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Rat Trap

"Rat Trap" is a song by the Boomtown Rats, released in October 1978 as the third and final single from the band's second album A Tonic for the Troops. It reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart for two weeks in November 1978, the first single by a punk or new wave act to do so. The song was written by Bob Geldof, and produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange.…

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Genre
New wave · pop rock
B-side
"So Strange"
Label
Ensign (UK) · Columbia (US)
Length
4:55
Producer
Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Released
6 October 1978 (1978-10-06)

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Rat Trap

Nodes28
Edges27
Triples22
Avg. degree1.93
Density0.071429
Components1

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Rat Trap

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related to Song · 13
Rat Trap → Billy, British, But, Geldof, Is That It, Newton-John, Pops, The, The Musicians' Union, Top, Travolta, UK, When
Genre · 2
Rat Trap → New wave, pop rock
Label · 2
Rat Trap → Columbia (US), Ensign (UK)
B-side · 1
Rat Trap → "So Strange"
Length · 1
Rat Trap → 4:55
Producer · 1
Rat Trap → Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Released · 1
Rat Trap → 6 October 1978 (1978-10-06)
Songwriter · 1
Rat Trap → Bob Geldof

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song geldof uk single rat trap 1978 john one new bob number chart released wave robert mutt lange video boomtown

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Rat TrapB-side"So Strange"1.00infobox
Rat TrapGenreNew wave1.00infobox
Rat TrapGenrepop rock1.00infobox
Rat TrapLabelEnsign (UK)1.00infobox
Rat TrapLabelColumbia (US)1.00infobox
Rat TrapLength4:551.00infobox
Rat TrapProducerRobert John "Mutt" Lange1.00infobox
Rat TrapReleased6 October 1978 (1978-10-06)1.00infobox
Rat TrapSongwriterBob Geldof1.00infobox
Rat Traprelated to SongBilly0.60section
Rat Traprelated to SongWhen0.60section
Rat Traprelated to SongTop0.60section

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