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The chorus happens to be my ringtone for unknown callers. đ
Brilliant, lol!
Back when MTV actually played music videos.
Didn't matter what time you turned it on, you'd find this playing.
This channel has done a good job of playing a lot of music I knew first from MTV, even songs or bands I never followed beyond the videos we saw.
Little known fact, Men at work were really the first musical group to use the Internet as a means to promote themselves. Australia, with its vast expanse, was one of the first countries to use the Internet as a social network , and MAW used the system of list-servs, e-mail servers that colleges used as a first kind of social-network email link, designed primarily for professors, before students jumped on board. They were able to piece together an extensive college concert tour throughout the country, and students had a way of tracking their shows throughout the Outback.
We invented Wifi...no one gives us credit but look it up bro, it's a fact. :) Oz was far ahead of the game in regards to the internet...fact.
What...17 years after this song was released?
@@manna6618 what? Wait⊠Al Gores not Australian⊠đđ€Łđđ€Ł
Don't believe the Aussies and their lies. Kiwi's lives matter!
@@vrvaughnyes he isđ€Ł
Man, that saxophone provides quite a hook for the song. You've now done their 3 biggest hits.
Yea and then the drummer bringing back the chorus was great too.
They still need to do It's a Mistake which was a big hit too
I think it was Freud who said that everything's about sax.
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RIP Greg Ham.
Iâve felt like this often with strangers knocking on my door. Even friends I donât feel like seeing at the time. Very relatable.
ME TOO!!!
My husband laughs when I say..." I like my internet friends best. I can just turn them off when I want to"đ
What an amazing band. They literally ruled the charts. Saw them live and they were even better than the records.
The sax at the start was actually a warm up that Greg Ham used. The producer heard it and used it in the recording. I think the song was about a place Colin Hay lived at for a while and people kept knocking on his door looking for drugs and other shit. Every time the door would go he'd wonder who it was this time!
Yeah, but I think it was the next door neighbor who was a dealer, I guess they would mistakenly knock on his door as well sometimes
@@blindriv3r That makes sense đđ»
This song was out 40 years ago right now and I feel so old. In fact, it was the #1 song on the Hot 100 last week in 1982. (Chart ending 10/30/82)
Don't feel old, heck in 82 i was just entering my first year of high school, to graduate in 85. I remember this song well. I loved Colin Hay popping up in the episodes of "Scrubs" though, singing "Overkill" throughout the episode ( if you have not seen it, I recommend watching it, its great ) đ
I left school in this year.
These guys were great , loved the whole album . This song to me is just about mental health days....just stay away today, i dont want to talk or interact , just leave me alone. who in the heck is that at the door , why cant you just leave me alone for a bit and let me rest my mind ect . I personally do this lol. Great song thanks for what you 2 do :)
This was also at a time when discussing mental health in popular music and culture was still very much considered taboo.
I love this song! His mental health in this song is in question! He seems a little paranoid!đâ€â€
Too much weed
Hey again Gina, I see you liked another one I did lol. I remember this song well. I loved Colin Hay popping up in the episodes of "Scrubs" though, singing "Overkill" throughout the episode ( if you have not seen it, I recommend watching it, its great ) đ
their best sounding hit imo, the sax is what makes it
Great tune...please do "Overkill" and "It's a Mistake" next
I agree, and I personally think Overkill is their best song. But I love Men At Work.
I agree too, about Overkill. They actually did it already though.
Overkill is a sweet tune. They covered it
Men At Work only had a few hit songs but they are still super fun so many decades later.
yeah like down under, who can it be now, overkill (my favorite song by them), its a mistake and bee good johnny.
@@TheConservativeinaction Dr. Heckyll and Mr. Jive was the 3rd single from the second album. It peaked at like #28.
Another really cool song from an Aussie band from this era is "Beds Are Burning" by Midnight Oil. Their Lead Singer, Peter Garrett, later became a member of the Australian Parliament. He may still be there, not sure.
Quit in 2013.Sadly.
Isn't his name Colin Hay ?
Whatever summer this was big, I remember being a kid at the beach, everyone had their boom box tuned to the local Top 40 station and you'd hear this song echoing up and down the shore. Right from that first snare hit, I can smell the salt air and Coppertone, hear the seagulls and the ocean waves in the song. That's the cool thing about living in the northeast, every season is so pronounced, that your memories always have a specific feel to them.
When this came out, I never appreciated what a great voice Colin Hay has (that huskiness...yumm). That saxophone tho, soo 80's!
When Colin Hay goes to that upper register there is no band that throttles their music up more. His voice is an extraordinary instrument of joy.
Men at Work have a great catalog of songs. You can throw on any of their albums and enjoy it.
This is an old one, early MTV. I was in high school when it came out. My sister and I would sing 'who can it be now' when the phone rang. Years later when we moved out, each of us put the chorus on our answering machines, tho she eventually replaced 'who can it be now' with 'hello, is it me you're looking for' from Lionel Richie, hahaha.
Colin Hay has been writing and performing brilliant songs since the Men At Work days - do yourself a treat and see how great he has become in his more mature years - Beautiful World, Waiting For My Real Life to Begin and I Just Don't Thin Ill Get Over You are 3 to start your journey. Colin Hay is a style adjacent to your usual. 1980s was a golden era of Pop and Rock in Australia - much more to discover.
funny story about the writing of this song, the lead singer lived in an apartment that was next to a drug dealer, people would get his door and the drug dealers door mixed up, he had people knocking on his door at all hours of the day and night looking for the drug dealer and it inspired this song...
Funny now, but I'm sure it wasn't then. Thanks
When I was a kid I had exactly the same guitar amp model heâs clutching when he sings âIâm happy here with my childhood friendâ. Cracks me up every time I see the video.
The correct quote is âI like it here with my childhood friendâ. The edit button wasnât working.
Song was huge in the 80âs
I saw them in concert, they opened for Kenny Loggins, it was a really good show. Also, this song is my current ring tone.
One of their classics. Very original.
I can so relate to this tune,lol. Thanks Brad and Lex for the memories.
G'day guys. We are definitely blessed to have had some great music here in Australia. If you haven't checked them out yet, I recommend listening to some Midnight Oil. You also might get a kick out of The Angels...Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again. Gotta be the live version though.
I've been listening to Amyl and the Sniffers a lot lately. Great pub band with a killer sound.
Gotta be live for the call back right?!?
Love the bassline in this song
Happy classic from my early MTV days in the 80s.
If I remember correctly they wrote this song when they had so many bills they were afraid to answer the door or pick up the phone because of bill collectors.
That's how I heard it too.
Another theory I've heard is that there were drug dealers living in the apartment next door and Colin would sometimes have shady types knocking on his door.
This song, like so many others back in the day was played on the radio/TV every day literally every hour. As teens back in the early 80's you could not go more than a few hours without hearing it. It, like so many other songs of the time were ingrained into us and the culture of the time. It invokes so many memories of the times I had back then, with friends, girlfriends etc, where I was, what I was doing. This song triggers so many memories.
The horn and the drums on point like a joint!
Men at Work owned the world for a few years. Have you done Overkill yet? Their best song. This is MTV.
It's funny Lex mentions about "solicitors". The song is about avoiding debt collectors // True Story
early 80's I ran a rock venue (I was super young)... MAW were our "go to" regular support act for big name bands, sometimes twice a week... good guys and tight live... and Greg Ham (sax player) was a local in my hood until he suicided in '12... RIP Greg.
Men at Work definitely had their own sound and style. Strange but very cool. They was great live.
Men At Work was my first âmajorâ concert I ever went to. I was in sixth grade.
Roughly the same with me, though I had seen Bob Seger before (also a great show), and they were truly brilliant and fun. Greg didn't do the Kukaburra solo live when I saw them, and I didn't know why. It was too early for the lawsuit thing about his flute solo in Down Under, so I just guessed it was harder to get right live. I can only imagine.
I seen them in 95-96. and just last month. Colin's still got it
Now that you're reacting to an iconic Australian band from the 80s, you might want to return to Midnight Oil (Blue Sky Mine, Forgotten Years, Truganini, In the Valley, One Country, My Country) or try the Little River Band (Night Owl, Help is on its way, Take it easy on me, Reminiscing, Cool change).
Reminds me of growing up with my dad. He hated answering the door. We all stayed quiet so salesmen would not bother us. We only opened if someone called first or if someone yelled that we knew. Too many home invasions this could be a good song for awareness lol.
I've always loved this band's singer's voice. So unique!
Colin's my god
The vocalist Colin Hay was born in Ayrshire , Scotland ( some say Saltcoats and others claim Kilwinning !)
1982. I was twelve years old and I graduated from buying only 45 rpm records up to cassettes and this is the first one I bought.
This is actually in the Hallmark series called Mystery 101.
I actually saw Men at Work live in their heyday. They opened for Fleetwood Mac circa 1982 or there abouts. They were an Australian band.
great song and band, I really love the song Overkill (especially the accoustic version Colin Hay did used on Scrubs). suggestion to check out: Prefab Sprout - The King of Rock n Roll
Classic Men at Work!!!
Similar to The Police, Oingo Boingo, Payolas, Madness, The Specials, English Beat.. Men at Work were a new wave group, ska/reggae influenced mixed with some punk. Always has đ· saxophones in their songs. So this is actually pretty typical of Men at Work. Not much different. lol. Check out "Be Goody Johnny" video next!
Men at Work were huge in the 80's they Only had a Few Big hits, but they were Great.
Early 80's, great song!
Great band. Colin is a great singer and sometimes underrated as a singer. He had a big part on the show Scrubs for a few episodes.
In the 70âs and 80âs before cel phones, we all ran to answer the phone or front door. It was an event we looked forward to. Those we such good, innocent days.
This has been my ringtone for over a year now. Seemed well suited
Other great MAW hits you could try... It's A Mistake and Be Good Johnny. And I highly recommend lead singer Colin Hay's solo songs... try Beautiful World and Waiting for My Real Life to Begin.
Everyone feels like this song from time to time
Always on point about mental health , overkill is one of thee best if not thee best on insight into mental health from a musical standpoint , Top Class .
These guys helped boost, or maybe even kick off, an American infatuation with Australia during the 80s. It kind of culminated with the movie Crocodile Dundee. Not that it ended there.
These guys were actually quite good too. Overkill is another from this same album that I liked a lot.
"It's A Mistake" is my favorite song from them. "Underground" is another good one. Both are about nuclear war with Russia. The more things change the more they stay the same...
Whoop Whoop finally, one of the best of SKA of all tiiiime!!!! And this song... sure you know Down Under and have done it...
Written and sung by Colin Hay.
The video is funny! Coincidentally, the sax player was a ham! His name was Greg Ham! Lđ€ŁL
RIP Greg Ham.
As for the song, this is 1 of several songs which deal with strangers and stalkers in the 1980s: Rick Springfield in Don't Talk to Strangers, 1982. The Police with Every Breath You Take, 1983 and Rockwell featuring Michael Jackson with Somebody's Watching Me, 1984. In the 1990s, Sarah McLachlan with Possession.
Suggested next video: Men at Work performs Overkill.
Is this the man, come to take me away ? đ€Ł
Love that sax!! Iconic!! RIP GREG.
"Overkill" should be next đ
THIS ALWAYS REMINDED ME OF THE POLICE.
"Down By The Sea" is a nice one by them.
When I moved to Sydney in 1996 I stayed in a serviced apartment in Kings Cross for a while while I looked for a permanent place to live in Sydney. Colin Hay (the lead singer) was in the apartment above me. He used to sit on his balcony, smoke joints (or maybe it was a bong - dunno) and play the guitar for hours. I used to sit on my balcony and listen to him.
ps try Deeper Water by Paul Kelly, a really beautiful song but listen carefully to the lyrics.
One of my Favorite songs in high school
Very underrated band... try settle down and I can see it in your eyes... Great records!!
Good stuff. I really liked Dr. Heckyll and Mr. Jive from "Cargo." It has one of my favorite lines in any song: Oh, hey hey. He fumbles for what to say. He loves the world...except for all the people."
This came out when I was in high school. Always loved it â€
Lex is on the right track - it's about living in a less-savory part of town and getting disturbed by people knocking on the door for irrelevant or obnoxious reasons - leading to a little borderline paranoia.
For a more extreme version of paranoia in song, check out Oingo Boingo's "On The Outside" from the "Only A Lad" album - the paranoia and mental illness just drips from Danny Elfman's vocals like slime from a rotting apple - in the most entrancing way!
Lex is spot on! Colin Hay(lead singer) lived close to a drug joint and he used to get weird ppl knocking on his door mistaking it for the drug joint.
Good song. "Land Down Under" and "Overkill" are my favorites form this band.
Love MEN AT WORK! COLIN HAY, who is the lead singer here, has also been a member of RINGO STARR'S (the BEATLES' drummer) ALL STAR BAND that Ringo tours with, for several years, including this year's tour. He was there when I saw Ringo's All Starr Band concert a few years ago. Colin always sings "Who Can it Be Now'' and "LAND DOWN UNDER" HOPE you will react to THAT song as well!
"I want my MTV". An early MTV hit.
My grandmother used to hide from the Jehovah Witnesses when they knocked on her door in the morning when my grandfather was at work! Perfect song that brings me back.
When I was 17 I had running with the devil blasting throughout the house when Jehovah witnesses knocked on my door. I made it clear to them without saying a word I wasn't interested.
Until the late 90âs door to door sales were very common. College kids sold newspaper & magazine subscriptions or books. People sold roofing, plumbing, electrical, painting services door to door. Insurance and even burial plots were also common. Many ladies sold Avon or Mary Kay door to door. Some bill collectors would show up at peoples homes as well. I did it myself when I was in college. I quit after a scary incident when a couple of Neighborhood watch members followed me because they thought I looked suspicious. Luckily I made it to the main highway and flagged down my supervisor before I was hurt. Many subdivisions and office have no soliciting signs posted. Occasionally we will get someone selling alarm systems or cable tv at our door but thatâs rare. I think the emergence of on line shopping combined with so many elderly people being conned has all but extinct.
My best friend always sings the hook when his phone rings, lol.
soooo good even after all these years.
Men at Work once auditioned a Koala bear to see if it could be a band member.
This song is dangerously catchy. Someone was knocking on my door a year ago and I thought it was my girlfriend, so I was singing this pretty loudly as I went to open the door and it was actually the neighbour who had come to tell me I'd left the back yard hose on over night and flooded their yard. It was a bit embarrassing...
A certain percentage of Australian pot smokers called this Australian reggae... and I fully see why. I still believe Overkill is one of the best songs ever written about human depression... please more Men At Work!
Men at Work had many many hits...
Overkill
It's a Mistake
No Sign of Yesterday
Be Good Johnny
Down under
Who Can it Be Now...
These were all played frequently on the radio and MTV during the bands hey day.
Such a good one
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Awesome. Excellent.
It makes me think of someone knocking on the door while tripping.
At one point in time I thought this was Huey Lewis
People forget that Mitch Hedberg was the original lead singer for Toto
Lex has the best reactions ! Haha
I have a weird compulsion, any time I hear this song I always have to follow it with "I Always Feel Like Somebody's Watching Me" by Rockwell. LOL
Awesome song!
I've always believed this song was about someone who has serious social issues. Someone who's paranoid and doesn't trust anyone. He just wants to be left alone because any interaction with people causes him anxiety. I'm an introvert myself and I can relate.
This song is about drugs and paranoia.. Lol
No Sign of Yesterday is another good one. Love the soaring guitar work.
This is my ringtone
Good song for the air sax.
*Crabbuckit by K-os* is a can't miss reaction video. Powerful meaning to that song and a catchy beat. đ
This was Men At Workâs first international hit . They were really big for about 2 years. The lead singer Colin Haye later went solo and had moderate success. I really loved this band I though they were a cross between The Police (with the reggae influence) and INXS with sax. I was not a music major but Iâm pretty sure thatâs an alto sax which is probably the most common sax in pop music. It would explain it sounding familiar. I think the sax took this song from hood to great.
The tape stretching and hiss on this recording is about to make me crazy.
1st record I ever owned as a kid. I still have the vinyl.
MAW freaking RULE
Ohhhh je suis fan de MEN AT WORK
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Very Good Single for ALWAYS !!!!
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