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"Overkill" is a song by the Australian new wave band Men at Work. It was released in March 1983 as the second single from their second album Cargo.Written by lead singer Colin Hay, the song peaked at No. 3 on the American Billboard Hot 100; No. 5 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart; and reached the top 10 in Canada, Ireland, and Norway.
"It's a Mistake" is an anti-war song. [1] The song's lyrics deal with the mindset of military men across the world in the 1980s, wondering if and when the countries of NATO and the communist states of the Warsaw Pact will end the Cold War standoff with conventional battle or a nuclear exchange.
The song also contains the refrain "where beer does flow and men chunder". To "chunder" means to vomit. [15] Speaking to Songfacts about the overall meaning of the lyric, Hay remarked: The chorus is really about the selling of Australia in many ways, the overdevelopment of the country. It was a song about the loss of spirit in that country.
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]
Cargo is the second studio album by the Australian pop rock band Men at Work, which was released in April 1983.It peaked at No. 1 on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart, No. 2 in New Zealand, No. 3 on the United States Billboard 200, and No. 8 on the United Kingdom Albums Chart.
"Be Good Johnny" is a song by Australian band Men at Work, released in April 1982 as the third and final single from their debut album, Business as Usual. Content [ edit ]
She clocks in a normal day of work as a senior marketing manager in the commercial real estate industry. And then she returns home by 8 PM. She is, of course, a supercommuter.
"Dr. Heckyll & Mr. Jive" is a song by the Australian musical group Men at Work. The song was written by Men at Work singer/guitarist Colin Hay , and the recording was produced by Peter McIan. It was released in October 1982 in Australia as the lead single from their second album Cargo ; in the United States it was the band's third single from ...