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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]
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). In 1984, Speiser and Rees were asked to leave the group, leaving Hay, Ham, and Strykert as a trio, accompanied by session musicians.
[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.
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
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