"
Down Under" (also known as "
Land Down Under") is a song recorded by Australian
rock band
Men at Work. It was originally released in 1980 as the
B-side to their first local single titled "Keypunch Operator", released before the band signed with
Columbia Records. Both early songs were written by the group's co-founders,
Colin Hay and
Ron Strykert. The early version of "Down Under" has a slightly different tempo and arrangement than the later Columbia release. The most well known version was then released on Columbia in October 1981 as the third single from their debut album
Business as Usual (1981).