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Album Information

  Name Business as Usual
  Type Album
  Artist Men At Work
  Cover Men_at_Work_-_Business_as_Usualjpg
  Released August 24 , 1982
  Recorded October 1981-May 1982
  Genre Rock
  Length 38:11
  Label Columbia
  Producer Peter McIan
  This Album '''''Business as Usual''''' <br /> (1982)
  Next Album '' Cargo '' <br /> (1983)


''Business as Usual'' is the first album by Australia n band Men At Work , released in 1979 (see 1979 In Music ).
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 colour scheme.


TRACK LISTING

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

Re-Mastered Bonus Tracks

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  • "Crazy (Non LP B-Side)"
    #"Underground (Live)"
    #"Who Can It Be Now? (Live)"
    #"F-19 (Non LP B-Side)"


    PERSONNEL



    PRODUCTION

    • Producer: Peter McIan

    • Engineers: Jim Barbour, Peter McIan, Paul Ray

    • Cover Illustration: Jon "JD" Dickson



    CHARTS


    Album



    Singles


      Before " Jack And Diane " by John Cougar
      Title Billboard Hot 100 Number One Single <br/>("Who Can It Be Now")
      Years October 30 1982
      After " Up Where We Belong "<br/>by Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes


      Before '' American Fool '' by John Cougar
      Title Billboard 200 Number-one Album
      Years November 13 1982 - February 26 1983
      After '' Thriller '' by Michael Jackson



    TRIVIA


    " Who Can It Be Now? " was used from this album to promote a contest for then-new radio station WHYW (now WRRK ) Y-97 in Pittsburgh in the summer of 1982. The television commercial featured disc jockey Sean McDowell on the mic asking listeners "the $100,000 question...who can it be now?" The intent was to take all caller information as the song played in a continuous loop up to caller number 97, and then hold a drawing for the prize. Unfortunately, the station was forced to simply take the 97th caller after Bell Of Pennsylvania officials complained of listener calls jamming the circuits.



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