In December 1980 "Banana Republic" was released, which was their last Top 10 hit, reaching No. 3. and in the following year the Boomtown Rats' next studio album Mondo Bongo produced by Tony Visconti appeared. A second single 'Elephant's Graveyard (Guilty)' charted at 26 while the title track appears in the US without much success. During the subsequent tour, Gerry Cott decided to depart the band that continues as a quintet. In December 1981 the single 'Never In A Million Years' stalled at No. 62 in the UK charts.
