Blue Monday
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- "Blue Monday" (New Order song)Blue Monday (New Order song)"Blue Monday" is a single released in 1983 by British band New Order, and later remixed in 1988 and 1995. The song has been widely remixed and covered since its original release, and became a popular anthem in the dance club scene.-Background:...
, a 1983 song, also covered by Flunk- "Blue Monday" (Orgy song), a 1999 cover version of the New Order single by the synth rock band Orgy
- Blue Monday (band)Blue Monday (band)Blue Monday was a Vancouver hardcore punk band.- History :Blue Monday was formed by guitarist Willy Beanbag and vocalist Dave Mac in the spring of 2001. After securing a drummer and bassist the band proceeded to write a 8 song demo which came out in early 2002...
, a Vancouver hardcore punk band - "Blue Monday" (Fats Domino song)Blue Monday (Fats Domino song)"Blue Monday" is a song originally written by Dave Bartholomew, and first recorded by Smiley Lewis in 1954.It was later popularized in a recording by Fats Domino in 1956, on Imperial Records , on which the songwriting credit was shared between Bartholomew and Domino. Most later versions have...
, one of the earliest R&B songs to make the Billboard charts - Blue Monday (opera)Blue Monday (opera)Blue Monday was the original name of a one-act "jazz opera" by George Gershwin, renamed 135th Street during a later production. The English libretto was written by Buddy DeSylva...
, the original name of a George Gershwin one-act "jazz opera", also known as 135th Street - "Blue Monday" (White Lion song), an instrumental by White Lion guitarist Vito Bratta
Other
- Blue Monday (comics), a comic book by Chynna Clugston-Major
- Blue Monday (date)Blue Monday (date)Blue Monday is a name given to a date stated, as part of a publicity campaign by Sky Travel, to be the most depressing day of the year.This date was published in a press release under the name of Cliff Arnall, at the time a tutor at the Centre for Lifelong Learning, a Further Education centre...
, the date stated by Sky Travel to be the most depressing day of the year - "Blue Monday" (Eureka Seven episode) is the 1st episode of the anime series Eureka Seven
- Breakfast of ChampionsBreakfast of ChampionsBreakfast of Champions, or Goodbye Blue Monday is a 1973 novel by the American author Kurt Vonnegut. Set in the fictional town of Midland City, it is the story of "two lonesome, skinny, fairly old white men on a planet which was dying fast." One of these men, Dwayne Hoover, is a normal-looking but...
, by Kurt Vonnegut, alternatively titled "Goodbye Blue Monday!"
- The fifth and deciding game of the 1981 National League Championship Series1981 National League Championship Series- Game 1 :Tuesday, October 13, 1981 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, CaliforniaThe Dodgers took the first game of the series behind the strong pitching of starter Burt Hooton. For the first seven innings the game stayed close, with the only scoring coming in the second inning when the Dodgers got...
between the Montreal Expos and the Los Angeles Dodgers. The decisive home run was hit by Rick MondayRick MondayRobert James "Rick" Monday, Jr. is a former center fielder in Major League Baseball and is currently a broadcast announcer. From 1966 through 1984, Monday, a center fielder for most of his career, played for the Kansas City/Oakland Athletics , Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers...
; thus the phrase is a pun.