who sings do you come from the land down under
Men at Work
title: Down Under (song) text: Down Under (song) "Down Under" is a song recorded by Australian rock band Men at Work. It was originally released in 1980 as the B-side to their first local single titled "Keypunch Operator", released before the band signed with Columbia Records. Both early songs were written by the group's co-founders, Colin Hay and Ron Strykert. The early version of "Down Under" has a slightly different tempo and arrangement from the later Columbia release. The most well known version was then released on Columbia in October 1981 as the third single from their debut album "Business as Usual" (1981). The hit title: Down Under (song) text: song went to number one in their home country of Australia in December 1981, and then topped the New Zealand charts in February 1982. The song topped the Canadian charts in October 1982. In the United States, the song debuted on the "Billboard" Hot 100 on 6 November 1982 at No. 79, and reached No. 1 in January 1983 where it spent four non-consecutive weeks. It eventually sold over two million copies in the US alone. "Billboard" ranked it at No. 4 for 1983. In the UK, the song topped the charts in January and February 1983, and is the title: Down Under (song) text: on 31 July. In the new version, Hay intentionally changed the flute part that caused the copyright lawsuit. Down Under (song) "Down Under" is a song recorded by Australian rock band Men at Work. It was originally released in 1980 as the B-side to their first local single titled "Keypunch Operator", released before the band signed with Columbia Records. Both early songs were written by the group's co-founders, Colin Hay and Ron Strykert. The early version of "Down Under" has a slightly different tempo and arrangement from the later Columbia release. The most well known version was then released on title: Where Do You Come From text: Where Do You Come From "Where Do You Come From" is a song first recorded by Elvis Presley as part of the soundtrack for his 1962 motion picture "Girls! Girls! Girls!". Later it was rejected from the motion picture and wasn't used in it, but appeared on its soundtrack album "Girls! Girls! Girls!". The song was written by Ruth Bachelor and Bob Roberts. Elvis Presley recorded "Where Do You Come From" on March 27, 1962 — during his March 26-28 soundtrack recordings for the Paramount motion picture "Girls! Girls! Girls!" at the Radio Recorders studio in Hollywood, California. The song title: Kookaburra (song) text: adopted it as a traditional song. It is included with other folk songs from around the world in the Girl Guide Song Book. Marion Sinclair died in 1988, so the song is still under copyright, according to Australian copyright law. The publishing rights are held by Larrikin Music. In the United States, the rights are administered by Music Sales Corporation in New York City. In June 2009, Larrikin Music sued the band Men at Work for copyright infringement, alleging that part of the flute riff of the band's 1981 single "Down Under" was copied from "Kookaburra". This action followed an