### Author:  [@SandWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandWriter)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2003, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-work-song-not-money-or-working-for-a-living/169507/1 "2003-04-18T05:46:34Z")
Hey All,
I’m officially old, the music I listened to in High School is now on the ‘Classic Rock’ station.
So I was listening to the station and The Who’s “Behind Blue Eyes” came on, Man! I love that song.
Then I kinda remembered another song about work, that was not Pink Floyd’s “Money” or Hewy Lewis and the News “Working For A Living,” but I can’t remember the artist.
I thought it was Blue Oyster Cult, but now that CDNow is Amazon, I can’t listen to snippits of all their songs. The only lyrics I kinda remember is something about running down the stairs cause their late or they’re already late…missing the train…
Help!
-Sandwriter
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### Author:  [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2003, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-work-song-not-money-or-working-for-a-living/169507/2 "2003-04-18T05:54:21Z")
“Working for the Weekend” by Loverboy?
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### Author:  [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2003, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-work-song-not-money-or-working-for-a-living/169507/3 "2003-04-18T05:55:30Z")
Sorry, that ain’t it at all.
“Manic Monday” by the Bangles?
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### Author:  [@meyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meyer)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2003, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-work-song-not-money-or-working-for-a-living/169507/4 "2003-04-18T05:57:53Z")
“Manic Monday” by The Bangles?
…Have to catch an early train
Got to be to work by nine
And if I had an airplane
I still couldn’t make it on time…
Yes, I did that from memory. Bad brain, bad!
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### Author:  [@meyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meyer)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2003, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-work-song-not-money-or-working-for-a-living/169507/5 "2003-04-18T05:59:08Z")
Damn you, **fiddlesticks**!
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### Author:  [@SandWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandWriter)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2003, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-work-song-not-money-or-working-for-a-living/169507/6 "2003-04-18T06:12:18Z")
> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by meyer \*
> \*\*to work by nine
> \*\*
I searched on “work by nine” and found it! Thanks for the lyric assist!
It was Bachman Turner Overdrive, Takin’ Care Of Business!
Not BOC, BTO! Damn you TLA’s!
Thanks for the help everyone!
-Sandwriter
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### Author:  [@Dragon\_Phoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragon_Phoenix)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2003, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-work-song-not-money-or-working-for-a-living/169507/7 "2003-04-18T09:13:53Z")
Wasn’t that the seventies?
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### Author:  [@SandWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandWriter)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2003, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-work-song-not-money-or-working-for-a-living/169507/8 "2003-04-18T15:11:42Z")
It was the seventies, I got everything else wrong, why not the decade too! Sorry for the confustion. I guess I’m not old after all! 🙂
Thanks again for your help,
-Sandwriter
“And if your trains on time you can get to work by nine,
Start your stinking job and get your pay!”