Editing Colin Hay (section)

==Career==
===1978–1986: Men at Work===
{{main|Men at Work}}
[[File:Colin Hay (1983).jpg|upright|thumb|Hay in 1983]]
In 1978, Hay met [[Ron Strykert]] and they formed an [[acoustic music|acoustic]] [[duet (music)|duo]].<ref name="Bio"/> In 1979, Hay and Strykert added [[Jerry Speiser]] and [[Greg Ham]] started composing songs for what would become [[Men at Work]].<ref name="Bio"/><ref name="Holmgren">Entries at [[Australian Rock Database]]:
*Colin Hay/Colin Hay Band:&nbsp;{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130930022330/http://hem2.passagen.se/honga/database/h/haycolin.html |url=http://hem2.passagen.se/honga/database/h/haycolin.html |title=Colin Hay |work=passagen.se |publisher=Australian Rock Database (Magnus Holmgren) |first1=Magnus |last1=Holmgren |first2=Stefan |last2=Warnqvist |archive-date=30 September 2013 |access-date=21 July 2014 |url-status=usurped}}
*Men at Work (1979–1986, 1995–present):&nbsp;{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927234251/http://hem2.passagen.se/honga/database/m/menatwork.html |url=http://hem2.passagen.se/honga/database/m/menatwork.html |title=Men at Work |work=passagen.se |publisher=Australian Rock Database (Magnus Holmgren) |first1=Magnus |last1=Holmgren |first2=Stefan |last2=Warnqvist |archive-date=27 September 2013 |access-date=21 July 2014 |url-status=usurped}}</ref>

The band released their debut studio album, ''[[Business as Usual (Men at Work album)|Business as Usual]]'', in 1981, which was followed by ''[[Cargo (album)|Cargo]]'' (1983) and ''[[Two Hearts (Men at Work album)|Two Hearts]]'' (1985) before breaking up in January 1986.

In 1986, Hay joined as guest vocalist with [[the Incredible Penguins]] for a [[cover version|cover]] of "[[Happy Xmas (War Is Over)]]", a charity project for research on [[little penguin]]s, which peaked at No.&nbsp;10 on the Australian [[Kent Music Report]] in December 1985.<ref name="Kent">{{cite book|title=[[Kent Music Report|Australian Chart Book 1970–1992]]|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|publisher=Australian Chart Book Ltd|location=[[St Ives, New South Wales|St Ives, NSW]]|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}} NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until [[ARIA]] created their own [[ARIA Charts|charts]] in mid-1988. In 1992, Kent back calculated chart positions for 1970–1974.</ref><ref name="WhosWho">{{cite book|title=The Who's Who of Australian Rock|last1=Spencer|first1=Chris|first2=Zbig |last2=Nowara|first3=Paul|last3=McHenry|others=Notes by [[Ed Nimmervoll]]|url=http://www.whiteroom.com.au/howlspace/whoswho/aboutww.htm|chapter=Incredible Penguins |chapter-url=http://www.whiteroom.com.au/howlspace/whoswho/PHPTracks.php?Band_ID=103300|orig-year=1987|year=2002|publisher=Five Mile Press|location=[[Noble Park]], Vic.|isbn=1-86503-891-1|access-date=2 January 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229232852/http://www.whiteroom.com.au/howlspace/whoswho/aboutww.htm|archive-date=29 February 2012}} Note: [on-line] version established at White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd in 2007 and was expanded from the 2002 edition.</ref>

===1987–1993: Solo career beginnings===
Following the break-up of Men at Work in 1986, Hay released his debut single "Hold Me" in January 1987. The song peaked at number 40 on the Kent Music Report. His debut studio album, ''[[Looking for Jack]]'' was released in January 1987 and peaked at number 58.

Hay relocated to [[Los Angeles]] in 1989.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.njherald.com/20160721/colin-hay-still-a-man-at-work#|title=Colin Hay still a man at work|work=New Jersey Herald |date=5 November 1992 |access-date=2016-09-09}}</ref> He settled in the [[Topanga]] region of the city and has resided in the United States since. In January 2016, he became a US citizen.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mcmenamins.com/events/76831-Colin-Hay-of-Men-at-Work|title=Crystal Ballroom|publisher=Mcmenamins.com|access-date=22 November 2014}}</ref>

In March 1990, Hay released "Into My Life", the [[lead single]] from his second studio album, ''[[Wayfaring Sons]]'', which was released in April 1990. Neither single nor album reached the ARIA top 100.<ref name=aus2>*For ''Wayfaring Sons'' and "Into My Life"{{cite web|url=https://www.bubblingdownunder.com/2021/04/week-commencing-9-april-1990.html|title=Week commencing 9 April 1990|publisher=bubblingdownunder.com|access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref> The album was credited to the Colin Hay Band, which consisted of Gerry Hale, Paul Gadsby and Robert Dillon.<ref name="Bio"/>

In 1992, Hay released the acoustic album ''[[Peaks & Valleys]]''. The album featured Hay's sister, Carol on vocals.<ref name="Bio"/>

===1994–2004: ARIA Hall of Fame and Lazy Eye Records===
At the [[ARIA Music Awards of 1994]], Hay was inducted into the [[ARIA Hall of Fame]] as a member of [[Men at Work]].<ref name="ARIA1994">{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120109051551/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/1994 | url = http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/1994 | title = Winners by Year 1994 | publisher = [[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA) | archive-date = 9 January 2012 }}</ref>

In 1994, Hay established his own recording label, Lazy Eye Records,<ref>{{cite web|author=Sue Kiesewetter |url=http://rodeo.cincinnati.com/getlocal/gpstory.aspx?id=100224&sid=146365 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715110802/http://rodeo.cincinnati.com/getlocal/gpstory.aspx?id=100224&sid=146365 |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 July 2012 |title=Singer Colin Hay comes to Fairfield Community Arts Center April 24 - Butler County News at Cincinnati.com |publisher=Rodeo.cincinnati.com |access-date=4 February 2010 }}</ref> and released his fourth studio album, ''[[Topanga (album)|Topanga]]''.

In 1996, Hay reunited with Men at Work and toured South America, which led to the live Men at Work album, ''[[Brazil (Men at Work album)|Brazil]]''.<ref name="Holmgren"/>

In October 1998, Hay released his fifth studio album, ''[[Transcendental Highway]]'' and in 1999 recorded and released the song "Misty Bay" with his girlfriend, [[Cecilia Noël]].<ref name="Bio"/>

On 1 October 2000, Hay performed with Men at Work at the [[2000 Summer Olympics closing ceremony]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gordon |first1=Alan Atwood and Michael |title=From the Archives, 2000: A perfect party to end the world's greatest Games |url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/from-the-archives-2000-a-perfect-party-to-end-the-world-s-greatest-games-20200923-p55yhz.html |access-date=1 February 2021 |work=The Age |date=30 September 2020 |language=en}}</ref> In 2001, Hay released his sixth studio album, ''[[Going Somewhere]]''.<ref name="Bio"/>

In 2002, Hay released his seventh studio album ''[[Company of Strangers (Colin Hay album)|Company of Strangers]]'' and the video album ''Live at the Continental'' recorded in 2000.<ref name="Bio"/>

In July 2003, Hay released his eighth studio album, ''[[Man @ Work]]'', re-recording some Men at Work hits and his solo songs,<ref name="Bio"/> including a reimagined version of "Down Under" recorded with Hay's wife, [[Cecilia Noël]], described as "more carnivale than outback".<ref>Steve Darnell, "[https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-decision-to-go-solo-has/127775163/ Decision to go solo has paid off for Men at Work's Colin Hay]", ''Chicago Tribune'' (August 12, 2003), Sec. 2, p. 3.</ref> Hay toured North America with former Beatles [[Ringo Starr]], as a member of his [[Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band]].<ref name="Bio"/>

In 2004, Hay launched his one-man show named ''Man at Work'', a mixture of songs and stories.<ref name="Bio"/>

===2005–2020: Continued success===
[[File:Colin Hay - Pabst Theatre - Milwaukee, WI - 11.2.17 (38089387766).jpg|upright|thumb|Hay performing in 2017]]
In 2006 Hay provided his voice for one of the characters in the animated film ''[[The Wild]]''.<ref name="Bio"/>

In April 2007, Hay released his ninth studio album, ''[[Are You Lookin' at Me?]]''.<ref name="Bio"/> In 2008, Hay plays the role of Nick at the horror movie ''[[The Uninvited (2008 film)|The Uninvited]]''.<ref name="Bio"/>

In May 2009, Hay performed at the Artist for the Arts Foundation benefit at Barnum Hall, Santa Monica High School, Santa Monica, California. Performing alongside [[Curt Smith]] of [[Tears for Fears]], [[Fee Waybill]] of [[the Tubes]], [[Venice (band)|Venice]], and over 70 members of the [[Santa Monica High School]] Orchestra and Girls Choir, the benefit helped to provide funds for the continuation of music education in public schools.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}

In August 2009, Hay released his tenth studio album, ''[[American Sunshine]]''.<ref name="Bio"/>

In 2010, Hay released the live album, ''Live at the Corner'', filmed in 2007 at the [[Corner Hotel]] in Melbourne, Australia.<ref name="Bio"/>

In August 2010, Hay performed in [[Missoula, Montana]] with a Los Angeles [[roots rock]] band named [[Patrolled By Radar]].<ref name=twsS14>{{cite news |title=Colin Hay with Patrolled by Radar |newspaper=Missoula Independent |quote=when Colin Hay—formerly of the group Men at Work—plays the Wilma Theatre with Patrolled by Radar |date=2 August 2010 |url=http://missoulanews.bigskypress.com/missoula/colin-hay-with-patrolled-by-radar/Event?oid=1284434 |access-date=19 May 2011 |archive-date=8 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008090809/http://missoulanews.bigskypress.com/missoula/colin-hay-with-patrolled-by-radar/Event?oid=1284434 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In May 2011, Hay released his eleventh studio album ''[[Gathering Mercury]]''.<ref name="Bio"/> In 2011, Hay commented on his early solo career, stating, "After Men at Work, for the better part of a decade, I was stumbling around being unfocused. It was pre-internet; I really had to try to find my audiences by going out on tour. Men at Work really didn't build a foundational audience. We came in as a [[pop music|pop]] band with enormous radio success; once that goes away and the band breaks up the audience tends to go away with it. You're left with what you want to make of it. When you start out doing those tours, you start again [and] you tend not to attract a very big number of people. I'd play to a hundred people or sometimes less".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/news/colin-hay-is-still-at-work/story-fn6c8sdb-1226058296461 |work=National Features |title=Colin Hay is still at work |date=18 May 2011}}</ref>

In December 2013, Hay announced on his website that he was done touring "for the time being" and would spend 2014 writing and recording.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.colinhay.com/2013/12/18/a-message-from-colin/|title=Colin Hay » A message from Colin|date=18 December 2013|publisher=Colinhay.com|access-date=22 November 2014}}</ref>

In February 2015, Hay released his twelfth studio album, ''Next Year People''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.noise11.com/news/colin-hay-to-release-12th-solo-album-next-year-people-20150202|title=Colin Hay To Release 12th Solo Album Next Year People|website=noise11|date=2 February 2015|access-date=1 January 2022}}</ref> The album was preceded by the single "Trying to Get to You".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.noise11.com/news/new-colin-hay-trying-to-get-to-you-listen-20141226|title=New Colin Hay – Trying To Get To You LISTEN|website=noise11|date=26 December 2014|access-date=1 January 2022}}</ref>

On 4 August 2015, ''Colin Hay: Waiting for my Real Life'', a documentary film about Hay, debuted at the [[Melbourne International Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://miff.com.au/program/film/colin-hay-waiting-for-my-real-life |title=Miff 2015 |access-date=2015-08-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150812043910/http://miff.com.au/program/film/colin-hay-waiting-for-my-real-life |archive-date=12 August 2015}}</ref>

On 27 January 2017, he released the first single, "A Thousand Million Reasons", from his thirteenth studio album ''Fierce Mercy'', released in March 2017. ''Fierce Mercy'' debuted at number 44 on the ARIA chart, becoming his second solo chart entry in Australia. The album was promoted with his segments on ''[[Julia Zemiro's Home Delivery]]'' and ''[[Sunday Night (Australian TV program)|Sunday Night]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.noise11.com/news/australian-charts-ed-sheeran-dominates-aria-albums-for-second-week-20170320|title=Australian Charts: Ed Sheeran Dominates ARIA Albums for Second Week|website=noise11|date=20 March 2017|access-date=1 January 2022}}</ref>

Also in 2017, Hay released his first audiobook, ''Aesop's Fables with Colin Hay'', published by Devault-Graves Digital Editions, for which he narrated 24 of [[Aesop's Fables]] written by author [[Tom Graves (writer)|Tom Graves]].

===2021–present: "Down Under" remix, and other successes===
In August 2021, Hay released his fourteenth studio album, ''I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself''. The album features 10 versions of some of Hay's favourite songs from [[the Beatles]] ([[Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)|Norwegian Wood]], [[Across the Universe]]) [[Blind Faith]], [[Del Amitri]], [[Dusty Springfield]], [[Faces (band)|Faces]], [[Gerry and the Pacemakers]] ([[Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying]]), [[Glen Campbell]] ([[Wichita Lineman]]), [[Jimmy Cliff]] ([[Many Rivers to Cross]]) and [[the Kinks]] ([[Waterloo Sunset]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.colinhay.com/2021/08/06/new-album-from-colin-hay-i-just-dont-know-what-to-do-with-myself-is-out-now/|title=I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself is Out Now|website=Colin Hay|date=6 August 2021|access-date=1 January 2022}}</ref>

In late 2021, Australian producer [[Luude|Christian "Luude" Benson]] (from the Tasmanian [[electronic dance music]] duo [[Choomba]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://themusicnetwork.com/emi-choomba-signing/|title=EMI Music announces electronic duo Choomba as latest signing|website=Themusicnetwork.com|date=23 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pilerats.com/music/electronic/premiere-choomba-wantchu/|title = Premiere: Australian duo Choomba continue to soar with Wantchu|website=Pilerats.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.emimusic.com.au/choomba/|title = Choomba &#124; EMI Music Australia|website=Emimusic.com.au}}</ref> remixed Men at Work's "Down Under" as a drum and bass track, with Hay re-recording the vocal for the track's release on the [[Sweat It Out (record label)|Sweat It Out]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sweatitoutmusic.com/artists/9139/|title = LUUDE|website=Sweatitoutmusic.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.musicis4lovers.com/luude-colin-hay-down-under-sweat-it-out/|title = Luude, Colin Hay – Down Under &#91;Sweat It Out&#93;|website=Musicis4lovers.com|date = 23 November 2021}}</ref> record label.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/at/album/down-under-single/1600137214?l=en|title=Down Under – single|website=[[Apple Music]]|date=12 December 2021|access-date=8 January 2021|archive-date=8 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108015723/https://music.apple.com/at/album/down-under-single/1600137214?l=en|url-status=dead}}</ref> "Down Under" by Luude featuring Colin Hay<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/61726/luude-ft-colin-hay/|title=LUUDE FT COLIN HAY &#124; full Official Chart History &#124; Official Charts Company|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref> charted at number 32 on the UK Singles chart on 7 January 2022<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00130y2|title = BBC Radio 1 – the Official Chart on Radio 1 with Scott Mills, 07/01/2022|website=Bbc.co.uk}}</ref> and at number 48 in Australia (ARIA Top 50 Singles for
week of 10 January 2022).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/singles-chart/2022-01-10|title = ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart|website=Aria.com}}</ref>

Hay's fifteenth studio album, ''Now and the Evermore'', was released on 18 March 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Now And The Evermore |url=https://www.colinhay.com/music/now-and-the-evermore/ |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=Colin Hay |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Zimmerman |first=Lee |date=2022-03-25 |title=Review: Colin Hay Offers Another Example of His Everlasting Appeal |url=https://americansongwriter.com/review-colin-hay-offers-another-example-of-his-everlasting-appeal/ |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=[[American Songwriter]] |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2022, Australian rock band [[Lime Cordiale]] released their song "Colin" from their album ''[[Enough Of The Sweet Talk]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://musicfeeds.com.au/news/lime-cordiale-colin-hay-tribute/|title=Listen to Lime Cordiale's Colin Hay Tribute Song 'Colin', Featuring the Man Himself|website=[[MusicFeeds]]|date=24 November 2022|access-date=25 November 2022}}</ref> Hay lends vocals to the song, and part of the music video was filmed at his house.