Manic Monday

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Manic Monday"
Image:The Bangles Manic Monday.jpg
Single by The Bangles
from the album Different Light
Released	1986
Format	Vinyl record (7")
Recorded	Sunset Sound Factory (1984)
Genre	Pop
Length	3:21
Label	Columbia Records
Producer(s)	David Kahne
Chart positions
#2 (US, UK)
The Bangles singles chronology
"Going Down To Liverpool" (1984)	Manic Monday	"If She Knew What She Wants" (1986)

"Manic Monday" (1986) was the first hit single by pop group The Bangles. It was written by Prince in 1984 and recorded as a duet for the Apollonia 6 album, but the song was eventually pulled <ref>Apollonia 6 Biography Retreived: Sept 15, 2006</ref>. Two years later, as he was attempting to "court" lead singer Susanna Hoffs, Prince (under pseudonym Christopher) <ref>Stichting Nederlandse Top 40, 500 Nr. 1 hits uit de Top 40, Page 234, 9023009444</ref> offered the song to The Bangles who recorded their version. The song reached #2 in both the UK and US record charts, ironically behind Prince's own song "Kiss", which reached number one in the US.

The lyrics tell of someone waking from a romantic dream at 6 o'clock on Monday morning, and facing a hectic journey to work when she would prefer to still be enjoying relaxing on Sunday—her "I-don't-have-to-run day".

The verse melody bears a strong resemblance to the verse melody of Prince's hit "1999", and The Bangles' rendition features their familiar female harmonies and jangly guitars and has been described as less funky, but rockier and more accessible than Prince's live version.

Remixes by the Bangles include an "Extended Version" with an additional acoustic guitar interlude, and a "California Extended Version" where the acoustic interlude also forms the intro to the song.

1 Track listing
2 Charts
3 Covers
4 References
5 External link

[edit] Track listing

Side	Title	Length
A	"Manic Monday"	3:03
B	"In A Different Light"	2:50

[edit] Charts

Chart	Date	Position	Certifciation
Billboard Hot 100	April 1986	#2 <ref name="billboard">Billboard.com The Bangles singles chart history Accessed: November 4, 2006</ref>
United Kingdom	February 1986	#2 <ref name="everyhit">Everyhit.co.uk UK Top 40 database Accessed: November 4, 2006</ref>	Silver <ref>BPI.co.uk Certification "Manic Monday" (Accessed: November 4, 2006)</ref>
Ireland	February 20, 1986	#2 <ref name="irish">IrishCharts.ie Irish chart search (Accessed: November 2, 2006)</ref>
Germany	April 1986	#2 <ref>Infinity charts German Top 20 - The Chart Of April 1986 (Accessed: November 4, 2006)</ref>
Austria	May 15, 1986	#2 <ref>AustrianCharts.at "Manic Monday" page. Accessed: October 28, 2006</ref>
Norway	March 1986	#4 <ref>NorwegianCharts.com "Manic Monday" page. Accessed: October 29, 2006</ref>
Switzerland	April 13, 1986	#4 <ref>SwissCharts.com "Manic Monday" page Accessed: November 2, 2006</ref>
The Netherlands	March 1986	#24 <ref>Top4000.nl Chart week 10, 1986 Accessed: November 2, 2006</ref>

[edit] Covers

"Manic Monday" was covered by Relient K on the compilation CD Punk Goes 80s.
"Manic Monday" was covered by Missile Innovation on their self titled mini-album .
Suzanna Hoffs' voice in "Manic Monday" was used by Dean Gray in a mash up of Green Day's song Whatsername.
In 2005, a new singer, Krystan Anderson, resung 'Manic Monday' but added a kid friendly flavor to it. It was entitled “Manic Fish Day”. Krystan Anderson was backed up by the Portage Park District Children’s Choir. The song was a mild hit on Chicago radios in the summer of 2005. It peaked at number 52.
Manic Monday is also sung by Bonnie Pink on her 2005 cover album Reminiscence.