Colin Hay
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Cover of the 2003 album by Colin Hay, Man At Work |
Colin James Hay is a
Scottish-
Australian musician who made his mark in the
1980s as a member of the
Australian group
Men at Work.
Colin James Hay was born on the 29th of June 1953 in
Saltcoats,
Scotland. He moved to Australia at the age of 14 with his family. In
1978, Hay met
Ron Strykert and the men began playing acoustic music as a duo. Soon after, Hay and Strykert became the band
Men At Work after the addition of Jerry Speiser, John Rees, and Greg Ham. The group released their debut album
Business as Usual in
1981. Following the break up of Men at Work in
1985, Hay released several major label solo albums, including
Looking for Jack (Columbia) and
Wayfaring Sons (MCA), to limited commercial success.
Looking for Jack (
1987)
Wayfaring Sons (
1990)
Peaks & Valleys (
1992)
Topanga (
1994)
Transcendental Highway (
1998)
Going Somewhere (
2001)
Man at Work (
2003)
*Hay is the uncle of
Zero 7 singer and solo artist
Sia.
*Hay's music has appeared in multiple episodes of the
NBC sitcom Scrubs, starring
Zach Braff. Episode 1-24 featured the song "Beautiful World"; episode 2-01
My Overkill (Scrubs episode) had Hay himself playing his acoustic version of the Men at Work song "Overkill" while following J.D. (Braff's character) around the hospital; 2-13 ended with the staff singing Hay's song "Waiting for My Real Life to Begin"; 2-22 finished the second season with Hay's "My Brilliant Feat"; in 3-13, Braff sang part of the Men at Work hit "
Down Under"; and 4-17 included Hay singing the
Cheers theme song ("Where Everybody Knows Your Name"). His song "I Just Don't Think I'll Ever Get Over You" appeared in the
2004 movie
Garden State, which Braff wrote, directed, and starred in.
*Hay's music has also appeared on several episodes of
ABC's
What About Brian. Epsiode 1-02 featured "Waiting For My Real Life To Begin", 2-03 featured "Beautiful World", and 2-04 featured "Don't Wait Up". All of these songs were used to end the episodes they appeared in, and were all solo acoustic versions.
*In
December 2005, Hay and Lady
Heather Mills McCartney digitally re-released "My Brilliant Feat" as a charity single as a tribute to the late footballer
George Best, who died on
25 November. Proceeds will go to the
Donor Family Network, supporting
organ donor families and promoting organ and tissue donation. The single is available on
iTunes with a bonus
music video tribute to Best.
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Official Homepage*
Unofficial Brazilian Fan Site*
New interview with Men at Work frontman 
