Song · Boomtown Rats
“She's So Modern” by Boomtown Rats
From the album A Tonic for the Troops (1978)
“She's So Modern” by Boomtown Rats appears on 9 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1999 and 2005. It was first released in 1978 on the album A Tonic for the Troops. Its best result is #451 on the Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,100 alternative song of all time.
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"She's So Modern" kicked off the Boomtown Rats' second album, A Tonic for the Troops, in 1978 as its lead single, and the album even borrowed its title from one of the song's lines. Bob Geldof and Johnnie Fingers wrote it, Bill Price engineered it, and Ensign released it.
It's all nervous energy: jittery new wave pop with a punk sneer, bright and hooky and in a hurry. One reviewer, Brian Bock, argued it was built from the start to be a hit, and it was, giving the Rats their third UK top 20 single and a long run on the British chart. The ballad-ish "I Don't Like Mondays" would later overshadow it, but this is the Rats at their cheekiest.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1188 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1189 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1189 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1188 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2002 | 844 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 1173 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2003 | 451 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
| 2004 | 1173 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 1174 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
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