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"Down Under" is a song recorded by Australian rock band Men at Work. It was originally self-released in 1980 as the B-side to their first local single, "Keypunch Operator", before the band signed a recording contract with Columbia Records. [8] Both early songs were written by the group's co-founders, Colin Hay and Ron Strykert. [9]
Land Down Under may refer to: Down Under, a colloquialism used to refer to Australia and New Zealand, or the Pacific island countries collectively "Down Under" (song), a song by Men at Work; Love Me Again (Land Down Under), a Filipino film initially titled Land Down Under
Indeed, the songs stood by themselves with little embellishment save for a bright, melodic, singalong quality". [7] By February the following year both "Down Under" and Business as Usual had reached No. 1 on the respective Official New Zealand Music Charts [15] – the latter was the first Australian album to reach that peak in New Zealand. [7]
[3] [4] [5] The second single from the album, "Down Under", was released in November and was a reworked version of the B-side to their debut single, "Keypunch Operator", from the previous year. [3] "Down Under" was co-written by Hay and Strykert, [9] and became the group's first number-one hit in December – which stayed at the top for six weeks.
The term Down Under is a colloquialism differently construed to refer to Australia and New Zealand, or the Pacific island countries collectively. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The term originally referred solely to Australia and gradually expanded in scope.
Australia is colloquially known as "the Land Down Under" (or just "Down Under"), which derives from the country's position in the Southern Hemisphere, near the antipodes of the United Kingdom. The term was first recorded in print in 1886, and was popularised internationally by the 1980 song of the same name by Men at Work . [ 36 ]
Down Under is a colloquialism which refers to Australia. Down Under may also refer to: "Down Under" (song), by Australian rock band Men at Work; Down Under, an album by Bill Cosby; Down Under, a 2000 travelogue about Australia by Bill Bryson; Down Under, a film directed by Harry Southwell
In December 2018, the band surprised dropped a new song entitled "Land Down Under" which later was confirmed to be a cover song by Men At Work. On August 28, 2020, the band released The Emergency EP containing two previously released singles from 2020, "Brace Yourself" and "A Long Time Ago In A Galaxy Called LA" along with four new tracks.