Men at Work's first album Business as Usual, skyrocketed them to fame. The five-person Aussie band, which blends Australian reggae with rock, is most famous for their song "Down Under", an unofficial national anthem of Australia. The album was one of the most successful of the early 1980s, selling over 6 million copies in the US alone. It also landed the group a Grammy for Best New Artist of 1982. The following year, Men at Work released their second album, Cargo. While not as successful as their debut album, Cargo sold around 3 million copies in the US and produced two Top 10 singles ("Overkill" and "It's a Mistake"). After firing drummer Jerry Speiser and bassist John Rees in 1984, their third album, Two Hearts was released. The album was nowhere near as successful as the first two, selling only about 500,000 copies in the US. Guitarist Ron Stykert and saxophonist/keyboardist Greg Ham then left the band, at which point Men at Work was officially broken up. However in 1996, Colin Hay and Greg Ham reunited to tour the world again. A final live album of their tour in Brazil, appropriately title Brazil, was released in 1998, the last of Men at Work.
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