| 词条 | Who Can It Be Now? | ||||||||||||||||||
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| name = Who Can It Be Now? | cover = Men at work-Who Can It Be Now (Australia).jpeg | alt = | caption = Australia single | type = single | artist = Men at Work | album = Business as Usual | B-side = "Anyone for Tennis" (instrumental) | released = {{unbulleted list|6 June 1981 (Australia)|13 August 1982 (US)}} | format = 7" | recorded = Spring 1981 | studio = | venue = | genre = {{hlist|Pop rock[1]|new wave[2]}} | length = 3:23 | label = Columbia | writer = Colin Hay | producer = Peter McIan | prev_title = Keypunch Operator / Down Under | prev_year = 1979 | next_title = Down Under | next_year = 1981 }} "Who Can It Be Now?" is a song recorded by Australian band Men at Work. It was first released as a single in Australia in June 1981, prior to the recording of their 1981 debut album Business as Usual, on which the track was later included. "Who Can It Be Now?" reached No. 2 on the Australian singles chart in August that year, and also hit No. 45 in New Zealand. Released in Canada in early 1982, the track peaked at No. 8 in late July. This spurred an American release of the song, and the single, by then well over a year old, went on to hit No. 1 in the US in October 1982. "Who Can It Be Now?" was also a modest hit in the UK, reaching No. 45. As one of Men at Work's biggest hits, it was featured on their later compilation albums, and a live version can be found on Brazil. The song remains a popular symbol of new wave music and has been featured on numerous 1980s compilations. The band performed both this song and "Down Under" live on Saturday Night Live on 23 October 1982. Writing and recordingAround 1979, lead vocalist Colin Hay wrote the music for "Who Can It Be Now" in a tree house he and his girlfriend made in Bermagui, New South Wales.[3] The lyrics would not come until 1981, when Hay was living in an apartment complex in St Kilda, Victoria. He lived next to drug dealers, and people would often confuse Hay's apartment for the dealers'. The number of people that would knock on his door unnerved him to the point where he was scared to open his door, regardless of who was there. At the time, Hay was also anxious about his music career, which had yet to take off. In a 2015 interview, Hay explained: "I was trying to get out of the situation I was in, which is that I didn’t really have any money...It seemed at that particular time everyone who knocked on my door wanted something from me that I either didn't have or didn’t want to give them. That could be money, or it could simply be time that I didn’t want to give them."[4] Men at Work began recording their debut album Business as Usual, which featured "Who Can It Be Now", in 1981 with producer Peter McIan. The song opens with a saxophone hook by Greg Ham; Hay had originally written the saxophone section later in the song, but McIan suggested moving the hook to the introduction. While recording the song, McIan wanted a saxophone solo and told Ham to play anything just to get the sound. McIan used Ham's improvised composition as the solo in the song.[3] ReceptionDavid Fricke of Rolling Stone commended it by noting "Ham's blowsy sax and the rousing chorus of voices raised in alcoholic harmony spark the rugged boogie of 'Who Can It Be Now?'"[5] AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine called the song an "excellent single that merged straight-ahead pop/rock hooks with a quirky new wave production and an offbeat sense of humor."[6] Heather Phares reviewed the song specifically and summed up by saying "In keeping with current trends but just quirky enough to be instantly memorable, the song seems custom-built for repeated play; it's easy to see why it became one of 1982's biggest hits, as well as a definitive new wave single."[2] By contrast, Barney Hoskyns of NME called it an "abomination".[7] Chart history
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References1. ^{{cite news|first= Ryan |last= Reed |date= 2 March 2011 |title= Colin Hay Is Still at Work, 25 Years After 'Down Under' |newspaper= Metro Pulse |url= http://www.metropulse.com/news/2011/mar/02/colin-hay-still-work-25-years-after-down-under/ |archivedate= 15 March 2011 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110315103450/http://www.metropulse.com/news/2011/mar/02/colin-hay-still-work-25-years-after-down-under/}} 2. ^1 {{cite web|first= Heather |last= Phares |title= Who Can It Be Now? – Song Review |website= AllMusic |url= http://www.allmusic.com/song/who-can-it-be-now-mt0017971172 |accessdate= 4 May 2014}} 3. ^1 {{cite web|first= Dale |last= Kawashima |title= Special Interview with Colin Hay, Renowned Singer/Songwriter and Former Leader of Men at Work |website= Songwriter Universe |date= 15 February 2017 |accessdate= 26 November 2017 |url= http://www.songwriteruniverse.com/colin-hay-interview-2017.htm}} 4. ^{{cite web|first= Kenneth |last= Partridge |title= Men at Work's 'Who Can It Be Now?' blurs the line between private and crazy |website= The A.V. Club |date= 6 January 2015 |accessdate= 26 November 2017 |url= https://music.avclub.com/men-at-work-s-who-can-it-be-now-blurs-the-line-betwe-1798275246}} 5. ^{{cite magazine|first= David |last= Fricke |title= Men at Work – Business As Usual |date= 22 July 1982 |archivedate= 30 September 2007 |magazine= Rolling Stone |url= https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/menatwork/albums/album/317826/review/6067698/business_as_usual |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070930235512/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/menatwork/albums/album/317826/review/6067698/business_as_usual}} 6. ^{{cite web|first= Stephen Thomas |last= Erlewine |authorlink= Stephen Thomas Erlewine |title= Men at Work – Business as Usual |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/business-as-usual-mw0000190990 |publisher= AllMusic. All Media Network |accessdate= 4 May 2014}} 7. ^{{cite book|first= George |last= Gimarc |year= 2005 |title= Punk Diary: The Ultimate Trainspotter's Guide to Underground Rock, 1970-1982 |publisher= Hal Leonard Corporation |page= 662 |isbn= 978-0-8793-0848-3}} 8. ^{{cite web|title= Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – CHART POSITIONS PRE 1989 |publisher= Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien |url= http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=21533&pages= |accessdate= 4 May 2014}} 9. ^{{cite web|title= Le Détail par Artiste |publisher= InfoDisc |id= Select "Men at Work" from the artist drop-down menu |url= http://www.infodisc.fr/Tubes_Artistes_M.php |accessdate= 7 August 2016 |language= fr}} 10. ^{{cite journal|title= Billboard – Hits of the World |magazine= Billboard |date= 27 November 1982 |volume= 94 |issue= 47 |page= 66 |url= https://books.google.com/?id=0yQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT65&dq=%22israel%22 |issn= 0006-2510}} 11. ^{{cite web|title= I singoli più venduti del 1983 |publisher= Hit Parade Italia. Creative Commons |accessdate= 1 June 2013 |url= http://www.hitparadeitalia.it/hp_yends/hpe1983.htm |language= it}} 12. ^{{cite web|title= South African Rock Lists Website SA Charts 1969 – 1989 Acts (M) |publisher= Rock.co.za |url= http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(M).html |accessdate= 1 June 2013}} 13. ^1 {{cite web|title= Business as Usual – Awards |publisher= AllMusic. All Media Network |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/business-as-usual-mw0000190990/awards |accessdate= 1 June 2013}} 14. ^{{cite magazine|title= CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending OCTOBER 23, 1982 |magazine= Cash Box |url= http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19821023.html |archivedate= 20 September 2012 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20120920014846/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19821023.html}} External links
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