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Hay maintained a solo career and played with Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band. Strykert relocated to Hobart in 2009 from Los Angeles, and continued to play music and released his first solo album, Paradise, in September that year. [37] He expressed resentment towards Hay, mainly over royalties. Ham remained musically active and played sax with the Melbourne-based group The Nudist Funk Orchestra until his death. Rees was a music teacher in Melbourne and also played the violin and bass guitar for the band Beggs 2 Differ. [38] Speiser played drums for the band The Afterburner. [39] Awards and nominations [ edit ] ARIA Music Awards [ edit ] Hyden, Steven (19 April 2012). "Greg Ham of Men At Work, originator of the flute riff in "Down Under", found dead". The A.V. Club . Retrieved 24 April 2015. Be Good Johnny":– " 'Be Good Johnny' in Canadian Singles Chart". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. 37 (22). 29 January 1983. Archived from the original on 24 February 2014 . Retrieved 8 February 2014. They won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1983, they were inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 1994, and they have sold over 30 million albums worldwide. In May 2001, "Down Under" was listed at No.4 on the APRA Top 30 Australian songs and Business as Usual appeared in the book 100 Best Australian Albums (October 2010). Men at Work > Artists > Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Official Charts Company . Retrieved 15 September 2014.

While "Who Can It Be Now?" was still in the topten in the US, "Down Under" was finally released in that market. It entered the US charts at No.79 and tenweeks later, it was No.1. [18] By January 1983 Men at Work had the top album and single in both the US and the UK – never previously achieved by an Australian act. [7] "Be Good Johnny" received moderate airplay in the US; it reached the top20 in Canada. [16] a b Connelly, Christopher (28 April 1983). "Men at Work: Cargo". Rolling Stone. New York. Archived from the original on 4 April 2008 . Retrieved 15 September 2014.Who Can It Be Now?":– " 'Who Can It Be Now?' in Canadian Singles Chart". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. 36 (25). 31 July 1982. Archived from the original on 24 February 2014 . Retrieved 8 February 2014. Christgau, Robert (1990). "Men at Work: Cargo". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. Pantheon Books. p.272. ISBN 0-679-73015-X . Retrieved 15 September 2014. Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1983". Billboard. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021 . Retrieved 25 February 2022. Hung, Steffen. "Men at Work – Cargo" (ASP). New Zealand Charts Portal ( Recording Industry Association of New Zealand). Hung Medien . Retrieved 15 September 2014.

a b McFarlane, 'Men at Work' entry. Archived from the original on 13 May 2003. Retrieved 15 September 2014. a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Nimmervoll, Ed. "Men at Work". Howlspace – The Living History of Our Music (Ed Nimmervoll). White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd. Archived from the original on 26 July 2012 . Retrieved 7 February 2014.

Overkill,” the second and best-selling single from Cargo, was an example of the exception proving the rule. While it features Hay’s Sting-like vocals, it didn’t carry Men at Work’s usual reggae touches, instead displaying a reflective, melancholy texture. Colin Hay – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, bass (1978–1986, 1996–2002; occasional performances until 2012; 2019–present) In January 1983, they were the first Australian artists to have a simultaneous No.1 album and No.1 single on the United States Billboard charts: Business as Usual (released on 9 November 1981) and "Down Under" (1981), respectively. With the same works, they achieved the distinction of a simultaneous No.1 album and No.1 single on the Australian, New Zealand, and United Kingdom charts. Their second album Cargo (2 May 1983) was No.1 in Australia, No.2 in New Zealand, No.3 in the US, and No.8 in the UK. Their third album Two Hearts (3 April 1985) reached the top20 in Australia and top50 in the US. Fujita, Shig (21 January 1984). "International Repertoire Explosion Keys Upturn in Japanese Market" (PDF). Billboard. p.9 . Retrieved 4 August 2019.

Nimmervoll, Ed. "Men at Work". Howlspace – The Living History of Our Music (Ed Nimmervoll). White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd. Archived from the original on 26 July 2012 . Retrieved 15 September 2014.Countdown to the Awards" ( Portable document format (PDF)). Countdown Magazine. Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). March 1987 . Retrieved 16 December 2010. The band toured Australia, South America, Europe and the US from 1998 to 2000. [7] [8] Men at Work performed "Down Under" at the closing ceremony of the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, [8] alongside Paul Hogan of "Crocodile" Dundee (1986). [22] In 1984, Men At Work took a long break from the years of constant touring they’d done in support of both albums. This proved to be a momentum killer and, when the band reconvened, in-fighting proliferated and Speiser and Rees left the band. Although the remaining trio recorded a third album, Two Hearts, it made little waves and by early 1986, Men At Work was no more. The nucleus of Men at Work formed in Melbourne around June 1979 with Colin Hay on lead vocals and guitar, Ron Strykert on bass guitar, and Jerry Speiser on drums. They were soon joined by Greg Ham on flute, sax and keyboards, and then John Rees on bass guitar, with Strykert switching to lead guitar. [7] Hay had immigrated to Australia in 1967 from Scotland with his family. [8] In 1978, he had formed an acoustic duo with Strykert, which expanded by mid-1979 with the addition of Speiser. Around this time as a side project, keyboardist Greg Sneddon (ex-Alroy Band), [7] [9] a former bandmate of Jerry Speiser, together with Speiser, Hay and Strykert, performed and recorded the music to 'Riff Raff", a low budget stage musical, upon which Sneddon had worked.

Culnane, Paul (28 May 2001). "The Final List: APRA's Ten Best Australian Songs". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Archived from the original on 11 June 2010 . Retrieved 8 February 2014. The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They commenced in 1987. Men at Work were inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1994. [40] [41] Year In 1984, Speiser and Rees were asked to leave the group, leaving Hay, Ham, and Strykert as a trio, accompanied by session musicians. During the recording of the Two Hearts album, Strykert decided to leave. Soon after the 1985 release of Two Hearts, Ham left also, leaving Hay as the sole remaining member. Hay elected to work as a solo artist shortly thereafter in early 1986, and the Men at Work name was retired.

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