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After this, he rewrote the lyrics to "White Collar Worker" with a new chorus and the title "Takin' Care of Business". The new lyrics also take a self-ironic glance at the idea of glamorous rock stars who do not really need to work, contrasted with working-class men, in a vein that prefigured Dire Straits' "Money for Nothing" a decade later ...
Donner's grave at Acacia Park Cemetery. Ralph Donner was born in Norwood Park, Chicago, Illinois, United States, [2] and sang in church as a child. He sang in local talent shows as a teen, and formed two of his own bands, the Rockin' Five and the Gents, in high school.
Randy had heard DJ Daryl Burlingham say the day before a gig, "We're takin' care of business on CFUN radio", and he decided to insert the lyrics "takin' care of business" into the chorus where "white collar worker" previously existed. [14] Tim Bachman left the band in early 1974 shortly after the release of Bachman–Turner Overdrive II. Randy ...
The album's second and bigger hit single is "Takin' Care of Business". Though it never cracked the Top 10 on the US singles charts (reaching #12 in 1974), it became one of the band's most enduring anthems and stayed on the Billboard chart for 20 weeks. [3] Both singles reached #3 on the Canadian RPM chart.
The original studio version, recorded at Kaye-Smith Studios in Seattle, Washington, features prominent piano, played by Durkee in one take. Randy Bachman had repeatedly claimed that Durkee was delivering pizzas to the studio, and convinced the band upon hearing playbacks of "Takin' Care of Business" that the song needed a piano part that he could play.
The song also appears on Donner's 1961 album Takin' Care of Business. [2] The song was written by Paul Hampton and George Burton and released by Gone Records. [3] It debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the week of July 16, 1961, at spot 83.
This album brought the band greater commercial success than their debut, with hits such as "Takin' Care of Business" and "Let It Ride", which charted at Nos. 12 and 23 in the US, respectively. In 1974, they released their third album titled, Not Fragile. The release hit No. 1 on the album charts in both Canada and the United States.
He adopted the motto "takin care of business in a flash" as an homage to this song. He also designed (or had designed for him) a logo with the letters TCB and a lightning bolt for necklaces worn by his entourage.