Work songs-for Labor Day!

[SAT-I need more room!!]

Work related songs you can think of?

Goin' to Work Martina McBride
Working on a Coal Mine Lee Dorsey
Working on a Highway Bruce Springsteen
Let's Work! Mick Jagger
She Works Hard For the Money Donna Summer
Bang the Drum Todd Rundgren
Back on the Chain Gang Pretenders
We Can Work it Out Beatles
Chain Gang Sam Cooke
Come on Down to My Boat Every Mother's Son
Working Class Hero John Lennon
Baby Workout Jackie Wilson
Working Man Rush
Workin' For the Man Roy Orbison

A couple I forgot about, but ran past in a book-

Workin' For a Livin' Huey Lewis
Working My Way Back to You Four Seasons, Spinners
Working at the Car Wash Blues Jim Croce.......
which then makes me think of Car Wash Rose Royce


Any others?

[Rali]

How 'bout Tennesee Ernie Ford's *16 Tons*?

("Woulda ya get? Another day older and deeper in debt...")

[Dawn]

Here's a few more:

Let's Work Together - Canned Heat
Working for the Weekend - Loverboy
Work to Do - Isley Brothers/Average White Band
Workin' Overtime - Diana Ross

[SAT-I need more room!!]

Rali said:

How 'bout Tennesee Ernie Ford's *16 Tons*?

("Woulda ya get? Another day older and deeper in debt...")

PERFECT, Rali! Didn't even think of that one!

[djdave]

The work song-Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass
Supermodel (You better work) ;D-RuPaul
Out of work-Gary U.S. Bonds (Boy, can I relate!)
(remake) Working in the coal mine-Devo
Mr. President (Have pity on the working man)-Randy Newman
Chain gang-Bobby Scott (not the Sam Cooke tune)

and of course...2 from the same, GREAT movie...
Heigh-ho (it's home from work we go)-Seven Dwarfs
Whistle while you work-Snow White

[55dodger]

Here's one I've always liked

Forty Hour Week - Alabama

[m c dornan]

Take This Job & Shove It- Johnny Paycheck

9 to 5- Dolly Parton

Work Work- Hub Kapp & the Wheels

Taxi- Harry Chapin

And let's not forget the old Wobblies songs!

Casey Jones
Stand Up, Ye Workers
Union Maid
50,000 Lumberjacks
Solidarity Forever
Dump the Bosses Off Your Backs

[lora]

Millworker

I believe it was written and first recorded by James Taylor, but Bette covered it on her Thighs and Whispers album.

[Ken]

Here's another :
Drugstore Truck Drivin' Man - The Byrds