вЂњBlue Collar Man (Long Nights),вЂќ Styx (1978) Working leaves little time for any of lifeвЂќs simple pleasure other than вЂњa nice cold beer.вЂќ At least for Alex Lifeson, it gets you a very cool guitar solo.ДЎ1. Pair this with Lee DorseyвЂќs вЂњWorking In The Coal MineвЂќ and you can double down on the misery of working where вЂњthe sun didnвЂќt shine.вЂќ Funny, yet trenchant, lyrics detail the inability to get ahead, so much so that heaven even seems out of reach because вЂњI owe my soul to the company store.вЂќ вЂњSixteen Tons,вЂќ Tennessee Ernie Ford (1955) And yet, Cooke still sounds like the happiest angel in the world.Д©. LetвЂќs face it, as bad as your job may be, it still probably doesnвЂќt compare to working on the chain gang, picking up trash on some highway, yoked to some other prisoner. вЂњShiftwork,вЂќ Kenny Chesney and George Strait (2007)ДЄ clever play on words: take out the вЂњfвЂќ in вЂњshiftworkвЂќ and you get the idea built around monotony of shiftwork, whether youвЂќre working, as the song states, вЂњSeven to three/Three to eleven/Eleven to seven.вЂќ (This is the official video, skip to 2:24 to finally get to the song)Д§. Have truer words ever been spoken? Loverboy combine the weekend with the always alluring possibility of romance, even if it comes via a lazy rhyme: вЂњYou want a piece of my heart?/You better start at the start.вЂќ Red headband and leather pants optional.

вЂњWorking For The Weekend,вЂќ Loverboy (1981) This anti-work anthem still gets played by radio stations near and far at 5 p.m. вЂњBang On The Drum All Day,вЂќ Todd Rundgren (1983) вЂњWorking For a Living,вЂќ Huey Lewis & The News (1982)ДҐ. Lyrically, itвЂќs a downer (he ends up in prison), but the melody is so upbeat, most listeners never noticeД¤. Springsteen has built a career singing about the working man and on this exuberant tune from вЂњBorn In The USA,вЂќ he dreams of a better life than holding a red flag as part of a highway construction crew. You better treat her right.ДЈ, вЂњWorking on the Highway,вЂќ Bruce Springsteen (1984) Summer captures it all on this disco hit about a lady who has spent 28 years slinging plates. вЂњShe Works Hard For The Money,вЂќ Donna SummerДЇew jobs are more grueling than waitressing: all the heavy lifting, being on your feet all day, working for tips.

So clock out, grab a beer, salute your fellow worker, and enjoy.ДЄnd, if itвЂќs not too much work, add your favorite song about work in the comments.ДЄ deceptively upbeat melody and PartonвЂќs sweet delivery run counter to the dark sentiment of such lyrics as вЂњBarely getting by/ItвЂќs all takinвЂќ and no givinвЂќ/they just use your mind/and they never give you credit.вЂќДў. ThereвЂќs been no shortage of songs written about the drudgery of working 9-to-5, and below, hereвЂќs a list of the 15 finest songs (oops, that just reminded us that we didnвЂќt include R.E.M.вЂќs вЂњFinest WorksongвЂќ) devoted to describing how we spend most of our lives. We canвЂќt sign off for the long weekend without saluting the men and women who put the labor into Labor Day.

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