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Producer: Peter Mclan
Tags: UK #1 Hit, US #1 Hit, Single, US Rock #1 Hit [Add] Main genre: Rock / Pop More information on Wikipedia Lyrics and meaning at Songfacts |
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GugolMen said on Monday, 21 December 2009:
More Cover Versions Another version of the song was released in 1999 by the punk rock band Pennywise, as a bonus track on the album Straight Ahead. While Pennywise is an American band, they frequently tour Australia, and often play the song at live shows as a tribute to its many Australian fans.[citation needed] British ska punk band spunge also covered the song on their 2004 covers album "That Should Cover It! and regularly perform the song at live shows. A version of this song is on the Kangaroo Jack soundtrack. The song was also used in advertisements for the Disney/Pixar movie Finding Nemo, though it never appears in the film itself.[citation needed] The punk rock band Funeral Dress also had a version of the song on its album A Way of Life. In the Scrubs episode "My Hard Labor", John Dorian daydreams that his pregnant girlfriend gives birth to Colin Hay, who subsequently sings "Down Under". Also, in the episode "My Porcelain God", when Dr. Kelso questions J.D. and Dr. Kevin Casey about strange noises the patients have been hearing, J.D. suggests they may be hearing the song. He sings a small portion of the song and asserts that if that is what the patients were hearing, it wasn't him.[citation needed] Colin Hay had his version as well as an acoustic version on his album Man @ Work. During the 1980s Yossi and Avi Piamenta recorded traditional Jewish wedding lyrics to the tune of the song. The name of this song is Asher Bara Sasson ve'Simcha. It is often played at Orthodox Jewish weddings and celebrations. Whilst the composition remains unaffected none of the lyrics relate to the original song.[5] In 1985 Lithuanian famous rock band Antis made a cover of the song, which became one of the most well known Antis hits. It was called Zombiai (Lithuanian word for zombies). Lithuanian version had unique lyrics which represented ironic attitude towards Soviet regime (Lithuania was occupied by Soviet Union at the time), but some parts remains very similar. Northern Vermont folk rock outfit, Flatlander is known to cover "Down Under." In 2008, Australia's national airline Qantas, rolled out an ad campaign as "The World's Most Experienced Airline" with a prominent instrumental composition of "Down Under" as the background music.[citation needed] A Finnish cover version titled "Tervetuloa Länteen, Andrej" (Welcome to west, Andrej) of the song was released by Vilperin Perikunta in 1992. The original story of the song was changed to tell a tale of Andrej, a Russian proletarian who travels to Finland to search for a job and better life in a welfare state. In the chorus Finland is described as "road to the top of heaven" and "road to freedom" for a Russian. In this cover version the flute parts were played with violin and a banjo lick was added to the background.[citation needed] In 2001, a performance of the song by the Red Army Choir was released on the CD Andrew Denton's Musical Challenge. The song was performed in the manner of a Russian folk song and featured clapping, and accordion. The song is also featured in the 2008 game Saints Row 2 [6] This song was partly sung by Peter Griffin from the television show Family Guy in the episode Long John Peter. On the television show Yes Dear Jimmy and his friend Billy are annoyed when Greg sings "vegemite sandwich," believing the line to be "dynamite son-b****." In 2009 the song resurfaced on the TV show "Australia's Got Talent" where 'JP the one man band' used a looping pedal to create an amazing and unique rendition of the song, which even Colin Hay himself heralded as the 'best version of the song he'd ever heard' This song is played during the end credits of the Paul Hogan movie Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles and for the trailer for the movie Finding Nemo. The song is also partially played in the documentary television series, The Adventure of English, to help illustrate Australia's newfound confidence in its linguistic identity in the late 20th Century. The crew of Australia II, the Australian yacht that won the America's Cup in 1983, used the song as their anthem. |