Blue Monday (Fats Domino song) Blue Monday (Fats Domino song) "Blue Monday" is a song originally written by Dave Bartholomew, first recorded by Smiley Lewis and issued as a single, in January 1954, on Imperial Records (catalog # 5268). The single, with a slow-rocking beat, features an instrumental electric guitar solo by Lewis. It was later popularized in a recording by Fats Domino in 1956, also on Imperial (catalog # 5417), on which the songwriting credit was shared between him and Bartholomew. Most later versions have credited Bartholomew and Domino as co-writers. The baritone saxophone solo is by Herbert Hardesty. Domino's version was featured in
Blue Monday (New Order song) of Stylus Magazine commented that Flunk "only showed the paucity of melody" of the original New Order song. The cover was included in the 2004 film "Walking Tall", starring Dwayne Johnson. The song was subsequently remixed, with at least 7 remixes along with the original version available. The original release was on the 2002 EP titled "Blue Monday". This version of the song can be heard briefly in "Nancy Drew". In 2004, Aphex Twin's Rephlex Records released 808 State's acid house version of Blue Monday which had been recorded in 1988. A favourite at The Haçienda's Hot Night, the recording