# Songs about Thursdays

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-thursdays/336186>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 18, 2005, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-thursdays/336186 "2005-12-18T17:49:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Slade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@Slade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slade)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2005, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-thursdays/336186/1 "2005-12-18T17:49:44Z")

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I Don’t Like Mondays - Boomtown Rats  
Ruby Tuesday - Rolling Stones  
Wednesday Week - The Undertones  
Friday I’m In Love - The Cure  
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Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting - Elton John  
Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2.

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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2005, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-thursdays/336186/2 "2005-12-18T18:03:20Z")

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“Like a Summer Thursday” - Townes van Zandt

“Thursday’s Child” - David Bowie

“Perpetually Thursday” - Vergiftung

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**Post date:** [December 18, 2005, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-thursdays/336186/3 "2005-12-18T18:12:11Z")

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“10:15 Thursday Morning” - The Hollies

“Thursday” - Morphine

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**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2005, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-thursdays/336186/4 "2005-12-18T18:37:09Z")

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(Thursday) Here Is Why I Did Not Go To Work Today - Harry Nilsson

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**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2005, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-thursdays/336186/5 "2005-12-18T19:28:59Z")

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[Suite Thursday](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000002I3G/102-3840066-1260955?v=glance), Duke Ellington-Billy Strayhorn

Not a “song” exactly, but so what.

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-thursdays/336186/6 "2005-12-19T13:31:06Z")

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One of Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice’s first songs to be recorded was “Probably On Thursday” by Ross Hannaman. It’s on Sarah Brightman’s latest CD.