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Men at Work

Australian rock band
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Men at Work

Summary

Men at Work is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,603 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • A notable work attributed to Men at Work is Who Can It Be Now?[3].
  • A notable work attributed to Men at Work is Down Under[4].
  • Men at Work received the Grammy Award for Best New Artist[5].
  • Men at Work was a member of Category:Men at Work members[6].
  • Men at Work's instance of is recorded as musical group[7].
  • Men at Work's genre is new wave[8].
  • Men at Work's genre is pop rock[9].
  • Men at Work's genre is reggae[10].
  • Men at Work's genre is rock music[11].
  • Men at Work's record label is recorded as Columbia Records[12].
  • Men at Work's record label is recorded as Epic Records[13].
  • Men at Work's record label is recorded as Sony Music[14].
  • Men at Work's record label is recorded as Bertelsmann Music Group[15].
  • Men at Work's discography is recorded as Men at Work discography[16].
  • Men at Work's Commons category is recorded as Men at Work (musical group)[17].
  • Men at Work's country of origin is recorded as Australia[18].
  • Men at Work comprises Colin Hay[19].
  • 1978 marks the founding of Men at Work[20].
  • Men at Work's location of formation is recorded as Melbourne[21].
  • Men at Work's official website is recorded as http://www.menatwork.com.au/[22].
  • Men at Work's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Men at Work[23].
  • Men at Work's participant in is recorded as Oz for Africa[24].
  • Men at Work's nominated for is recorded as Grammy Award for Best New Artist[25].
  • Men at Work's topic has template is recorded as Template:Men at Work[26].
  • Men at Work's has characteristic is recorded as rock band[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Group[28]

  • Country: AU[29]

  • Began / founded: 1979[30]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1985[31]

  • Genre(s): new wave, pop, pop rock, rock[32]

  • Community tags: australian, new wave, pop, pop reggae, pop rock, rock[33]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 395cc503-63b5-4a0b-a20a-604e3fcacea2[34]

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Founding

1978 marks the founding of Men at Work[20]. Its location of formation is recorded as Melbourne[21].

Recognition

Men at Work received the Grammy Award for Best New Artist[5].

Why It Matters

Men at Work ranks in the top 1% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,603 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

FAQs

What awards did Men at Work receive?

Honors received include Grammy Award for Best New Artist[5].

Related Entities

Australia Bertelsmann Music Group Columbia Records Epic Records Melbourne

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . rockonthenet.com. rockonthenet.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . rockonthenet.com. rockonthenet.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [33] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  7. [34] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 26d ago · Ytterbyz · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Record label → Columbia Records, Epic Records, Sony Music +1
    Topic's main category → Category:Men at Work
    Country of origin → Australia
    Has characteristic → rock band
    + 31 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P6927]]: men-at-work, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/214800854|men at work (#214800854)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7190|NME artist]] #mi"
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