<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> file </Li> <Li> help </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> file </Li> <Li> help </Li> </Ul> <P> "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 from 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). </P> <P> The hit song went to number one in their home country of Australia in December 1981, and then topped the New Zealand charts in February 1982 . The song topped the Canadian charts in October 1982 . In the United States, the song debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 on 6 November 1982 at No. 79, and reached No. 1 in January 1983 where it spent four non-consecutive weeks . It eventually sold over two million copies in the US alone . Billboard ranked it at No. 4 for 1983 . </P>

Who sang i come from a land down under