Album: Different Light
Video: From YouTube.
Billboard Hot 100 Peak: 2
MTV Top 20 Peak: did not chart
MTV Top 20 Weeks: 0
"Manic Monday" put the Bangles on the map. It was the first of five top 5 hits in the 80's for the all-girl band from Los Angeles. Their emergence seemed to catch MTV off guard, as the video missed the Top 20 countdown.
When it came time to build the yearly top 100, MTV must have realized they goofed. So they stuck it in at #99, making it one of four videos in the top 100 that never charted on the weekly countdown.
The song was written by Prince, who gave it to the Bangles as part of an attempt to seduce lead singer Susanna Hoffs (allegedly). Ironically, it was also Prince who prevented the song from becoming a #1 hit, as his "Kiss" topped the charts while "Manic Monday" peaked at #2.
It's a catchy tune with vividly descriptive lyrics, beautifully sung by Susanna Hoffs. It was my introduction to the Bangles and made me a fan. Here is a great article about the song that sums it up perfectly.
Are there five interesting things in the video? Why yes there are.
1) A cool sequence of images: birds in shadow, an eye, flowers, skyscrapers, flying money and alarm clocks. And that's just the first five seconds.
2) Anytime Susanna Hoffs is on camera. Oh man, those sideways looks.
3) The Bangles navigating the streets with regular people, pretending they are trying to get to work.
4) The band playing in the park. Debbi Peterson looks especially groovy on tambourine.
5) The closing image, a desk calendar with all the Mondays in 1986 flying off until the end of the year.
"Manic Monday" put the Bangles on the map. It was the first of five top 5 hits in the 80's for the all-girl band from Los Angeles. Their emergence seemed to catch MTV off guard, as the video missed the Top 20 countdown.
When it came time to build the yearly top 100, MTV must have realized they goofed. So they stuck it in at #99, making it one of four videos in the top 100 that never charted on the weekly countdown.
The song was written by Prince, who gave it to the Bangles as part of an attempt to seduce lead singer Susanna Hoffs (allegedly). Ironically, it was also Prince who prevented the song from becoming a #1 hit, as his "Kiss" topped the charts while "Manic Monday" peaked at #2.
It's a catchy tune with vividly descriptive lyrics, beautifully sung by Susanna Hoffs. It was my introduction to the Bangles and made me a fan. Here is a great article about the song that sums it up perfectly.
Are there five interesting things in the video? Why yes there are.
1) A cool sequence of images: birds in shadow, an eye, flowers, skyscrapers, flying money and alarm clocks. And that's just the first five seconds.
2) Anytime Susanna Hoffs is on camera. Oh man, those sideways looks.
3) The Bangles navigating the streets with regular people, pretending they are trying to get to work.
4) The band playing in the park. Debbi Peterson looks especially groovy on tambourine.
5) The closing image, a desk calendar with all the Mondays in 1986 flying off until the end of the year.
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