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In honor of Labor Day, how many New Wave songs can you think of with the word "work" in their titles, or a form of the word? Here are mine:

"Women Around the World at Work" - Martha & the Muffins
"Working in a Coal Mine" - Devo
"Work Shy" - The Fabulous Poodles
"American Workers" - The Bus Boys
"Working for the Yankee Dollar" - The Skids
"Housework" - The B-52's
"Work Hard" - Depeche Mode
"Work for Love" - Ministry
"Working with Fire & Steel" - China Crisis

Not-so-New Wave:
"Let's Work" - Mick Jagger
"Let's Work" - Prince
"Working for a Living" - Huey Lewis & the News
"Working for the Weekend" - Loverboy

There HAS to be others!

[quote]Originally posted by skinnytie
[br]In honor of Labor Day, how many New Wave songs can you think of with the word "work" in their titles, or a form of the word? Here are mine:

"Women Around the World at Work" - Martha & the Muffins
"Working in a Coal Mine" - Devo
"Work Shy" - The Fabulous Poodles
"American Workers" - The Bus Boys
"Working for the Yankee Dollar" - The Skids
"Housework" - The B-52's
"Work Hard" - Depeche Mode
"Work for Love" - Ministry
"Working with Fire & Steel" - China Crisis

Not-so-New Wave:
"Let's Work" - Mick Jagger
"Let's Work" - Prince
"Working for a Living" - Huey Lewis & the News
"Working for the Weekend" - Loverboy

There HAS to be others!


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Kate Bush- "This Woman's Work"

Nice tie-in Skinnytie! Here's some more. Not just something with work in the title but hopefully somewhat related to work of some kind...

Working In A Goldmine - Aztec Camera
Work (No Nah No No My Daddy Don't) - Bow Wow Wow
Take Stuff from Work - King Missile
Working Overtime - New Order
Volker-Work That Dream - November Group
Wild Sex (In the Working Class) - Oingo Boingo
Finest Worksong - R.E.M.
Working on the Ground - Shriekback
At Home, At Work, At Play - Sparks
The Working Hour - Tears for Fears
Devolution Workin' Man Blues - The Alarm
Julie's been working for the drug squad - The Clash
Working Girl - The Members
Working Too Hard - The Nerves
Work Is A Four-Letter Word - The Smiths
Senses Working Overtime - XTC

I think your China Crisis, Bus Boys plus the Bow Wow Wow and Smiths are my favorite titles.

"Work is a four letter word" - Dan Coogan
~ it's more of a philosophy than anything else...

Sting - We Work The Black Seam
~ this could go into the Nuclear War songs thread as well

The Godfathers - Birth, School, Work, Death
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How Can The Laboring Man Find Time For Self-Culture? - Martini Ranch

Working On A Building, Cowboy Junkies
Move To Work, Fine Young Cannibals
Is'nt It Funny How Your Body Works, Nitzer Ebb.
Is Yours Working Yet?, Big Audio Dynamite

*edited cuz half my titles were already mentioned [}:)]*

Some non New Wave references:

The Drugs Don't Work, The Verve
I'm Not Working, Manic Street Preachers
She Works Hard For The Money, Donna Summer
Working In The Coal Mine, Lee Dorsey
Workin' On A Groovy Thing, Patti Drew
Worked A Miracle, Trash Can Sinatras
Work Me, Nevins
Work In Progress, L.L. Project
Work, Bob Marley & the Wailers
We Don't Work For Free, Grand Master Melle Mel & the Furious Five
Love Won't Work, Gene

And then of course there are bands like Men At Work, Icicle Works or Masters At Work.

Rush - Working Man

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Chelsea-Right to work
Skafish-Work song
A's-Working man
Pete Townsend-Keep on working(from his new wave inspired album''Empty glass'')
Paul Collin's Beat-Work-a-day world

Steely Dan - Dirty Work, from the 1972 album Can't Buy A Thrill

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Not all with work in the title...but work related...

On The Labor Day Show for Retropolis Saturday Night
on Flashbackalternatives.com...I played:

Labor Day - The Dead Milkmen
Don't Work That Hard - Scritti Politti
Working Overtime - New Order
Working Girl - The Members
Women Around The World At Work - Martha and the Muffins
Are We A Worker - China Crisis
Devolution Workin' Man Blues - The Alarm
The World's Easiest Job - Game Theory
Work A Day World - The Beat
Taking the Day Off - General Public
Welcome To the Working Week - Elvis Costello
Working Class Jacket - My Favorite
Work Is A Four-Letter Word - The Smiths
Working Too Hard - The Nerves
Work Hard - Power
Wet Job - Fingerprintz
How Can the Labouring Man Find Time for Self-Culture? - Martini Ranch
Working On The Ground - Shriekback
Everybody Works So Hard - The Wake
Walk Away - The Box

[quote][i]Originally posted by egg-roger[/i]
<br>How Can The Laboring Man Find Time For Self-Culture? - Martini Ranch
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Oh man, such a good call! Then of course Human League's "The Dignity of Labour" pts 1 - 4. No lyrics at all so I can't even guess at it's inference.

M-Working for the corporation
Todd Rundgren-I don't wanna work (just bang on the drum all day)
Random Hold-We can work it out (Beatle Cover)
Stan Ridgway-Piledriver
flying Lizards-Summertime Blues
Ryuichi Sakamoto/Thomas Dolby - Fieldwork
Talking Heads - Pulled up, found a job
Polyrock-Working on my love

Spizz Energi - Work
Magazine - Model Worker
Kiem - It's Working
Psychotic Pineapple - The Devil Has Work For Idle Hands
Oingo Boingo - Wild Sex (In the Working Class) (does that count? )