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- Origin: Sydney, Australia
- Years active: 1979-1985, 1996-2000
- Members: Colin Hay, Ron Strykert, Jerry Speiser, Greg Ham, John Rees
- Record label: Columbia Records, Sony Records
- Discography Wikipedia: Men at Wok Discography
- First Australian group to win a Grammy Award (for Best New Artist in 1983)
- Follow-up album Cargo made it to No. 3 on Billboard and featured top ten hits "It's a Mistake" and "Overkill"
- An acoustic version of "Overkill" was featured years later on the Scrubs TV show's soundtrack
- Colin Hay is Scottish and moved to Australia when he was 14
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Australian pop/New Wavers Men at Work were the surprise success story of 1982 and 1983, hitting big across the world with their debut album Business As Usual.
Led by frontman Colin Hay, Men at Work scored two No. 1 hits with "Down Under" and "Who Can It Be Now?", which propelled Business As Usual to its status as the debut album that spent the longest time at the top of the Billboard charts.
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Men at Work Billboard Top Singles
- 1982: Down Under #1
- 1982: Who Can It Be Now? #1
- 1983: Overkill #3
- 1983: It's A Mistake #6
- 1985: Everything I Need #47 Allmusic: Top songs by Men at Work
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Men at Work Questions
Why do men cheat? 2 AnswersMen are designed to deliver DNA, they are like love letters from one female line to another. This is necessary to keep our genetic diversity robust, and thereby... read more
in mens ncaa basketball how many times has all 4 #1 seeds made it to the final 4 ? if any who and when? 1 AnswerOnce, last year was the first time ever . The teams were UCLA, Memphis, Kansas and North Carolina. read more
What do men do after a breakup? 1 AnswerStereotypically, men tend to get goal oriented and focused. This could be, focused on getting back together or focused on the next relationship. Because most m... read more
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Now playing: Men at Work - It's A Mistake (REQ by The Hut)
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@cupcakemafia also men who stare at goats is funny (I work PT at a movie theatre)
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Sometimes I go into the men's room at work and it smells like Satan himself just got done visiting the last stall on the left.
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@xdarkkenyx right? if he's trying to ~woo me like he says he is, it's not working. Also, not into 30y/o men who work night shift at Gas King
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@lwj86 why weren't those other black men at work? I didn't see nan wife or kids with them. but I'm not here to argue my opinion.
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