https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Mon, 04 May 2026 20:13:22 +0000 Fri, 10 Sep 2021 19:40:18 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=4049 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum//images/Top-40-Music-on-CD-Forum-Logo.png https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4049&PID=59114&title=down-under-men-at-work#59114 Author: mjb50
Subject: 4049
Posted: 10 September 2021 at 7:40pm

As far as I know, the non-extended version is the same everywhere. The end of the song has a lot of repetition and vocal ad-libs, and a very long, gentle fade, starting at about 3:10 and continuing until a hair past 3:41. I doubt any commercial radio station ever played the whole thing!

On CD, it is often mastered with a fair amount of silence on each end, so you will see reported durations from 3:42 to 3:46. On occasion, it will be faded early, like at 3:35.

As mastered on the circa 1984 Business As Usual CD (CK 37978) and the 1989 mini CD single Who Can It Be Now? / Down Under (13K 68654), the song runs about 3:41 on the nose. On the Like, Omigod! The '80s Pop Culture Box (Totally) box, it reaches zero about a quarter of a second sooner, but it's otherwise the same.

So I am wondering about the 3:40 duration reported for the 45. I assume it's slightly fast or just a very slightly early fade. I'm curious to know exactly which, though.

Edited by mjb50]]> Fri, 10 Sep 2021 19:40:18 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4049&PID=59114&title=down-under-men-at-work#59114 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4049&PID=42220&title=down-under-men-at-work#42220 Author: Indy500
Subject: 4049
Posted: 26 September 2014 at 3:55pm

Thanks for the info. I was in college in Western Oklahoma in 1983 so I wasn't
hearing the special promos playing on KROQ or in the dance clubs of NYC.]]> Fri, 26 Sep 2014 15:55:40 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4049&PID=42220&title=down-under-men-at-work#42220 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4049&PID=42170&title=down-under-men-at-work#42170 Author: jimct
Subject: 4049
Posted: 20 September 2014 at 7:33pm

Our station got excellent promo 12" single service from Columbia in late
1982, and we never got one in for "Down Under" when it was a current.]]> Sat, 20 Sep 2014 19:33:24 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4049&PID=42170&title=down-under-men-at-work#42170 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4049&PID=42169&title=down-under-men-at-work#42169 Author: crapfromthepast
Subject: 4049
Posted: 20 September 2014 at 7:13pm

Ugh - the 12" mix is awful. I first found it on the
Australian Men At Work collection '81-'85, which
was released in 1986. I highly doubt that it was released
when the song was a hit; I've never seen any '82/'83
releases anywhere having that 12" mix.]]> Sat, 20 Sep 2014 19:13:48 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4049&PID=42169&title=down-under-men-at-work#42169 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4049&PID=42164&title=down-under-men-at-work#42164 Author: Indy500
Subject: 4049
Posted: 20 September 2014 at 5:13pm

The 12" extended mix is available on "Pure... 80's remixes." A four CD set
from Sony music.

Wikipedia lists the first appearance of this mix as occurring in 1986. Anyone
hear this back in 82/83?]]> Sat, 20 Sep 2014 17:13:59 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4049&PID=42164&title=down-under-men-at-work#42164 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4049&PID=18076&title=down-under-men-at-work#18076 Author: Todd Ireland
Subject: 4049
Posted: 09 August 2008 at 10:33am

The actual commercial 45 run time of Men at Work's "Down Under" is 3:40. (Run time info courtesy once again of our good friend abagon. The stated time on the record label is 3:41.) The only reason I post this info is because database CD appearances of this song run from 3:35-3:43.]]> Sat, 09 Aug 2008 10:33:23 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4049&PID=18076&title=down-under-men-at-work#18076