[2025] A roundup of classic Western songs about Monday

Jobless MondayMitski

Mitski – Jobless Monday (Official Audio)

Have you ever felt such an overwhelming sense of helplessness that even the Monday blues seemed like a luxury? Mitski, a Japanese American singer-songwriter active in the United States, uses titles like “First Love/Late Spring” and “Jobless Monday” as a kind of metaphor to portray the futility at the end of a relationship through emotional sound.

It makes you wonder if you were loved only because you were useful.

This track appears on her third album, Bury Me at Makeout Creek, released in November 2014.

It’s the kind of work that sits beside you on nights weighed down by inescapable loneliness, simply keeping you company in your pain.

MondayOffset

Offset “Monday” (WSHH Exclusive – Official Audio)

An energetic track by American rapper Offset—also famous as a member of the hip-hop trio Migos—that blasts away the Monday blues.

The ambitious lyrics, centered on seizing success with his own hands and putting even Monday under his control, leave a strong impression.

Over a heavy trap beat, Offset’s skillful rap runs wild.

Released in 2018, this song appears on releases such as the EP ‘$uave.

‘ Offset secured his status with Migos when their 2017 single ‘Bad and Boujee’ hit No.

1 in the U.

S.

, and he’s also established himself solo with the successful album ‘Father of 4.

‘ Give it a listen on a sluggish Monday morning, and you might just kick off a powerful day.

Monday MorningMelanie Fiona

Monday Morning

Have you ever made a vow to change something at the start of a new week? There’s a track on Canadian singer-songwriter Melanie Fiona’s debut album, The Bridge, that you’ll want to play on a morning filled with that very resolve.

Despite its breezy, retro sound, the song tells of drawing a line under a romantic relationship and finding the strength to take a new step forward.

The lyrics, which recast Monday mornings—so often tinged with gloom—as a symbol of liberation, pair perfectly with her soulful vocals.

Widely embraced in Europe, the song even reached number one on the Swiss charts in October 2009.

If you’re ready to cut ties and become a new version of yourself, this might be the song that gives you the push you need.

Bombs on Monday MorningMelanie Martinez

Melanie Martinez – Bombs on Monday Morning/Patient (lyrics)

An emotional medium-tempo ballad with a shocking title that invites multiple interpretations, “Bombs on Monday Morning.” It’s a track by American singer-songwriter Melanie Martinez that emerged around 2014 during the making of her masterpiece Cry Baby, yet it isn’t included in her official discography.

Poetic expressions—like scars forming constellations in the night sky—evoke bonds that persist amid sorrow.

The dreamy yet taut soundscape pairs exquisitely with this delicate theme.

It’s a piece for nights when you don’t just feel down, but want something to quietly sit with your overwhelming anxiety.

Except for MondayLorrie Morgan

Except for Monday

How about a heartbreak song where you can only keep up a brave front on Mondays? It’s a piece by Lorrie Morgan, a country singer from Nashville, USA.

Her hallmark dramatic, emotionally rich vocals brilliantly capture the protagonist’s complex state of mind.

Released as a single in October 1991 from her career-defining masterpiece “Something in Red,” the track climbed to No.

4 on the U.

S.

country charts.

It might be lovely to deliberately listen to this song at the start of a gloomy day to lift your spirits.

Mondays (ft. Chloe Hotline)Ethel Cain

Ethel Cain – Mondays (ft. Chloe Hotline) Lyrics

Ethel Cain, a singer-songwriter from the United States with a singular artistic vision.

Among the works she created with Chloe Hotline is one that portrays the gloom of Monday from a shocking angle.

Released in April 2021, this piece is said to have been inspired by words spoken by the perpetrator of an incident that occurred in 1979.

Rather than mere lethargy, it swirls with uncontrollable anger and tangled emotions, carried on a blend of dream pop and slowcore.

The helplessness of being buffeted by traditional lies and violence may be something your heart recognizes, too.

On a hopelessly depressing Monday, it might be worth surrendering yourself to this dark world on purpose.

Monday MorningPulp

Monday Morning

It’s a song by the British band Pulp that portrays the lethargy of Monday morning as the weekend party comes to an end.

It’s included on their signature album, Different Class, released in October 1995.

This classic is also known for winning the Mercury Prize in 1996.

The track doesn’t just gloomily depict the transition back to dull everyday life; it’s said to also embrace the theme of “growing up,” breaking free from weekend habits.

The late Steve Mackey’s dynamic bassline and the dizzying shifts in the song’s mood perfectly match the protagonist’s complex state of mind.

It’s the kind of number you want to hear on a twisted Monday morning when a run-of-the-mill pep song just won’t cut it.