Single:
Takin’ Care of Business entered the Australian singles chart* on 23 September 1974 peaked at #14. The song was #88 on the Top 100 of 1974.
Album:
The song is on Bachman–Turner Overdrive II which entered the Australian albums chart* on 30 September 1974 and peaked at #55.
Songwriter:
Randy Bachman
Producer:
Randy Bachman
Record label of Australian release:
Mercury
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Songfacts:
This song was written by Randy Bachman, who also sang lead on the track. He explained to classicbands.com that he came up with the idea for the song in the late-’60s while he was still a member of The Guess Who. Bachman loved Paperback Writer by The Beatles, and he used that music to create a song about going to work called White Collar Worker, which needed a new hook to complete. The song lay dormant until Bachman formed Bachman-Turner Overdrive.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/bachman-turner-overdrive/takin-care-of-business
Lyrics:
You get up every morning
From your ‘larm clock’s warning
Take the 8:15 into the city
There’s a whistle up above
And people pushin’, people shovin’
And the girls who try to look pretty
And if your train’s on time
You can get to work by nine
And start your slaving job to get your pay
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