Items55The creator’s order
  1. 1Monday, MondayMonday, MondayThe Mamas & the Papas. Their layered voices make Monday morning sound like a fresh start until the assurances start to come apart. Put this first if you want to hear how a bright harmony can turn into a warning about what the day might bring.0
  2. 2Manic MondayManic MondayThe Bangles. The narrator gets out of bed, tries to catch a train, and keeps wishing she could have Sunday back. The quick little details make this a Monday song for anybody who has reached the commute before feeling the weekend was over.0
  3. 3Rainy Days and MondaysRainy Days and MondaysCarpenters. Monday and rain get grouped together as things that can lower the narrator’s mood for no clear reason. Karen Carpenter sings it close and quietly. Try it when the beginning of the week feels more heavy than frantic.0
  4. 4Call It Stormy MondayCall It Stormy MondayT-Bone Walker. The song counts out the week after naming Monday and Tuesday as bad days, so listen for changes as the days go by. His electric guitar answers the voice with a freedom that the words about the week can’t offer.0
  5. 5Blue MondayBlue MondayNew Order. That famous programmed kick drum makes the title feel like the name for a whole mood. The lyric never needs to describe a workday. Put it here for a Monday that would rather move across a dance floor than drag across a calendar.0
  6. 6I Don't Like MondaysI Don't Like MondaysThe Boomtown Rats. A terrible event sits behind the cold refrain, so the title lands very differently from the usual complaints about the start of the week. The piano and clean harmonies make the distance between the sound and the subject especially striking.0
  7. 7Monday MorningMonday MorningFleetwood Mac. The week opens with attraction and by Friday the narrator is thinking about leaving. The clipped guitar keeps the whole plan moving quickly. Put it after the longer Monday complaints for a song that gets through indecision before breakfast.0
  8. 8Monday MorningMonday MorningDeath Cab for Cutie. A Monday morning marks the beginning of what two people share, with the refrain looking ahead to the marks time leaves on them. The brisk beat keeps that view of growing older from sounding wistful all the way through.0
  9. 9Ruby TuesdayRuby TuesdayThe Rolling Stones. Tuesday is the name the singer gives the woman he’s saying goodbye to. The recorder and piano keep the farewell gentle. It fits here because the famous day name can sound like its own little moment in time, even when the song is addressing a person.0
  10. 10Tuesday's GoneTuesday's GoneLynyrd Skynyrd. A train takes the singer away from home, and the refrain puts a vanished Tuesday next to a relationship that’s slipping away. The unhurried arrangement leaves him time to realize that moving on is going to take longer than catching the train.0