# 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:** 4
### Author:  [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2021, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-work/949895/61 "2021-09-01T18:57:22Z")
Jim Croce did some time at the car wash too…
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SULVCWbFUI)
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### Author:  [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2021, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-work/949895/62 "2021-09-01T19:01:40Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/eXiwYUCe_bY/maxresdefault.jpg ""Weird Al" Yankovic - Handy (Official Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXiwYUCe_bY)
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### Author:  [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2021, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-work/949895/63 "2021-09-01T20:12:32Z")
> [@Gyrate](#):
>
> Some people who Never Go To Work…
Speaking of The Might be Giants…
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRcRn_Xv7Ek)
Ok, it’s basically an instrumental, but the intro says it all.
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### Author:  [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2021, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-work/949895/64 "2021-09-01T20:14:01Z")
And they’ve been working all day, all day, all day…
[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Jsq_PON3hw)
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### Author:  [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2021, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-work/949895/65 "2021-09-01T20:18:41Z")
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI0x0KYChq4)
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### Author:  [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2021, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-work/949895/66 "2021-09-01T20:24:22Z")
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2mgYOzXXsU)
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### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2021, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-work/949895/67 "2021-09-01T20:33:34Z")
Does it count if the work isn’t there anymore?
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-zs4lohmYc)
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### Author:  [@TCMF-2L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TCMF-2L)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2021, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-work/949895/68 "2021-09-01T20:36:42Z")
Tommy USED to work on the dock in **Bon Jovi** ’s **Living On Prayer**
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXsmGSnq3lE)
TCMF-2L
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### Author:  [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2021, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-work/949895/69 "2021-09-01T20:49:07Z")
Lee Dorsey, Working in the Coal Mine
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7ND17Zf68s)
If you prefer, Devo
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bA9FiL7mz_0)
Or Blue Swede
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQiwdIGf-C0)
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### Author:  [@TCMF-2L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TCMF-2L)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2021, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-work/949895/70 "2021-09-01T20:56:53Z")
The guitarist and drummer from **The Sex Pistols** formed a group called **The Professionals** and recorded this ode to the police force
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdV-nprAgv0)
The NSFW demo version has even funnier lyrics
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtkcgNNAxFU)
TCMF-2L
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### Author:  [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2021, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-work/949895/71 "2021-09-01T21:01:20Z")
A song about work … and heat.
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnbiVw_1FNs)
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### Author:  [@TCMF-2L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TCMF-2L)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2021, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-work/949895/72 "2021-09-01T21:02:55Z")
**Bruce** is **Working on the Highway** laying down blacktop
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QbReXuCR6U)
Meanwhile **The Pretenders** are **Back on the Chain Gang**
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CK3uf5V0pDA)
Probably because **The Pretenders** want some **Brass In Pocket**
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0H6re3PCP3E)
TCMF-2L
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### Author:  [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2021, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-work/949895/73 "2021-09-01T21:42:34Z")
Sixteen Tons:
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfp2O9ADwGk)
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### Author:  [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2021, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-work/949895/74 "2021-09-01T22:19:19Z")
Jimmie Rodgers _Mule Skinner Blues_
[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/SQ0ppOZ967k/hqdefault.jpg "Jimmie Rodgers "Mule Skinner Blues" (1930)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQ0ppOZ967k)
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### Author:  [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2021, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-work/949895/75 "2021-09-02T00:20:59Z")
And one about making work (for the working man to do).
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1dvAxA9ib0)
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### Author:  [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2021, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-work/949895/76 "2021-09-02T01:27:06Z")
Salt of the earth?
How about Craig Morgan and his [International Harvester](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePjFAZKWKVo)
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### Author:  [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2021, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-work/949895/77 "2021-09-02T01:40:00Z")
> [@solost](#):
>
> 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.
Cold Chisel - _Working Class Man_
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erSJGrpfnOI)
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### Author:  [@Mr.Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Me)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2021, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-work/949895/78 "2021-09-02T02:07:59Z")
“I’m working at my job, I’m so happy
More boring by the day, but they pay me”
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8Q3YVMfwBg)
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### Author:  [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2021, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-work/949895/79 "2021-09-02T03:12:07Z")
Can’t forget Johnny Paycheck…
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj2iGAifSNI)
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### Author:  [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2021, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-work/949895/80 "2021-09-02T04:09:22Z")
> [@Shakester](#):
>
> Tennessee Ernie Ford - 16 Tons
I like this version, too.
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg047oJf1B4)
John Henry
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZGxZbOB1Eo)
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