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Business as Usual (Men at Work album)

Business as Usual is the debut studio album by Australian new wave band Men at Work, which was released in November 1981 in Australia, and April 1982 in the United States. It spent nine weeks at the top of the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart from December 1981 through to March 1982. The Australian version had a black and white cover design; overseas releases had a similar design, but in a black and yellow colour scheme. Business as Usual was one of the most successful albums internationally by an Australian group. It spent an unprecedented 15 weeks at No. 1 on the US Billboard 200 from late 1982 to early 1983; and five weeks at No. 1 in the United Kingdom Albums Chart in early 1983. Business as Usual was also one of the highest selling Australian albums in the early 1980s, with 6 million copies shipped in the US,[2] Surprisingly, the disc also made it to No. 31 on Billboard's Black Albums chart.[citation needed]

Business as Usual
Original Australian cover artwork. International versions feature the same artwork tinted yellow.
Studio album by
Released9 November 1981 (1981-11-09)
June 1982 (U.S.)
RecordedMarch–September 1981
StudioRichmond Recorders (Melbourne, Australia)[1]
Genre
Length38:00
LabelColumbia
ProducerPeter McIan
Men at Work chronology
Business as Usual
(1981)
Cargo
(1983)
Singles from Business as Usual
  1. "Who Can It Be Now?"
    Released: June 1981
  2. "Down Under"
    Released: 2 November 1981
  3. "Be Good Johnny"
    Released: April 1982

In February 2010, a Federal Court judge in Sydney found that the flute riff from "Down Under" had been plagiarised from the Australian song "Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree", written in 1932 by Marion Sinclair. The Federal Court determined that the copyright was still current (Sinclair died in 1988) and had been assigned to Larrikin Music. The judge found that "a substantial amount of the original song" had been reproduced in "Down Under". Larrikin Music had suggested 60% of the royalties would be appropriate compensation, but the court decreed they shall receive only 5%, and only on mechanical rights for the song since 2002, and on future profits.

In October 2010, Business as Usual was listed in the book 100 Best Australian Albums.[3]

Background

By early 1981, Australian new wave group, Men at Work consisted of the late Greg Ham on flute, saxophone, keyboards and vocals; Colin Hay on vocals and guitar; John Rees on bass guitar; Jerry Speiser on drums and backing vocals; and Ron Strykert on lead guitar and vocals.[4][5][6] Hay was the group's main songwriter both on his own, with Strykert, or with other bandmates.[4][5] The group signed with the Australian branch of Columbia Records, which issued their second single, "Who Can It Be Now?", in June that year.[4][5] As record producer they used United States-born Peter McIan (Franne Golde, Serious Young Insects).[4][5][6] The track was one written by Hay alone,[7] and, in August, it peaked at No. 2 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart.[8][9]

The group had already returned to the studio to continue working with McIan, who produced their debut album, Business as Usual, which included the earlier single.[4][5][6] 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.[4] "Down Under" was co-written by Hay and Strykert,[10] and became the group's first number-one hit in December – which stayed at the top for six weeks.[8][9] The album was released on 9 November 1981, it entered the top 50 on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart in December peaking at No. 1 for nine weeks and appearing in the top 50 for 118 weeks.[8][11]

The track "Crazy", released as a non-album B-side, is the only Men at Work recording to have Hay, Ham, and Strykert all performing lead vocals. Ham and Strykert sing lead on the first halves of the verses, Hay on the second halves of the verses and the bridge, and all three on the choruses. Another non-album B-side, the jam-oriented instrumental "Anyone for Tennis", was omitted from the 2003 remaster of Business as Usual (which contained both the other non-album B-sides from this era). It appears only on the B-side to "Who Can it Be Now?".

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [12]
Christgau's Record GuideB+[13]
Rolling Stone     [14]

Australian musicologist Ian McFarlane described Business as Usual: "Aside from the strength of the music, part of the [its] appeal was its economy. The production sound was low-key, but clean and uncluttered. Indeed, the songs stood by themselves with little embellishment save for a bright, melodic, singalong quality".[4] Gerry Raffaele for The Canberra Times felt "[it] generally stays at a high level, tight and jerky, although I still favour the tracks which have appeared as singles ... There is a delicacy about this music – and that is not a thing you can say about too many rock groups".[15]

Accolades

Countdown Music and Video Awards

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1981[16][17] Business as Usual Best Debut Album Won
"Who Can It Be Now?" Best Debut Single Won
Men at Work Best New Talent Won
1982[17][18] Men at Work Most Outstanding Achievement Won

Grammy Awards

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1983 Men at Work (performer) Best New Artist[19] Won

Brit Awards

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1984 Men at Work (performer) Best International Artist[20] Nominated

Track listing

Business as Usual – Standard edition – Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Who Can It Be Now?"Colin Hay[7]3:21
2."I Can See It in Your Eyes"Hay3:29
3."Down Under"Hay, Ron Strykert[10]3:42
4."Underground"Hay3:03
5."Helpless Automaton"Greg Ham3:21
Business as Usual – Standard edition – Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."People Just Love to Play with Words"Strykert3:29
7."Be Good Johnny"Hay, Ham3:35
8."Touching the Untouchables"Hay, Strykert3:39
9."Catch a Star"Hay3:28
10."Down by the Sea"Hay, Strykert, Ham, Jerry Speiser6:53
Total length:38:00
Business as Usual – 2003 remaster bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Crazy"Strykert2:37
12."Underground" (live)Hay3:49
13."Who Can It Be Now?" (live)Hay3:58
14."F-19"Hay, Speiser3:52
Total length:52:16
Notes
  • "Crazy" is a B-side of the "Down Under" single in Australia and North America.
  • The live versions of "Underground" and "Who Can It Be Now?" were recorded at a concert at Olympia in São Paulo, Brazil on May 6, 1996[21] and are also from the 1998 live album Brazil.
  • "F-19" is a B-side of the "Be Good Johnny" single in Australia.

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of the 2003 remaster of Business as Usual.

Musicians

  • Colin Hayguitar (all tracks), lead vocals (tracks 1–4, 6–13)
  • Greg Hamflute, keyboards, saxophone, "fiddly things" (attributed in the liner notes) (all tracks), background vocals (tracks 1–4, 6–10, 12–13), lead vocals (tracks 5, 11)
  • Ron Strykert – guitar, background vocals (all tracks), lead vocals (track 11)
  • John Rees – bass, background vocals
  • Jerry Speiserdrums, background vocals

Technical

  • Peter McIan – production, engineering
  • Jim Barbour – engineering
  • Paul Ray – additional engineering

Artwork

  • John Dickson – front cover illustration

Singles

  • "Who Can It Be Now?" was the first single released from the album. It was released as a single in Australia in June 1981 and in the U.S. in May 1982. It reached #2 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart in August 1981.
  • "Down Under" was the second single released from the album. It was released as a single on 2 November 1981. The single peaked at #1 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart for six weeks.
  • "Be Good Johnny" was the third single and final single released from the album. It was released in April 1982 and reached #8 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart.

Charts

Decade-end charts

Chart (1980–89) Position
Australian Albums Chart[citation needed] 9

Certifications and sales

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[43] 4× Platinum 200,000[44]
Canada (Music Canada)[45] 5× Platinum 500,000^
Germany (BVMI)[46] Gold 250,000^
Hong Kong (IFPI Hong Kong)[47] Gold 10,000*
Netherlands (NVPI)[48] Gold 50,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[49] Platinum 15,000^
Japan (Oricon Charts) 266,000[26]
United Kingdom (BPI)[50] Platinum 300,000^
United States (RIAA)[51] 6× Platinum 6,000,000^
Yugoslavia 22,513[52]
Zimbabwe 2,000[53]
Summaries
Worldwide 10,000,000[54]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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Further reading

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Business as Usual is the debut studio album by Australian new wave band Men at Work which was released in November 1981 in Australia and April 1982 in the United States It spent nine weeks at the top of the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart from December 1981 through to March 1982 The Australian version had a black and white cover design overseas releases had a similar design but in a black and yellow colour scheme Business as Usual was one of the most successful albums internationally by an Australian group It spent an unprecedented 15 weeks at No 1 on the US Billboard 200 from late 1982 to early 1983 and five weeks at No 1 in the United Kingdom Albums Chart in early 1983 Business as Usual was also one of the highest selling Australian albums in the early 1980s with 6 million copies shipped in the US 2 Surprisingly the disc also made it to No 31 on Billboard s Black Albums chart citation needed Business as UsualOriginal Australian cover artwork International versions feature the same artwork tinted yellow Studio album by Men at WorkReleased9 November 1981 1981 11 09 June 1982 U S RecordedMarch September 1981StudioRichmond Recorders Melbourne Australia 1 GenreNew wavereggae rockpop rockLength38 00LabelColumbiaProducerPeter McIanMen at Work chronologyBusiness as Usual 1981 Cargo 1983 Singles from Business as Usual Who Can It Be Now Released June 1981 Down Under Released 2 November 1981 Be Good Johnny Released April 1982In February 2010 a Federal Court judge in Sydney found that the flute riff from Down Under had been plagiarised from the Australian song Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree written in 1932 by Marion Sinclair The Federal Court determined that the copyright was still current Sinclair died in 1988 and had been assigned to Larrikin Music The judge found that a substantial amount of the original song had been reproduced in Down Under Larrikin Music had suggested 60 of the royalties would be appropriate compensation but the court decreed they shall receive only 5 and only on mechanical rights for the song since 2002 and on future profits In October 2010 Business as Usual was listed in the book 100 Best Australian Albums 3 Contents 1 Background 2 Reception 3 Accolades 3 1 Countdown Music and Video Awards 3 2 Grammy Awards 3 3 Brit Awards 4 Track listing 5 Personnel 5 1 Musicians 5 2 Technical 5 3 Artwork 6 Singles 7 Charts 7 1 Weekly charts 7 2 Year end charts 7 3 Decade end charts 8 Certifications and sales 9 References 10 Further readingBackground EditBy early 1981 Australian new wave group Men at Work consisted of the late Greg Ham on flute saxophone keyboards and vocals Colin Hay on vocals and guitar John Rees on bass guitar Jerry Speiser on drums and backing vocals and Ron Strykert on lead guitar and vocals 4 5 6 Hay was the group s main songwriter both on his own with Strykert or with other bandmates 4 5 The group signed with the Australian branch of Columbia Records which issued their second single Who Can It Be Now in June that year 4 5 As record producer they used United States born Peter McIan Franne Golde Serious Young Insects 4 5 6 The track was one written by Hay alone 7 and in August it peaked at No 2 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart 8 9 The group had already returned to the studio to continue working with McIan who produced their debut album Business as Usual which included the earlier single 4 5 6 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 4 Down Under was co written by Hay and Strykert 10 and became the group s first number one hit in December which stayed at the top for six weeks 8 9 The album was released on 9 November 1981 it entered the top 50 on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart in December peaking at No 1 for nine weeks and appearing in the top 50 for 118 weeks 8 11 The track Crazy released as a non album B side is the only Men at Work recording to have Hay Ham and Strykert all performing lead vocals Ham and Strykert sing lead on the first halves of the verses Hay on the second halves of the verses and the bridge and all three on the choruses Another non album B side the jam oriented instrumental Anyone for Tennis was omitted from the 2003 remaster of Business as Usual which contained both the other non album B sides from this era It appears only on the B side to Who Can it Be Now Reception EditProfessional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic 12 Christgau s Record GuideB 13 Rolling Stone 14 Australian musicologist Ian McFarlane described Business as Usual Aside from the strength of the music part of the its appeal was its economy The production sound was low key but clean and uncluttered Indeed the songs stood by themselves with little embellishment save for a bright melodic singalong quality 4 Gerry Raffaele for The Canberra Times felt it generally stays at a high level tight and jerky although I still favour the tracks which have appeared as singles There is a delicacy about this music and that is not a thing you can say about too many rock groups 15 Accolades EditCountdown Music and Video Awards Edit Year Nominee work Award Result1981 16 17 Business as Usual Best Debut Album Won Who Can It Be Now Best Debut Single WonMen at Work Best New Talent Won1982 17 18 Men at Work Most Outstanding Achievement WonGrammy Awards Edit Year Nominee work Award Result1983 Men at Work performer Best New Artist 19 WonBrit Awards Edit Year Nominee work Award Result1984 Men at Work performer Best International Artist 20 NominatedTrack listing EditBusiness as Usual Standard edition Side oneNo TitleWriter s Length1 Who Can It Be Now Colin Hay 7 3 212 I Can See It in Your Eyes Hay3 293 Down Under Hay Ron Strykert 10 3 424 Underground Hay3 035 Helpless Automaton Greg Ham3 21 Business as Usual Standard edition Side twoNo TitleWriter s Length6 People Just Love to Play with Words Strykert3 297 Be Good Johnny Hay Ham3 358 Touching the Untouchables Hay Strykert3 399 Catch a Star Hay3 2810 Down by the Sea Hay Strykert Ham Jerry Speiser6 53Total length 38 00 Business as Usual 2003 remaster bonus tracksNo TitleWriter s Length11 Crazy Strykert2 3712 Underground live Hay3 4913 Who Can It Be Now live Hay3 5814 F 19 Hay Speiser3 52Total length 52 16 Notes Crazy is a B side of the Down Under single in Australia and North America The live versions of Underground and Who Can It Be Now were recorded at a concert at Olympia in Sao Paulo Brazil on May 6 1996 21 and are also from the 1998 live album Brazil F 19 is a B side of the Be Good Johnny single in Australia Personnel EditCredits adapted from the liner notes of the 2003 remaster of Business as Usual Musicians Edit Colin Hay guitar all tracks lead vocals tracks 1 4 6 13 Greg Ham flute keyboards saxophone fiddly things attributed in the liner notes all tracks background vocals tracks 1 4 6 10 12 13 lead vocals tracks 5 11 Ron Strykert guitar background vocals all tracks lead vocals track 11 John Rees bass background vocals Jerry Speiser drums background vocalsTechnical Edit Peter McIan production engineering Jim Barbour engineering Paul Ray additional engineeringArtwork Edit John Dickson front cover illustrationSingles Edit Who Can It Be Now was the first single released from the album It was released as a single in Australia in June 1981 and in the U S in May 1982 It reached 2 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart in August 1981 Down Under was the second single released from the album It was released as a single on 2 November 1981 The single peaked at 1 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart for six weeks Be Good Johnny was the third single and final single released from the album It was released in April 1982 and reached 8 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart Charts EditWeekly charts Edit Chart 1981 83 PeakpositionAustralian Kent Music Report 8 1Canadian RPM Albums Chart 22 1Dutch Albums Chart 23 2French SNEP Albums Chart 24 16Italian Albums Musica e dischi 25 5Japanese Oricon LP Chart 26 3New Zealand Albums Chart 27 1Norwegian VG lista Albums Chart 28 1Swedish Albums Chart 29 15UK Albums Chart 30 1US Billboard Top LPs amp Tape 31 1West German Media Control Albums Chart 32 15 Year end charts Edit Chart 1981 PositionAustralian Albums Chart 8 93Chart 1982 PositionAustralian Albums Chart 8 1Canadian Albums Chart 33 1German Albums Offizielle Top 100 34 34New Zealand Albums RMNZ 35 1Chart 1983 PositionAustralian Albums Chart 8 12Canadian Albums Chart 36 8French Albums Chart 37 75German Albums Offizielle Top 100 38 38Japanese Albums Chart 39 26New Zealand Albums RMNZ 40 34UK Albums Chart 41 13U S Billboard Year End 42 2 Decade end charts Edit Chart 1980 89 PositionAustralian Albums Chart citation needed 9Certifications and sales EditRegion Certification Certified units salesAustralia ARIA 43 4 Platinum 200 000 44 Canada Music Canada 45 5 Platinum 500 000 Germany BVMI 46 Gold 250 000 Hong Kong IFPI Hong Kong 47 Gold 10 000 Netherlands NVPI 48 Gold 50 000 New Zealand RMNZ 49 Platinum 15 000 Japan Oricon Charts 266 000 26 United Kingdom BPI 50 Platinum 300 000 United States RIAA 51 6 Platinum 6 000 000 Yugoslavia 22 513 52 Zimbabwe 2 000 53 SummariesWorldwide 10 000 000 54 Sales figures based on certification alone Shipments figures based on certification alone References Edit Men at Work Business as Usual 1981 Vinyl Discogs Men at Work Search Results Gold amp Platinum Searchable Database Recording Industry Association of America 22 July 2014 Retrieved 22 July 2014 O Donnell John Creswell Toby Mathieson Craig October 2010 100 Best Australian Albums Prahran Vic Hardie Grant Books ISBN 978 1 74066 955 9 a b c d e f g McFarlane Men at Work entry Archived from the original on 13 May 2003 Retrieved 22 July 2014 a b c d e Nimmervoll Ed Men at Work Howlspace The Living History of Our Music Ed Nimmervoll White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd Archived from the original on 26 July 2012 Retrieved 22 July 2014 a b c Holmgren Magnus Warnqvist Stefan Men at Work passagen se Australian Rock Database Magnus Holmgren Archived from the original on 24 April 2012 Retrieved 24 July 2014 a b Who Can It Be Now at APRA search engine Australasian Performing Right Association APRA Retrieved 24 July 2014 Note User may have to click Search again and provide details at Enter a title e g Who Can It Be Now or at Performer Men at Work a b c d e f g Kent David 1993 Australian Chart Book 1970 1992 St Ives NSW Australian Chart Book Ltd ISBN 0 646 11917 6 Note Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until Australian Recording Industry Association ARIA created their own charts in mid 1988 In 1992 Kent back calculated chart positions for 1970 1974 a b Ryan bulion Gary 16 July 2008 Chart Positions Pre 1989 ARIA Charts Special Occasion Charts Australian Charts Portal Hung Medien Steffen Hung Retrieved 24 July 2014 a b Down Under at APRA search engine Australasian Performing Right Association APRA Retrieved 24 July 2014 Note User may have to click Search again and provide details at Enter a title e g Down Under or at Performer Men at Work Ryan bulion Gary 11 January 2009 Albums Pre 1989 ARIA Charts Special Occasion Charts Australian Charts Portal Hung Medien Steffen Hung Retrieved 24 July 2014 Erlewine Stephen Thomas Business as Usual Men at Work AllMusic Retrieved 9 May 2012 Christgau Robert 1990 Men at Work Business as Usual Christgau s Record Guide The 80s Pantheon Books ISBN 0 679 73015 X Retrieved 9 May 2012 Fricke David 22 July 1982 Men at Work Business As Usual Rolling Stone Archived from the original on 30 September 2007 Retrieved 9 May 2012 Raffaele Gerry 25 January 1982 Rock Music Perceptive The Canberra Times ACT 1926 1995 National Library of Australia p 10 Retrieved 24 July 2014 Countdown Show no 539 Date 18 4 1982 Countdown Archives Retrieved 24 July 2014 a b Angus Cameron ed 1985 The Australian Almanac North Ryde NSW 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