Business as Usual (Men at Work album)
Occupation
- Vocal / Guitar: Colin Hay
- E- bass / vocals: Jonathan Rees
- Drums / vocals: Jerry Speiser
- Guitar / Vocals: Ron Strykert
- Flute / Keyboards / Saxophone / Vocals: Greg Ham
Business as Usual is the debut album of the Australian band Men at Work. It was released in November 1981 in Australia and in April 1982 in the U.S..
Success
As one of the most successful albums of an Australian group held the album " Business as Usual " by the end of 1982 to early 1983, 15 weeks at No. 1 on the U.S. album charts and early 1983, five weeks at number 1 in the UK. In addition, it was from December 1981 to March 1982 nine weeks at the top of the Australian album charts. " Business as Usual " was one of the most commercially successful albums in the early 1980s, with six million copies sold in the U.S. and 15 million worldwide.
The song "Who can it be now? " Was first released in Australia in June 1981 as a single, even before the recording of another album. The single reached # 1 on the Australian singles charts in August of this year.
Plagiarism dispute
In February 2010, was a federal judge in Sydney that the flute riff from Down Under parts of the classic Australian song " Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree " from the year 1934 by Marion Sinclair plagiarized. The Federal Court found here that the copyright had not expired ( Sinclair died in 1988 ) and now stood at Larrikin Music. Accordingly, the Court was an essential part of "Down Under" plagiarized. Larrikin Music claimed 60 % of the license fee as compensation, but the court found only 5% of all profits from the year 2002, which corresponded to approximately 670 000 EUR.
In October 2010, " Business as Usual " in the book " 100 Best Australian Albums " lists.