Editing Colin Hay (section)

{{Short description|Scottish-Australian musician (born 1953)}}
{{About|the musician|the political scientist|Colin Hay (political scientist)}}
{{Use Australian English|date=April 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Colin Hay
| image             = Colin_Hay.png
| image_size        = 
| caption           = Hay performing in 2018
| birth_name        = Colin James Hay
| birth_date        = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1953|06|29}}
| birth_place       = [[Saltcoats]], [[Ayrshire]], Scotland
| occupation        = {{hlist|Singer|musician|songwriter|actor}}
| years_active      = 1978–present
| instrument        = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar}}
| genre             = {{hlist|[[Rock music|Rock]]|[[pop rock]]|[[New wave music|new wave]]|}}
| label             = {{hlist|[[Columbia Records|CBS]]|[[MCA Records|MCA]]|[[Compass Records|Compass]]|Lazy Eye}}
| current_member_of = {{hlist|[[Men at Work]]|[[Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band]]}}
| spouse            = [[Cecilia Noël]]
| website           = {{URL|colinhay.com}}
}}

'''Colin James Hay''' (born 29 June 1953) is a Scottish-Australian musician. He came to prominence as the lead vocalist and the sole continuous member of the band [[Men at Work]], and later as a solo artist. Hay is a member of the band [[Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band]].

Hay has made appearances in movies such as ''[[Cosi (film)|Cosi]]'' (1996) and in television shows such as ''[[The Resident (TV series)|The Resident]]'', ''[[The Larry Sanders Show]]'', ''[[JAG (TV series)|JAG]]'', ''[[The Mick Molloy Show]]'', ''[[A Million Little Things]]'', and ''[[Scrubs (TV series)|Scrubs]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|magazine=Filmink|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/australian-singers-turned-actors/|title=Australian Singers Turned Actors|date=14 July 2019}}</ref> In ''Scrubs'', he performs an acoustic version of the Men at Work hit "[[Overkill (Men at Work song)|Overkill]]" in the first episode of the second season titled, My Overkill, along with a bit of the acoustic version of "[[Down Under (song)|Down Under]]" during a cutaway of the second episode of the seventh season titled, My Hard Labor. His music also appeared in the television series ''[[What About Brian]]'', ''[[The Black Donnellys]]'', ''[[Cane (TV series)|Cane]]'', and the [[BBC]] medical drama ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]''.