Men At Work - Down Under (1982)
This is one of those catchy tunes you just don't want to admit to
liking! "He
just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich". Great lyrics and vegemite is a yeast extract spread just like Marmite is here in the UK - damn awful stuff!
The Australian band scored a #1 for three weeks in the UK from 29th
Jan 1983, after it was re-issued in 1982.
The song was originally released in 1981, and also made #1 in Australia and the U.S. In the UK the single was
knocked off the top spot by Kajagoogoo with Too Shy.
In both the U.S. and UK, the band had a simultaneous No.1 album (Business as Usual) and No.1 single in the charts.
The Business as Usual
album achieved Platinum status in the UK and multi-Platinum status in
Australia (7x), Canada (5x) and the U.S. (6x).
