Rat Trap

Rat Trap

Infobox Single
Name = Rat Trap

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Caption =
Artist = The Boomtown Rats
from Album = A Tonic for the Troops
A-side =
B-side = "So Strange"
Released = October 14 1978 (UK)
Format = 7" vinyl
Recorded =
Genre = Rock
Length = 4:55
Label = Ensign Records(UK)
Columbia Records(USA)
Writer =
Producer = Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Certification =
Last single = "Like Clockwork"
(1978)
This single = "Rat Trap"
(1978)
Next single = "I Don't Like Mondays"
(1979)
Misc =

"Rat Trap" was a single by The Boomtown Rats which reached #1 in the UK singles chart for two weeks in November 1978.

It is notable as it was the first official UK #1 single by a punk or new wave act (though see "God Save the Queen").

It was also famous for finally replacing "Summer Nights", a hit single from the soundtrack of "Grease", after it had spent seven weeks at the top of the UK charts.
Bob Geldof, the group's lead singer, glorified this fact by appearing on "Top of the Pops" (which is also mentioned in the song), holding up a picture of Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta to loud cheers from the audience, and then ripping it up.


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