Men at Work

Their first album, Business as Usual, set a record for the most weeks at number one on the U.S. charts for a debut album. As well as "Down Under", the hits "Who Can It Be Now?" and "Be Good Johnny" were made into a successful and popular videos during MTV's early years. Both "Who Can It Be Now?" and "Down Under" hit number one in the United States. One of the most successful albums of the early 1980's, Business as Usual has been certified for 6 million sales in the United States and an estimated 15 million copies worldwide.

The band's second album, 1983's Cargo, was somewhat less successful, reaching number three on the U.S. charts and certfied with 3 million sales in the United States. Three hit singles emerged from that album, "It's a Mistake" (number six in the U.S.), "Overkill" (number 3 in the U.S.) and "Dr. Heckyll and Mr. Jive"(number 28 in the U.S.).

In the year following the release of Cargo, the band fired John Rees and Jerry Speiser. When their third album, Two Hearts, was released in 1985 to little success (only 500,000 copies sold in the United States), the remainder of the original band broke up. Two Hearts featured only one minor hit, "Everything I Need", which failed to crack the Top 40 on the U.S. charts, hitting number 47.

Band members