"Love Like A Rocket" by Bob Geldof

Bob Geldof is perhaps best known as the man who organized the superstar charity group called Band Aid, which recorded the now holiday classic "Do They Know It's Christmas?" The highest the song ever went was #13 in its debut year, 1984 (it has since been re-released and re-recorded with new musicians).

Geldof was also in the popular new wave band The Boomtown Rats, who had a single hit in 1980 with "I Don't Like Mondays" going to #73. While most people think that is just a generic tune about the start of the work week, it was actually about Brenda Spencer, a teenager who shot two people on a Monday in 1979.

Geldof also had a few releases as a solo artist, putting him back on the charts in 1986 when "This Is The World Calling" hit #82. Here's an unusually upbeat tune from Geldof on that same album (the album was "Deep In The Heart Of Nowhere") that should have done even better, but it failed to chart. And yes, that is Eric Clapton, who lent his guitar chops to the song.