The Bangles - "Manic Monday"

[johnnywest]

I loved this song the first time I ever heard it.

[Peach]

This is their classic song. I still hear this everywhere today.

Love it.

[cartman2002]

Manic Monday reached #2 on the Hot 100 in 1986

[busyboy]

trashman9 said:

This is their classic song. I still hear this everywhere today.

Love it.

[joker]

Great song! The Bangles rule.

[lolhey]

Just more proof Prince is a genius, great song.

[Deleted]

I always thought this was boring until I discovered Prince wrote it and revisited it. That gave me more of an appreciation for the song, but they've had better.

[esoteric76]

One of my absolute fave tracks.

[WotUNeed]

Agree that The Bangles did better, but I do like this one.

[franklin]

This song is flawless. I hear it occasionally at work and it always puts me in a great mood.

[tico]

25 years later and still lasts the test of time. I usually hear this about a couple of times a week.

[JACKIE]

I still hear this at least once a week on my local AC and classic good station. I think it's their best song

[🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲]

My favorite song by them ever!

[Soulsista]

And here's Prince's demo from his Originals album.

[leonagwen]

I love Susanna Hoffs.

[disman00911]

The Bangles' best song.  I heard it used as bumper music on the local morning news that I used to watch.  On the radio, it was played on 101.9 the Mix (usually during their retro 80s at 8 hour) and probably on the AC stations (100.3 and Lite FM 93.9).  This song doesn't sound typically 80s (one thinks of heavy use synthesizers and drum machines) and seems to aged better as time goes on.

[🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲]

#208 on Billboard's 500 Greatest Pop Songs

You Know What It Is: The Bangles’ breakthrough single, which through its cascading keyboards and dreamy harmonies, has actually made the start of every workweek since its release a bit more bearable.

Who Put the Bomp: Prince, of course, composed the track. It is credited to “Christopher” (his Under the Cherry Moon character) and he originally recorded it with his Apollonia 6 trio, but did not release it, ultimately gifting it to Susanna Hoffs of The Bangles. “He thought it was perfect for The Bangles,” Hoffs told The Big Issue in July 2023. “When I first sang it, I thought to myself, ‘How did he know?'”

These Words: You wouldn’t expect Prince to keep an eye on macro-economic trends but the singer of “Manic Monday” fears being late to work because, as the bridge declares, “employment’s down.” In fact, in 1984, the unemployment rate in the U.S. was twice what it is today.