I want to shoot the whole day down, is a line from what 80's song?

The line “I want to shoot the whole day down” is from “I Don’t Like Mondays” by the Boomtown Rats.

Released in 1979, the song was written by Bob Geldof and Johnnie Fingers after the Cleveland Elementary School shooting in San Diego. Geldof heard a radio report about the incident while the Boomtown Rats were touring in the United States and was struck by the reported explanation that the teenage shooter disliked Mondays.

The song became one of the band's signature recordings and topped the UK Singles Chart. Its dramatic arrangement, including piano and orchestral textures, contrasts with the unsettling subject matter. The lyrics examine the shock felt by parents, authorities, and the wider community after senseless violence.

Listeners sometimes mistake the song for a general anti-Monday novelty track because of its memorable title. Its context is much darker: the repeated refrain reflects the reported words associated with the 1979 shooting, while the song questions whether any explanation can truly account for the tragedy.