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«Down Under» es una canción de la banda de rock australiana Men at Work, lanzada originalmente en 1980 como lado B del sencillo «Keypunch Operator» y posteriormente incluida en su álbum Business as Usual de 1981 y lanzada como sencillo.
"Down Under" is a song recorded by Australian rock band Men at Work. It was originally released in 1980 as the B-side to their first local single, "Keypunch Operator", released before the band signed with Columbia Records. Both early songs were written by the group's co-founders, Colin Hay and Ron Strykert.
De hecho, el sencillo « Down Under » del grupo Men at Work se convirtió al instante en una canción casi patriótica. Una frase de la canción menciona al Vegemite, una pasta para untar típica de Australia: «Comprando pan a un hombre en Bruselas, medía 1,93 m, y estaba lleno de músculos.
Men At Work ha vendido más de 30 millones de discos en todo el mundo. El grupo se disolvió en 1986, siendo reformado en 1996 para separarse nuevamente en 2012. En mayo de 2001 "Down Under" fue incluida en el lugar número 4 en el Top 30 de canciones australianas de la APRA, y Business as Usual apareció en el libro de los 100 Mejores Discos ...
«Down Under» es una canción de la banda de rock australiana Men at Work, lanzada originalmente en 1980 como lado B del sencillo «Keypunch Operator» y posteriormente incluida en su álbum Business as Usual de 1981 y lanzada como sencillo.
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. " 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.
While "Who Can It Be Now?" was still in the top ten in the US, "Down Under" was finally released in that market. It entered the US charts at No. 79 and ten weeks later, it was No. 1. 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. "
