Contents 1 The Boomtown Rats (1977) 2 A Tonic for the Troops (1978) 3 The Fine Art Of Surfacing (1979) 4 Mondo Bongo (1981) 5 V Deep (1982) 6 In The Long Grass (1984) 7 Other Songs 8 Group Members

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The Boomtown Rats (1977)Edit

1. Lookin' After No. 1
2. Neon Heart
3. Joey's On The Street Again
4. Never Bite The Hand That Feeds
5. Mary Of The 4th Form
6. (She's Gonna) Do You In
7. Close As You'll Ever Be
8. I Can Make It (If You Can)
9. Kicks

A Tonic for the Troops (1978)Edit

• UK version

1. Like Clockwork
2. Blind Date
3. (I Never Loved) Eva Braun
4. Living In An Island
5. Don't Believe What You Read
6. She's So Modern
7. Me And Howard Hughes
8. Can't Stop
9. (Watch Out For) The Normal People
10. Rat Trap

• US version

1. Rat Trap
2. Me And Howard Hughes
3. (I Never Loved) Eva Braun
4. Living In An Island
5. Like Clockwork
6. Blind Date
7. Mary Of The 4th Form
8. Don't Believe What You Read
9. She's So Modern
10. Joey's On The Street Again

The Fine Art Of Surfacing (1979)Edit

1. Someone's Looking At You
2. Diamond Smiles
3. Wind Chill Factor (Minus Zero)
4. Having My Picture Taken
5. Sleep (Finger's Lullaby)
6. I Don't Like Mondays
7. Nothing Happened Today
8. Keep It Up
9. Nice 'n' Neat
10. When The Night Comes

• 2005 re-release bonus tracks

1. Episode 3
2. Real Different
3. How Do You Do?
4. Late Last Night
5. Nothing Happened Today

Mondo Bongo (1981)Edit

• UK version

1. Mood Mambo
2. Straight Up
3. This Is My Room
4. Another Piece Of Red
5. Go Man Go
6. Under Their Thumb ... Is Under My Thumb
7. Please Don't Go
8. The Elephant's Graveyard
9. Banana Republic
10. Fall Down
11. Hurt Hurts
12. Whitehall 1212

• US version

1. Mood Mambo
2. Straight Up
3. This Is My Room
4. Another Piece Of Red
5. Go Man Go
6. Under Their Thumb ... Is Under My Thumb
7. Please Don't Go
8. The Elephant's Graveyard
9. Banana Republic
10. Don't Talk To Me
11. Hurt Hurts
12. Up All Night
13. Cheerio

V Deep (1982)Edit

• UK version

1. Never In A Million Years
2. The Bitter End
3. Talking In Code
4. He Watches It All
5. A Storm Breaks
6. Charmed Lives
7. House On Fire
8. Up All Night
9. Skin On Skin
10. The Little Death
11. ... House Burned Down

• US version

1. Never In A Million Years
2. The Bitter End
3. Talking In Code
4. He Watches It All
5. A Storm Breaks
6. Charmed Lives
7. House On Fire
8. Whitehall 1212
9. Skin On Skin
10. The Little Death
11. ... House Burned Down

• 2005 Reissue With Bonus Tracks

1. He Watches It All
2. Never In A Million Years
3. Talking In Code
4. The Bitter End
5. The Little Death
6. A Storm Breaks
7. Up All Night
8. House On Fire
9. Charmed Lives
10. Skin On Skin
11. Say Hi To Mick

12. No Hiding Place (B Side)
13. House On Fire (12" Dub Version)
14. Up All Night (Long Version)

In The Long Grass (1984)Edit

1. Dave
2. Over And Over
3. Drag Me Down
4. A Hold Of Me
5. Another Sad
6. Tonight
7. Hard Times
8. Lucky
9. An Icicle In The Sun
10. Up Or Down

Other SongsEdit

1. Beat Of The Night
2. Cheerio (Hidden Track)
3. Do The Rat
4. He Watches At All
5. Lying Again
6. Mary Of The Fourth Form
7. Nice 'N' Neat
8. Room Nineteen (Sha La La La Lee)
9. So Strange
10. The Little Death/...House Burned Down
11. Tonight
12. Under Their Thumb.... Is Under My Thumb

Group Members Edit

• Bob Geldof - lead singer
• Johnny Fingers - keyboards
• Garry Roberts - guitar
• Gerry Cott - guitar
• Pete Briquette - bass
• Simon Crowe - drums

• Post-Punk
• New Wave

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