Put that one on your “Must read” list folks! Written by country singer David Allan Coe, who would later ruin his career by releasing an album full of incredibly racist and pornographic songs, “Take This Job” has become the de facto anthem of those dissatisfied with their careers. The song also inspired a bizarre movie of the same name, and a career advice book called (*sigh*) “Take This Job and Love It”. “You better not try to stand in my way / As I’m walking out the door / Take this job and shove it / I ain’t working here no more.” Johnny Paycheck, “Take This Job and Shove It” (1977)Įveryone who’s ever hated their job has dreamed of going out Paycheck-style! In other words, telling their boss where to shove their job! This chugging ode pays homage to those who “get up every morning from your ‘larm’s clock warning” to trudge into the city like a clone, only to rinse and repeat the next day. The song topped the charts in both the UK and the US, and both the American and British singles of “A Hard Day’s Night” as well as the American and British albums of the same title, all held the top position in their respective charts for a couple of weeks in August 1964 – the first time any artist had accomplished this feat.īachman Turner Overdrive, “Taking’ Care of Business” (1974) The song featured prominently on the soundtrack to the Beatles’ first feature film, A Hard Day’s Night, and was on their album of the same name. “I came up still thinking it was day I suppose, and I said ‘It’s been a hard day… and I looked around and saw it was dark so I said, …night!” So we came to ‘A Hard Day’s Night’.” In a interview, he said that they had worked all day and night on a job: The title of the song originated from something that Ringo Starr said. To this day, it’s one of Disney’s most loved and recognisable songs and still holds a special place in the hearts of workers the world over. The phrase “Heigh-Ho” was first recorded in 1553 and is defined as an expression of “yawning, sighing, languor, weariness, disappointment” and is sung on a daily basis by a group of seven dwarfs as they as they come home from (and go to) work in a mine with diamonds and rubies, in Walt Disney’s first feature film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The Seven Dwarfs, Disney, “Height Ho” (1937) So, as it’s Friday, we thought we’d bring you a little musical treat in the form of the 12 Most Iconic Songs About Work. Happy Friday Recruiters! After love, sex, alcohol, money, cars and religion, work has been the single most popular subject of pop songs for decades – how we hate it, why we need it, office politics, how the grass is always greener on the other side, and why many of us hate the thought of Monday morning.
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