Men At Work – Down Under

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Genre:	Pop
Style:	Pop Rock
Year:	1981

Tracklist

		Down Under
		Crazy

Credits (2)

Jim Barbour
Engineer
Peter McIan
Producer

Notes

This single is backed with different tracks in different countries.

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Image	,	–			In Your Collection, Wantlist, or Inventory	Version Details	Data Quality
	Down Under 7", 45 RPM, Single	CBS – BA 222891	Australia	1981	Australia — 1981
	Down Under 7", 45 RPM, Shape, Single, Blue	Epic – EPCA 10 1980	UK	1981	UK — 1981	Recently Edited
	Down Under 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Single, Promo, Stereo, Mono	CBS – SAMPLER 54	Australia	1981	Australia — 1981	Recently Edited
	Down Under 7", 33 ⅓ RPM, Single, Stereo	Discos CBS – 43.539	Brazil	1981	Brazil — 1981	Recently Edited
	Down Under 7", 45 RPM, Promo, Picture Sleeve	Epic – EPC A 1980	UK	1981	UK — 1981
	Down Under Single, 7", 45 RPM	CBS – BA 222891	Australia	1981	Australia — 1981	Recently Edited
	Down Under 7", 45 RPM, Single, CBS Pressing	Epic – EPC A1980	UK	1981	UK — 1981
	Down Under 7", 45 RPM, Single, Promo, Styrene, Stereo	Columbia – 38-03303	US	1981	US — 1981	New Submission
	Down Under Single, 7", 45 RPM	CBS – CBA A 2066	Portugal	1981	Portugal — 1981	New Submission
	Down Under 7", 45 RPM, Single	Epic – EPC A 1980	Ireland	1981	Ireland — 1981	New Submission
	Down Under 7", 45 RPM, Single	Epic – EPC A1980	UK	1981	UK — 1981	Recently Edited
	Down Under 7", 45 RPM, Single, Paper Labels	Epic – EPC A1980	UK	1981	UK — 1981	Recently Edited
	Down Under 7", 45 RPM, Single, Promo, Company Sleeve	Epic – EPC A1980	UK	1981	UK — 1981
	Down Under / Crazy Single, 7", 45 RPM	CBS Columbia – CSR-1227	Peru	1981	Peru — 1981
	Down Under 7", 45 RPM, Single, Stereo, Damont	Epic – EPC A1980	UK	1981	UK — 1981	New Submission
	Down Under Single, 7", 45 RPM	CBS – BA 222 891	New Zealand	1981	New Zealand — 1981	New Submission
	Down Under 7", 45 RPM, Single, Stereo	CBS – A - 2066	Europe	1982	Europe — 1982
	Down Under 7", 45 RPM, Single, Stereo, Injection-moulded Labels	Epic – EPC A1980	UK	1982	UK — 1982	Recently Edited
	Down Under 7", 45 RPM, Single, Styrene, Stereo, Terre Haute Pressing	Columbia – 38-03303	US	1982	US — 1982	Recently Edited
	ダウン・アンダー = Down Under 7", 45 RPM, Single	Epic – 07・5P-211	Japan	1982	Japan — 1982	Recently Edited
	Down Under 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Maxi-Single, Stereo	CBS – A-12.2066	Europe	1982	Europe — 1982	Recently Edited
	Down Under 7", 45 RPM, Single, Reissue	Columbia – 53-03303	US	1982	US — 1982
	Down Under 7", 45 RPM, Single	CBS – CBS A-2066	Spain	1982	Spain — 1982	Recently Edited
	Down Under 7", 45 RPM, Single	Columbia – C4-4312	Canada	1982	Canada — 1982	Recently Edited
	Down Under 7", 45 RPM, Single, Promo, Stereo	CBS – CBS A-2066	Spain	1982	Spain — 1982	Recently Edited
	Down Under 7", Single, 45 RPM	CBS – A-2066		1982	— 1982	Recently Edited
	Down Under 7", 45 RPM, Single, Limited Edition, Gold Clear	Columbia – C4-4312	Canada	1982	Canada — 1982	Recently Edited
	Down Under 7", 45 RPM, Single Sided, Single	Columbia – CNR-03373	US	1982	US — 1982
	Down Under 7", Single, 45 RPM	CBS – CBSA 2066	Europe	1982	Europe — 1982	New Submission
	Down Under 7", 45 RPM, Single, Damont	Epic – EPC A1980	UK	1982	UK — 1982	New Submission
	Down Under 7", 45 RPM, Single, Misprint	Columbia – 38-03303	US	1982	US — 1982	New Submission
	Down Under 7", 45 RPM, Single, Misprint	Columbia – 38-03303	US	1982	US — 1982	New Submission
	Down Under 7", 45 RPM, Single, Styrene, Stereo, Pitman Pressing	Columbia – 38-03303	US	1982	US — 1982	Recently Edited
	メン・アット・ワーク* = Men At Work ‎– ダウン・アンダー = Down Under 7", 45 RPM, Single, Promo	Epic – 07・5P-211	Japan	1982	Japan — 1982	New Submission
	Down Under 7", 45 RPM, Single	CBS – SSC 5319	South Africa	1982	South Africa — 1982	New Submission
	Lejano Puerto = Down Under 7", 45 RPM, Single, Promo	CBS – 8532	Mexico	1982	Mexico — 1982	New Submission
	Down Under 7", 45 RPM, Single, Styrene, Carrollton Pressing	Columbia – 38-03303	US	1982	US — 1982	New Submission
	Down Under 7", 45 RPM, Blue Injection Labels	Epic – EPC A1980	UK	1982	UK — 1982	New Submission
	Down Under 7", 45 RPM, Single, Styrene, Stereo	Columbia – 38-03303	US	1982	US — 1982	New Submission
	Down Under 7", 45 RPM, Single	Columbia – C4-4312	Canada	1982	Canada — 1982	New Submission

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Reviews

palestina Oct 22, 2013
referencing Down Under (7", 33 ⅓ RPM, Single, Stereo) 43539

Very poor quality record
GoodNF Mar 1, 2012
referencing Down Under (7", 45 RPM, Shape, Single, Blue) EPCA 10 1980

Although this was by far not the first widely known Australian rock song (that honour goes to "Friday On My Mind" by The Easybeats), it is the one that is most referred to as "Australian Rock". The funny video did help achieving this and it was one of the first MTV music videos.
Somehow, it also started the expression "down under" as a common reference to Australia since then.

For some strange reason, some parts of the song are misheard in other languages:

1. first verse, first line ("traveling in a fried out combie") misheard in German as "satt und leer in 'nem feigen Kamel" (drunk and empty in a foul camel) and in Dutch as "ik zat alleen in een vuile kameel" (I sat alone in a dirty camel).
2. second verse, first line ("buying bread from a man in Brussels") misheard in German as "beim Bett von dem Anderen, was soll's?" (at someone else's bed, why should I?)
3. third verse, first line ("dying in a den in Bombay") misheard in German as "keine Antennen in Bombay" (no antennas in Bombay).