Mondo Bongo

Mondo Bongo was The Boomtown Rats fourth album and included the hit singles: "Banana Republic", which had reached No. 3 in the UK charts in November 1980 and "The Elephant's Graveyard (Guilty)" which made No. 26 in January 1981.

Track listing

All songs were written by Bob Geldof, except where noted.

"Mood Mambo" (Geldof, Pete Briquette) – 4:06
"Straight Up" – 3:15
"This Is My Room" (Geldof, Simon Crowe) – 3:35
"Another Piece of Red" – 2:35
"Go Man Go" – 3:52
"Under Their Thumb... Is Under My Thumb" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 2:41
"Please Don't Go" – 3:34
"The Elephant's Graveyard" – 3:43
"Banana Republic" (Geldof, Briquette) – 4:55
"Fall Down" – 2:26
"Hurt Hurts" – 3:05
"Whitehall 1212" – 3:43

U. S. Track listing

All songs were written by Bob Geldof, except where noted.

"Mood Mambo" (Geldof, Pete Briquette) – 4:06
"Straight Up" – 3:15
"This Is My Room" (Geldof, Simon Crowe) – 3:35
"Another Piece of Red" – 2:35
"Go Man Go" – 3:52
"Under Their Thumb... Is Under My Thumb" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 2:41
"Please Don't Go" – 3:34
"The Elephants Graveyard" – 3:43
"Banana Republic" (Geldof, Briquette) – 4:55
"Don't Talk To Me" – 2:50
"Hurt Hurts" – 3:05
"Up All Night" – 3:33

2005 definitive re-release

"Straight Up" – 3:15
"The Elephant's Graveyard" – 3:43
"This Is My Room" – 3:35
"Another Piece of Red" – 2:35
"Hurt Hurts" – 3:05
"Please Don't Go" – 3:34
"Fall Down" – 2:26
"Go Man Go!" – 3:52
"Under Their Thumb" – 2:41
"Banana Republic" – 4:55
"Whitehall 1212" – 3:43
"Mood Mambo" – 4:06
"Cheerio"
"Don't Talk to Me" (B-side)
"Another Piece of Red" (Live in Portsmouth)

Personnel

Bob Geldof - Vocals and backing vocals.
Johnny Fingers - Keyboards and backing vocals
Gerry Cott - Guitar
Garry Roberts - Guitar and backing vocals.
Pete Briquette - Bass, keyboards and backing vocals.
Simon Crowe - Drums and backing vocals.

Additional musicians

Dr. Dave McHale - Saxophone
T.V. - Backing vocals, Recorder
Tom Winter - Bazouki
Andy Duncan - Percussion