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Working for the Man: ROY ORBISON

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Australian singles chart:
Working for the Man entered the Kent charts on 13 October 1962 and peaked at #1. It was #1 on the Top 100 of 1962.

Songwriter:
Roy Orbison

Record label of Australian release:
London

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BONUS SONGS BELOW – Leah by Roy Orbison and Working for the Man by Mental As Anything

Wikipedia:
Working for the Man was composed and originally recorded by Roy Orbison in 1962. It was the first release after the dissolution of Orbison’s writing partnership with Joe Melson. The record reached #1 in Australia, #33 in the US, and the top 50 in Canada and England.
Working for the Man was inspired by Orbison’s time after school. He said, “I was working for El Paso Natural Gas in the daytime, cutting up steel and loading it onto trucks and chopping weeds and painting water towers. Our straw boss was Mr. Rose, and he wouldn’t cut me any slack.”
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Lyrics

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BONUS SONGS

Working for the Man by Roy Orbison was released as a double-A-side single with Leah:

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Working for the Man by Mental as Anything entered the Kent Music Report 21 November 1983 and peaked at #20:

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