Mondo Bongo

This article is about the Boomtown Rats album.. For other uses, see Mondo Bongo (disambiguation).

Mondo Bongo
Studio album by The Boomtown Rats
Released	January 1981
Genre	Rock
Label	Mercury Records (UK) Columbia Records (US)
Producer	Tony Visconti The Boomtown Rats
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The Boomtown Rats chronology
The Fine Art of Surfacing (1979) Mondo Bongo (1981) V Deep (1982)

Mondo Bongo was The Boomtown Rats fourth album and included the hit singles: "Banana Republic", which had reached No. 3 in the UK charts in November 1980 and "The Elephants Graveyard (Guilty)" which made No. 26 in January 1981.

Track listing

All songs were written by Bob Geldof, except where noted.

1. "Mood Mambo" (Geldof, Pete Briquette) – 4:06
2. "Straight Up" – 3:15
3. "This Is My Room" (Geldof, Simon Crowe) – 3:35
4. "Another Piece of Red" – 2:35
5. "Go Man Go!" – 3:52
6. "Under Their Thumb Is Under My Thumb" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Geldof) – 2:41
7. "Please Don't Go" – 3:34
8. "The Elephants Graveyard" – 3:43
9. "Banana Republic" (Geldof, Briquette) – 4:55
10. "Fall Down" – 2:26
11. "Hurt Hurts" – 3:05
12. "Whitehall 1212" – 3:43

U. S. Track listing

All songs were written by Bob Geldof, except where noted.

1. "Mood Mambo" (Geldof, Pete Briquette) – 4:06
2. "Straight Up" – 3:15
3. "This Is My Room" (Geldof, Simon Crowe) – 3:35
4. "Another Piece of Red" – 2:35
5. "Go Man Go!" – 3:52
6. "Under Their Thumb Is Under My Thumb" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Geldof) – 2:41
7. "Please Don't Go" – 3:34
8. "The Elephants Graveyard" – 3:43
9. "Banana Republic" (Geldof, Briquette) – 4:55
10. "Don't Talk to Me" – 2:50
11. "Hurt Hurts" – 3:05
12. "Up All Night" – 3:33
13. "Cheerio" [secret track]

2005 definitive re-release

1. "Straight Up" – 3:15
2. "The Elephants Graveyard" – 3:43
3. "This Is My Room" – 3:35
4. "Another Piece of Red" – 2:35
5. "Hurt Hurts" – 3:05
6. "Please Don't Go" – 3:34
7. "Fall Down" – 2:26
8. "Go Man Go!" – 3:52
9. "Under Their Thumb" – 2:41
10. "Banana Republic" – 4:55
11. "Whitehall 1212" – 3:43
12. "Mood Mambo" – 4:06
13. "Cheerio"
14. "Don't Talk to Me" (B-side)
15. "Another Piece of Red" (Live in Portsmouth)

Personnel

• Bob Geldof - lead and backing vocals
• Johnny Fingers - keyboards, backing vocals
• Gerry Cott - guitar
• Garry Roberts - guitar, backing vocals
• Pete Briquette - bass, keyboards, backing vocals
• Simon Crowe - drums, backing vocals

Additional musicians

• Dr. Dave McHale - saxophone
• T.V. - backing vocals, recorder, drunken bass, guitar
• Tom Winter - bazouki on "Please Don't Go"
• Andy Duncan - percussion on "Please Don't Go"