Editing Colin Hay (section)

==Personal life==
Hay is married to singer [[Cecilia Noël]],<ref>"[http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Man-At-Work-to-play-Towne-Crier-49620.php 'Man At Work' to play Towne Crier]", ''SF Gate'', 5:00 pm, Thursday, 8 April 2004.</ref> who often provides backing vocals at his shows. Noël has also helped with production on Hay's solo studio albums. Hay said of his ninth solo studio album, ''[[Are You Lookin' at Me?]]'' (2007) that "She was really crucial. She was a really great [[sounding board]] for me. She's a really good producer in the sense that she's very musical and has a great sense of song structure and so forth. So she was great to bounce ideas off. And she sang on nearly all the songs. So she was really a great part of this record".<ref>[http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Work-keeps-coming-in-for-Colin-Hay-68953.php#page-2 Work keeps coming in for Colin Hay], ''SF Gate'', 5:00 pm, Thursday, 5 July 2007.</ref> Hay and Noël live in [[Topanga Canyon]] in the [[Los Angeles]] area.<ref>Chris Johnston, "[http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/lunch-with-colin-hay-20130117-2cucf.html Lunch with Colin Hay]", ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', 19 January 2013.</ref>

On 13 February 2009, former [[Men at Work]] band member [[Ron Strykert]] was arrested for allegedly making death threats against Hay.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/music/a147205/men-at-work-star-arrested-for-threats.html |title= Men at Work star arrested for threats |work=Digital Spy|date=19 February 2009 |access-date=4 February 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/02/new-meaning-to.html | access-date=6 August 2016 | title=Men at Work guitarist threatened to kill singer, police say | date=17 February 2009 | work=[[Los Angeles Times]] }}</ref>

Hay became an American citizen in 2016. He also has a residence in [[St Kilda, Melbourne]].