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"Diamond Smiles" was the second
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'' at the time that the record was released and rising in the charts. Dealing with death, as had "I Don't Like Mondays", the song tells the story of a glamorous debutante ('Diamond') who commits suicide and is remembered only for her low-cut dress. Some of the staff of Duke Street Hospital, in Glasgow, filed a petition with the IBA and the
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demanding that the song be banned due to the lyrics exploiting a real-life suicide. The song also featured as one of four songs on an Australian EP called ''Surface Down Under'' that also featured past hits "
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) on his posthumous album ''Kicking at the Perfumed Air'', with the album's title also being derived from the song's lyrics.


Reception

In a review of the album '' The Fine Art of Surfacing'', critic Mike DeGagne said "'Diamond Smiles' jaunts along on a hiccup-like rhythm". '' Smash Hits'' said, "It's puzzling that The Rats should have chosen this rather lifeless tale of high-society suicide as the follow up to " Mondays". It's tougher and more compact than their recent singles but I thought they'd have put aside the subject of violent death for a while."


References

{{Authority control The Boomtown Rats songs 1979 singles Songs written by Bob Geldof Songs about suicide Songs about fictional female characters 1979 songs Music videos directed by David Mallet (director) Ensign Records singles Columbia Records singles