Ten Favorite Work Songs: Makin' It Work (#1)
By Four Walls
@FourWalls (61952)
United States
April 24, 2017 8:07am CST
Welcome to the working week! Oh, wait, I already used that song. Here's Monday, and here's the final song on my countdown of my favorite songs that have "work" in the title. Here's the top song...not better than yesterday's but more fun.
#1: Makin' It Work - Doug & the Slugs
With a band name like Doug & the Slugs you know this isn't deep and philosophical. And the video is hilarious ("Helping Hand Sex Therapists"??? Only in a music video could you get away with a joke like that!).
This song has all of the elements of early 80s music: a little ska, a little pop, and a lot of fun. And, as I initially heard this song on MTV, the video didn't hurt! (They were on The Robert Klein Radio Show, but I think they did "Too Bad" that night.)
Original lead Slug Doug Bennett died in 2004. The band continues with a new "Doug," but there's nothing like the fun of the original.
Thanks for reading.
Makin' It Work
Written by Doug Bennett
Recorded by Doug & the Slugs
From Music For the Hard of Thinking, 1982
Darlin'...pow! pow!
From Canadian band Doug & The Slugs from 1982, sadly no longer with us. (Thank you for the correction marehtseira)
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
24 Apr 17
Yes, I remember this. What a funny video.
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@FourWalls (61952)
• United States
24 Apr 17
What was the song you were looking for on the list?
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
24 Apr 17
I never heard this before. Ideal for the Dr. Demento Show.
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@FourWalls (61952)
• United States
24 Apr 17
Really? It got airplay on MTV quite a bit (so did "Too Bad"). Too much cowpunk back then in L.A. 
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
24 Apr 17
@FourWalls I never watched MTV. No cable then.
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