# Songs about Work
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-work/949895
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Tags:** music
**Created:** [September 1, 2021, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-work/949895 "2021-09-01T12:47:29Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 2
### Author:  [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2021, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-work/949895/21 "2021-09-01T14:25:52Z")
One Piece at a Time
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=060A15ELz00)
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### Author:  [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2021, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-work/949895/22 "2021-09-01T14:28:47Z")
Barbara Dane singing Sarah Ogan Gunnings “I Hate the Capitalist System”
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVL_Ex0LfnM)
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### Author:  [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2021, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-work/949895/23 "2021-09-01T14:29:52Z")
Tom Waits - “I Can’t Wait To Get Off Work”
[Tom Waits - "I Can't Wait To Get Off Work (And See My Baby On Montgomery Avenue)" - YouTube](https://youtu.be/xACPepZqFxk)
ETA: spoilered because of naked boobies on the album cover.
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### Author:  [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2021, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-work/949895/24 "2021-09-01T14:30:30Z")
D’oh, and of course:
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMewtlmkV6c)
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### Author:  [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2021, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-work/949895/25 "2021-09-01T14:30:39Z")
On a more upbeat note, “The Commonwealth of Toil”
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVcWEtFXwnc)
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### Author:  [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2021, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-work/949895/26 "2021-09-01T14:31:05Z")
Workin’ in the Coal Mine
[https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjewquL\_t3yAhVSKVkFHeVuDkYQyCl6BAgCEAM&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DUVmNJzM6LB8&usg=AOvVaw3njvIpPokx8uMs1yeuLgza](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjewquL_t3yAhVSKVkFHeVuDkYQyCl6BAgCEAM&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DUVmNJzM6LB8&usg=AOvVaw3njvIpPokx8uMs1yeuLgza)
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### Author:  [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2021, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-work/949895/27 "2021-09-01T14:38:47Z")
The Strawbs, “Part of the Union,” which pretty much takes the theme and some of the lyrics from Woody Guthrie’s “Union Maid.”
[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdOCWUgwiWs)
There is some dispute over whether it is a pro-labour or anti-labour song, but according to the BBC “Although the lyrics could be read as satirical of the trade union movement, the band has frequently stated that that’s not the case at all. In fact the song was picked up by the trade unions and became something of an unofficial anthem for them.”
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### Author:  [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2021, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-work/949895/28 "2021-09-01T14:41:59Z")
TCB
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCIUf8eYPqA)
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### Author:  [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2021, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-work/949895/29 "2021-09-01T14:45:43Z")
> [@solost](#):
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> In honor of Labor Day Weekend coming up here in the US, l thought it might be fun to post songs about good, salt of the Earth, blue collar workers doing what they do to keep the world running, and often not being properly compensated or appreciated for it.
Singing about the time when you aren’t working…sticking it to the man, sort of, as we do on Labor Day
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfFvATjb0Dc)
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### Author:  [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2021, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-work/949895/30 "2021-09-01T14:54:11Z")
Workingman’s Hands / Fountains of Wayne
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOhR5QEEvxs)
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### Author:  [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2021, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-work/949895/31 "2021-09-01T14:58:50Z")
_I’m Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band)_ - The Moody Blues
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwBpx1d6hSc)
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### Author:  [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2021, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-work/949895/32 "2021-09-01T14:59:55Z")
Turn the Page - Bob Seger
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GONmFCkCGCc)
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### Author:  [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2021, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-work/949895/33 "2021-09-01T15:00:14Z")
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcIK3akktLU)
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### Author:  [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2021, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-work/949895/34 "2021-09-01T15:02:58Z")
Working Man by Rush.
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndjCXG_c9kk)
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### Author:  [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2021, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-work/949895/35 "2021-09-01T15:03:22Z")
How about for after work?
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPCjC543llU)
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### Author:  [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2021, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-work/949895/36 "2021-09-01T15:05:03Z")
> [@Si\_Amigo](#):
>
> Working Man by Rush.
[Uhhhhmmm…](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-work/949895)
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### Author:  [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2021, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-work/949895/37 "2021-09-01T15:07:13Z")
But its so good it needs mentioned twice!
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### Author:  [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2021, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-work/949895/38 "2021-09-01T15:09:46Z")
The Banana Boat Song by Harry Belafonte.
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Tou8-Cz8is)
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### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2021, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-work/949895/39 "2021-09-01T15:14:41Z")
Since the OP mentioned them…
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOiLH-2hTPQ)
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### Author:  [@TCMF-2L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TCMF-2L)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2021, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-work/949895/40 "2021-09-01T15:14:55Z")
I’ve, er, never heard of this song from a pre- **Prince** era **Sheena Easton** … I’m, er, posting on behalf of a friend.
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_3vZYOYNYU)
TCMF-2L
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