Musical Monday - Who Can It Be Now? by Men at Work

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100: The week of October 30, 1982.

#1 on the Cash Box Top 100: October 23, 1982 through October 30, 1982.

#1 on the U.K. Chart: Never.

This song seems eerily appropriate for the era of social distancing. Although the intent of the song is to portray paranoia and possibly actual mental illness, given current events, the signer simply seems prudent.

But enough about current events. In the 1980s, I was a huge fan of Men at Work, and this song was a major reason why. I don't know what it is about bands from Australia, but there seems to be a pipeline of such performers from down under to the American pop culture mainstream, and I estimate that I've liked about half of them. Men at Work is in the half I liked, and they were the fuel for many of the junior high school dances I attended in this era.

Previous Musical Monday: Do You Really Want to Hurt Me? by Culture Club

Subsequent Musical Monday: Up Where We Belong by Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes

Previous #1 on the Billboard Hot 100: Jack and Diane by John Mellencamp

Subsequent #1 on the Billboard Hot 100: Up Where We Belong by Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes

Previous #1 on the Cash Box Top 100: Jack and Diane by John Mellencamp

Subsequent #1 on the Cash Box Top 100: Up Where We Belong by Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes

List of #1 Singles from the Billboard Hot 100 for 1980-1989
List of #1 Singles from the Cash Box Top 100 for 1980-1989
List of #1 Singles on the U.K. Chart for 1980-1989

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