Business as Usual
Studio album by Men at Work
Released	December 1981 (AUS), August 24, 1982 (USA)
Recorded	October 1981
Genre	Rock
Length	38:11
Label	Columbia
Producer	Peter McIan
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone link
Men at Work chronology
Business as Usual (1982) Cargo (1983)

Business as Usual is the first album by Australian band Men at Work, released in December 1981 in Australia and August 1982 in the US. The Australian release of the album included a black and white cover design, whereas overseas releases had the same design but in yellow and black color scheme. Cover for the album Business as Usual by Men at Work This is an album cover. ... A studio album is a collection of studio-recorded tracks by a recording artist. ... This article has been selected as the current Australian Collaboration of the Fortnight! Please help improve it to featured article standard. ... Look up December in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... AUGUST 25 1981 US Marine Sean Vance is Born on the 25th of August {ear nav|1981}} Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 236th day of the year (237th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about the genre. ... In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 4. ... This article is about the magazine. ... Image File history File links 4_stars. ... This article has been selected as the current Australian Collaboration of the Fortnight! Please help improve it to featured article standard. ... Cargo is the second album by Australian band Men at Work, released in 1983. ... This article has been selected as the current Australian Collaboration of the Fortnight! Please help improve it to featured article standard. ...

The album was one of the most successful albums internationally by an Australian group. It spent an unprecedented 15 weeks at #1 in the American album charts from late 1982 to early 1983 and five weeks at #1 in the UK in early 1983. In Australia, It did 9 weeks at the top of the Australian album charts from Dec 1981 — Mar 1982.^{[citation needed]}

Business as Usual was one of the most commercially successful albums in the early 80s, with 6 million copies sold in the US alone & 15 million sold wide.^{[citation needed]}

The track "Who Can It Be Now" was first released as a single in Australia in June 1981, prior to the recording of the rest of the album. The single peaked at #2 in the Australian singles charts in August that year.

Track listing

1. "Who Can It Be Now?" (Hay) – 3:25
2. "I Can See It in Your Eyes" (Hay) – 3:32
3. "Down Under" (Hay, Strykert) – 3:45
4. "Underground" (Hay) – 3:07
5. "Helpless Automaton" (Ham) – 3:23
6. "People Just Love to Play With Words" (Stykert) – 3:33
7. "Be Good Johnny" (Ham, Hay) – 3:39
8. "Touching the Untouchables" (Hay, Strykert) – 3:41
9. "Catch a Star" (Hay) – 3:31
10. "Down by the Sea" (Hay, Strykert, Ham, Speiser) – 6:53

Down Under is the title of a New Wave song of the reggae flavour, recorded in 1982 by the Australian rock group Men at Work, and featured on their album Business as Usual. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Re-Mastered Bonus Tracks

11. "Crazy (Non LP B-Side)"
12. "Underground (Live)"
13. "Who Can It Be Now? (Live)"
14. "F-19 (Non LP B-Side)"

Personnel

• Russell Deppeler - telephone, calculator.
• Greg Ham - flute, keyboards, saxophone, background vocals, lead vocals on track 5
• Colin Hay - guitar, lead vocals
• Johnathan Rees - bass, background vocals
• Jerry Speiser - drums, background vocals
• Ron Strykert - guitar, background vocals, lead vocals on track 11

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Production

• Producer: Peter McIan
• Engineers: Jim Barbour, Peter McIan, Paul Ray
• Cover Illustration: Jon "JD" Dickson

Charts

Album

Singles