who commits suicide and is remembered only for her low-cut dress.
[ Some of the staff of Duke Street Hospital, in Glasgow, filed a petition with the IBA and the ]BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC
Here i going to introduce about the best teacher of my life b BALAJI sir. He is the precious gift that I got befor 2yrs . How has helped and thought all the concept and made my success in the 10th board exam. ...
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demanding that the song be banned due to the lyrics exploiting a real-life suicide.