Down Underneath” (also referred to as “Land Down Underneath”) is a tune recorded by Australian rock band Males at Work. It was initially launched in 1980 because the B-side to their first native single titled “Keypunch Operator”, launched earlier than the band signed with Columbia Information. Each early songs had been written by the group’s co-founders, Colin Hay and Ron Strykert. The early model of “Down Underneath” has a barely completely different tempo and association from the later Columbia launch.
Essentially the most well-known model was then launched on Columbia in October 1981 because the third single from their debut album Enterprise as Regular (1981).
The hit tune went to primary of their dwelling nation of Australia in December 1981, after which topped the New Zealand charts in February 1982.
The tune topped the Canadian charts in October 1982. In the USA, the tune debuted on the Billboard Sizzling 100 on 6 November 1982 at No. 79, and reached No. 1 in January 1983 the place it spent 4 non-consecutive weeks. It will definitely bought over two million copies within the US alone. Billboard ranked it at No. 4 for 1983.
Within the UK, the tune topped the charts in January and February 1983, and is the one Males at Work tune to make the UK prime 20.[5] The tune additionally went No. 1 in Denmark, Germany, Eire, Italy and Switzerland, and was a prime 10 hit in lots of different nations. “Down Underneath” is perceived as a patriotic tune in Australia; it stays common and is commonly performed at sporting occasions.
Lyrics:
Touring in a fried-out combie
On a hippie path, head stuffed with zombie
I met a wierd girl, she made me nervous
She took me in and gave me breakfast
And she or he stated
Do you come from a land down underneath?
The place girls glow and males plunder?
Can’t you hear, can’t you hear the thunder?
You higher run, you higher take cowl
Shopping for bread from a person in Brussels
He was six-foot-four and stuffed with muscular tissues
I stated, “do you speak-a my language?”
He simply smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich
And he stated
I come from a land down underneath
The place beer does move and males chunder
Can’t you hear, can’t you hear the thunder?
You higher run, you higher take cowl, yeah
Lyin’ in a den in Bombay
With a slack jaw, and never a lot to say
I stated to the person, “are you making an attempt to tempt me
As a result of I come from the land of loads?”
And he stated
Do you come from a land down underneath? (oh yeah yeah)
The place girls glow and males plunder?
Can’t you hear, can’t you hear the thunder?
You higher run, you higher take cowl
Residing in a land down underneath
The place girls glow and males plunder
Can’t you hear, can’t you hear the thunder?
You higher run, you higher take cowl
Residing in a land down underneath
The place girls glow and males plunder
Can’t you hear, can’t you hear the thunder?
You higher run, you higher take cowl
Residing in a land down underneath
The place girls glow and males plunder
Can’t you hear, can’t you hear the thunder?
You higher run, you higher take cowl
Residing in a land down underneath
The place girls glow and males plunder
Can’t you hear, can’t you hear the thun
