Editing Colin Hay (section)

===1978–1986: Men at Work===
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[[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>