It’s true if you were one of us lucky enough to be around in the 80s it was a once in a lifetime experience.. and I’m glad I was there & old enough 5 in 80 old enough to remember the great music and tv & movies that came along that decade…
@cspaulding54, God would like you to know that the eighties is one of the best eras for me, because I love a lot of songs from the eighties! In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen! Sincerely, God and SarahTHOR-i3f
my man, I was 5 in 1980 too, about to turn 50 on march next year! I had the same luck as you, even in Guatemala we were able to listen to all of that, we always had good music channels even though all the other channels weren't that good, the music one rocked! and some of the radio stations as well, we were very well covered on that matter.
They are one of those bands that truly embraced the emerging music video era. They put a lot of effort into making funny, engaging videos, and every band member got equal screen time as well, rather that just focus on one "star". Which is kinda cool.
I'm 72 and a Vietnam (era) vet and I like this song as well. Maybe because the the lead singer is obviously half blind like me. 😀 One thing american and aussie vets have in common is a distrust of authority after Vietnam. And we regard and respect Mel Gibson for his better movies like Mad Max and Gallipoli. Every american and citizen of the world needs to know about Gallipoli to understand what is REALLY a mistake in war and conflict and why Australians decided on independence from the UK like the american colonials did after the 'French and Indian' war. Gibson played an american patriot that REALLY hated redcoats because of his experience in the F&I war, in the movie, The Patriot, where the redcoats, the british officers, especially, were depicted to be as cold blooded as the german Wehrmacht. Amazing what feelings and thoughts a music video can dredge up when you get to a certain age. 😀
The 80s were the golden age of music, and this song is proof of that! Listening is like taking a trip back in time to a decade full of style, energy and musical talent. Long live the good music of the 80s!
The subtle transition from the people saying "it's a mistake" in the refrain to them becoming soldiers is one of the coolest things in this music video.
Yeah, I see that as a common theme with people who have once been deployed, everyone I know that has came back from being deployed told me it was a mistake to even enlist
The transition of the last one, from nurse to army medic, directly going from a civilian job to a military equivalent did happen to people too. My great grandad was a blacksmith and farrier, and when he enlisted that's what he did in the first World War.
@@CarlosRoberto-re9gunão amigo, a banda men at work é australiana, e o vocalista colin hay é escocês. o gaitista e o membro da banda q ta na capa com o telefone, já é falecido, greg han.
Not often does a music video so perfectly accompany and satirise the subject matter in question. Men At Work created a piece of eternal art and timeless commentary on the notion and frailty of war and a video which truly suggests just how truly daft it ultimately remains. Sometimes all it comes down to is a decision made by a single human being that can affect millions or even billions of the same species. For what?
for what? you think life can be peaceful with no conflict? really? are you that ignorant? human nature cannot be defeated, no matter how much love you give or have or want or desire. some people are good, some people are bad. this will never change. extremes of both of these natures exist. sometimes you need to defeat an overwhelming evil. unless you like the nazi way of life.........
@@gps9715 You missed the point & are also oversimplifying it. War isn't always about good vs evil. Many wars, especially nowadays, are fought because of politics, fearmongering, ignorance and greed. Not because they are necessary. Vietnam & the Gulf Wars in Iraq are a great example.
@@coolcat6303 Especially since this song is specifically about NUCLEAR war. Y'know, the potential extinction event. And the Cuban Missile Crisis was just one of several flashpoints that almost set that off, including a few in 1983, the year this song was released. It's honestly a little amazing that we're still here now. And considering renewed tensions between the US and Russia, North Korea, and China, I'd say this song is more relevant than ever.
@@gps9715 You might wanna listen to a John Lennon song or two. If we can’t dream, we can’t achieve. The comment was on point and not debatable. An accurate observation. Nothing more, nothing less…
It really was the best decade! I was a little girl when they were making music in the early 80s. The 90s sucked to me! By then I was a teenager and it was hard!
As an "80's Army Infantry sergeant, life is an endless road march, with no return. You march along with some, comrades and lovers may come and go, but you have to live in the present, So sure, the '80's were great, but cannot compare to my very first wife and 6 year old daughter I have now. Time marches on.
@@fryingpanhead8809I don’t think he hated him as he always speaks very highly of him as a guitar person - they just had a falling out and a big one at that
May I join your little club? LoL ~ ( Canadian Club ) PS We are getting some Canadian Wildfire smoke on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. 😳 We wish you a safe resolution ✌
@detectivedave Hi ! I' m from Québec, Canada , to be honest with you I am a french Canadian , what I mean is that my first language is french . I hope you are safe in the Mississippi gulf . Join the club , thank you for your nice message 👍
Wow. This takes me back to late summer of '83. I was 11, MTV was still shiny and new, and I was loving life. I absolutely loved the video. Still do. This is one of men at works best pieces in my opinion.
Same here!! I was 10, getting ready to enter 5th grade and turning 11 in November. To see and hear this video/song again takes me right back to 39 years ago! :)
@@crmay72 you must also be a '72 model 😉 I'm so glad I got to grow up in that one last generation before the internet and a cell phone in every pocket. Going out to play "for the day" on summer break. Riding bikes for hours. Atari got boring after 30 minutes!
@@carolynzaremba5469 And they will sing to this song about the next and the next brazilian President. Is there even a decent politician in this shit country??
@@rebel6301 Well, I’m from the US, and I’m really starting to see that wars are not the answer to much at all. Maybe in the distant past some were justified, but these days it all seems like needless destruction. I’m old and it makes me sad.
@@johnr3369 yeah, seems pretty pointless to keep killing eachother over nothing. sure, a few were justified (since y'know nazis and shit) but overall i dont think we should continue waging war
@@rebel6301 I just think it’s amazing that I’m having a brief chat with someone half a world away, who apparently shares my love of the band Men at Work. Really, we might disagree on some things, but what more do you need to be friends with people than some good music and cold beer? Pretty much everything else can be overlooked. (All of my friends have their issues, who doesn’t). And that is the basis of a more diplomatic way of dealing with things. Peace to you. It’s midnight here.
I agree with Holly. This and Overkill were played on TV-61 in Phoenix everyday and sometimes on the radio. Now your lucky if you hear either one of these. Down Under more popular for some reason along with Who can it be now?. I want to here these songs instead and relive the Summers of 1983-84. Those were the good times.
I love the warm and analogue sound of the guitar in the intro. No, seriously - I LOVE THAT SOUND SO MUCH!! It gently touches me on a very deep level and brings back a certain feeling of my childhood. I cant point the finger at it nor even describe it rationally. It is like an almost faded memory, pale and blurry - but still there...
I was a kid in the 80s. I grew up a hard core music video junkie... MTV, night tracks, radio 1990, solid gold, night flight... and so on. It was all I cared about. Men At Work make me very nostalgic for that time in my life. Sad those days are gone but very happy to have their songs still with me. I bought Cargo on vinyl yesterday... Spent the evening listening to the album and playing bass guitar along to the music.
Saturday afternoon 16 April 2022. A 39 year old song that is TIMELESS. One of the great songs to come out of the 1980s. Thank you Colin Hay and Men At Work. Take care and all the best.
God thank you for letting me turn into a teenager 1981. The BEST musical decade ever. Hands down. The fact we can enjoy this song 41 years later is amazing. Soooo good!
What an incredibly appropriate and meaningful song for the times we are living in now!! I know it was written with the arms race of the 80’s in mind, but considering what’s going on in Russia and Ukraine now, hearing this song again is sending chills up my spine!!
Chills? Yes shiver my Timbers😳allow me to encourage your 🎉 that war? Just a little catalyst to initiate pearl production. We will press on. No extinction for us. I’ve got to hurry, other stuff to do but try “Biocentrism” Robert Lanza. Wrap your head around that, if you please.
How did this not become the megahit that Who Can It Be Now and especially Down Under were, when its just as good! Those still get played alot even now, but I never knew this song existed until 2009.
I wonder if I just missed it on the radio etc. over the years. My personal memories of hearing Down Under are from 1989-90 or so, awhile after it was already popular.
I agree with you. This is a fabulous song & right up there with their other big hits. I think the reason this wasn't a major hit was because of it's darker tone & also becuz it wasn't as playful or upbeat as "Down Under" was. But at the very least, it was still a minor hit for the band & got a fair amount of airplay back in the 80's.
Lyrics: | "It's A Mistake" - Men At Work. | Jump down the shelters to get away The boys are cockin' up their guns Tell us general, is it party time? If it is can we all come? Don't think that we don't know Don't think that we're not trying Don't think we move too slow It's no use after crying Saying It's a mistake It's a mistake It's a mistake It's a mistake After the laughter has died away And all the boys have had their fun No surface noise now, not much to say They've got the bad guys on the run Don't try to say you're sorry Don't say he drew his gun They've gone and grabbed old Ronnie He's not the only one Saying It's a mistake It's a mistake It's a mistake It's a mistake Tell us commander, what do you think? 'Cos we know that you love all that power Is it on then, are we on the brink? We wish you'd all throw in the towel We'll not fade out too soon Not in this finest hour Whistle your favorite tune We'll send a card and a flower Saying It's a mistake It's a mistake It's a mistake It's a mistake It's a mistake (it's a mistake) It's a mistake (it's a mistake) It's a mistake (it's a mistake) It's a mistake (it's a mistake) It's a mistake (it's a mistake). END.
Pwcritter I agree with you. For those too young to know, It's A Mistake expresses a feeling a lot of us had in the early 1980s, when it seemed like the bombs could drop at any moment. We really felt like some stupid mistake by the Russians or the Americans could destroy the world and we were all living on the edge of a cliff. It's A Mistake has pop appeal, but a simple enough sound that you can't really hide from the emotional heart of its message. For me that makes it poignant and effective.
Oh how I miss the 80's I fell in love and had a 7 year relationship knowing it would never work never fell in love again.These 80 songs bring back memories.59 now just gotta keep going.
This phenomenon song with Colin's unique voice is one of my all time favorites!! My BF son was a 4 yr old loved playing air guitar to Men At Work!! Best song ever!!
Es un gran honor y verles y escucharlos a la banda Legendaria MEN AT WORK y su It's a Mistake de 1983 los adoro que siguie vigente mas que nunca en este 2022 y 2023👍👌✌😄😆😎
I saw Men At Work in 1982 and they were amazing! Such fun and humor. RIP Greg Ham of Men At Work--you made the world laugh and sing and that is an amazing accomplishment.
![Seungmin "그렇게, 천천히, 우리(As we are)" | [Stray Kids : SKZ-PLAYER]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/kAzmhLHePqU/mqdefault.jpg)
What a great underated guitar solo
From a great underrated band
Yea and what great videoclips they made too for that time! Visually it is old but the were very creative!
No mistakes, all facts
It’s true if you were one of us lucky enough to be around in the 80s it was a once in a lifetime experience.. and I’m glad I was there & old enough 5 in 80 old enough to remember the great music and tv & movies that came along that decade…
@cspaulding54, God would like you to know that the eighties is one of the best eras for me, because I love a lot of songs from the eighties! In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen!
Sincerely,
God and SarahTHOR-i3f
back when the new year's top 100 countdown was actually worth listening to
No political correctness..
I graduated high school in '82😂Mandatory Men at Work fan😂❤
my man, I was 5 in 1980 too, about to turn 50 on march next year!
I had the same luck as you, even in Guatemala we were able to listen to all of that, we always had good music channels even though all the other channels weren't that good, the music one rocked! and some of the radio stations as well, we were very well covered on that matter.
Desde Perú 2024 escuchando esta joyita. Rockero tlv. Gracias viejo x inculcarme desde pequeño buena musik.
En el minuto 3:10 ese sólo de guitarra me recuerda tanto a Gustavo Cerati, hasta en su manera de pararse. Saludos desde Tucumán, Argentina.
Perfect song for these times.
NO SHAT homie
Yea summum of absurdity!
Can't agree more.
unfortunately😓
@@VDDDRex What happened?
Truly one of the best anti-war music videos ever. Despite the tongue-in-cheek aspects it really hits, especially with the desolate landscape.
irl the products of bushfires id rekon
A nuke attack was a real threat in the 80s
It's more of a threat now that it was in the 80s.@@mrobertson188
love this song and army dreamers by kate bush
@@mrobertson188 It was more real in the 1950s and 1960s.
They are one of those bands that truly embraced the emerging music video era. They put a lot of effort into making funny, engaging videos, and every band member got equal screen time as well, rather that just focus on one "star". Which is kinda cool.
Great observation, I completely agree!
It's just a pity the members of the band didn't get on.
Still love colin hay's music today
Querra nunca mais
This song sings my 80s childhood
Its right!
These guys are so underrated. 52 years old and I still love this band! ITS NOT A MISTAKE!
same here brada
You got that right
Tell us General. Is it party time? If it is can we all come??
I'm 72 and a Vietnam (era) vet and I like this song as well.
Maybe because the the lead singer is obviously half blind like me. 😀
One thing american and aussie vets have in common is a distrust of authority after Vietnam.
And we regard and respect Mel Gibson for his better movies like Mad Max and Gallipoli. Every american and citizen of the world needs to know about Gallipoli to understand what is REALLY a mistake in war and conflict and why Australians decided on independence from the UK like the american colonials did after the 'French and Indian' war.
Gibson played an american patriot that REALLY hated redcoats because of his experience in the F&I war, in the movie, The Patriot, where the redcoats, the british officers, especially, were depicted to be as cold blooded as the german Wehrmacht.
Amazing what feelings and thoughts a music video can dredge up when you get to a certain age. 😀
I, too, am 52. We were young and liked good music. This one is in my top 5 of their songs, #1 is usually whichever one I'm listening to.
This song says it all about the 80's. Love it ❤! Born in 1960 and still love good music.
Colin Hay such a talented singer songwriter.
The 80s were the golden age of music, and this song is proof of that! Listening is like taking a trip back in time to a decade full of style, energy and musical talent. Long live the good music of the 80s!
Também curti muito o AC/DC!!🤜🤛
Compartilhamos o mesmo sentimento amigo.
Couldn't have said it better dude.
👏👏👏👏
R-U-N Lord Christ Jesus Christ? 8💯8🙏😇
The subtle transition from the people saying "it's a mistake" in the refrain to them becoming soldiers is one of the coolest things in this music video.
Yeah, I see that as a common theme with people who have once been deployed, everyone I know that has came back from being deployed told me it was a mistake to even enlist
@@chelo4197 it was never even got my bonus for my second
@@chelo4197 During Vietnam, you were drafted.
@@carolynzaremba5469 not everyone was drafted, many volunteered. Common misconception
The transition of the last one, from nurse to army medic, directly going from a civilian job to a military equivalent did happen to people too. My great grandad was a blacksmith and farrier, and when he enlisted that's what he did in the first World War.
Quanto tempo tem essa música e continua sendo tão atual !! O mundo nunca muda .
41 años y contando❤
Ela sempre será atual, o ser humano nunca irá parar de criar guerras
A parte das coroas de flores...😢
This song makes me feel some kinda wonderful melancholy. One of the best songs of the 80’s.
Spot on!!
This song defines the 80's. Along with Madonna
"wonderful melancholy" that's about as close as one can get to the original definition of nostalgia.
Same
Icónica y melancólica 😔😭
Most people know only Down Under and it is so sad, they have many great songs and Colin Hay has a very distinct, beautiful voice.
Originally knew them for down under and who can it be now, and now my favourite songs from them are overkill and this
Same
I can see it in your eyes is another great tune
Jorge Okay thx for the tip
This was a great ! Band,.. what happened to them??
Aqui do Sul do Brasil escutando a melhor banda dos anos 80.👉👍💪👏👏👏👏👏
Melhor banda da terra..e eles são norueguêses 🇳🇴🇳🇴
@@CarlosRoberto-re9gunão amigo, a banda men at work é australiana, e o vocalista colin hay é escocês. o gaitista e o membro da banda q ta na capa com o telefone, já é falecido, greg han.
@@Danieldesouza-ld4iw norway 🇧🇻🇧🇻
@@CarlosRoberto-re9gu a-ha que é norueguesa, filho! men at work é da austrália e o vocalista é escocês.
hahah los brasileros a cada banda siempre dicen que es el mejor del mundo
lol
This band is MAGICAL.
Not often does a music video so perfectly accompany and satirise the subject matter in question. Men At Work created a piece of eternal art and timeless commentary on the notion and frailty of war and a video which truly suggests just how truly daft it ultimately remains. Sometimes all it comes down to is a decision made by a single human being that can affect millions or even billions of the same species. For what?
for what? you think life can be peaceful with no conflict? really? are you that ignorant? human nature cannot be defeated, no matter how much love you give or have or want or desire. some people are good, some people are bad. this will never change. extremes of both of these natures exist. sometimes you need to defeat an overwhelming evil. unless you like the nazi way of life.........
@@gps9715 You missed the point & are also oversimplifying it. War isn't always about good vs evil. Many wars, especially nowadays, are fought because of politics, fearmongering, ignorance and greed. Not because they are necessary. Vietnam & the Gulf Wars in Iraq are a great example.
@@coolcat6303 Especially since this song is specifically about NUCLEAR war. Y'know, the potential extinction event. And the Cuban Missile Crisis was just one of several flashpoints that almost set that off, including a few in 1983, the year this song was released.
It's honestly a little amazing that we're still here now. And considering renewed tensions between the US and Russia, North Korea, and China, I'd say this song is more relevant than ever.
Wow. Profound, yet lucid. What the hell are YOU doing on the internet… 😉👍🏻
@@gps9715 You might wanna listen to a John Lennon song or two. If we can’t dream, we can’t achieve. The comment was on point and not debatable. An accurate observation. Nothing more, nothing less…
Perfect song to listen in 2024. Today I will be watching Men at Work at my city, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. I can't wait for this moment.
💋💋💋🇳🇴🇳🇴
BH 😘
Linda música
RJ hoje, só por Deus....
Envious
This is why the 80's was the best decade. It will never come again and if you lived it you are blessed.
It really was the best decade! I was a little girl when they were making music in the early 80s. The 90s sucked to me! By then I was a teenager and it was hard!
Tell me about it! I love the 80s and wish I could go back. This song has a very catchy melody.
As an "80's Army Infantry sergeant, life is an endless road march, with no return. You march along with some, comrades and lovers may come and go, but you have to live in the present, So sure, the '80's were great, but cannot compare to my very first wife and 6 year old daughter I have now. Time marches on.
Don't be so pathetic, we are not dead yet :P
not on my ship MR!!!!
That guitar solo still gets me decades later 😊
So very melodic and perfectly executed
Ron Strykert. Colin Hay hated him with a passion. Referred to him as "that guitar player"
@fryingpanhead8809 wow, I just read about their falling out, thanks to your comment! I had no idea. Really too bad.
@@fryingpanhead8809I don’t think he hated him as he always speaks very highly of him as a guitar person - they just had a falling out and a big one at that
@@charlienorton2337 Strykert was arrested trying to kill Hay.
Men at Work is
Underrated
Agree
Definitely. I love his voice and will never forget lyrics like "I can't get to sleep..." Songs that stay with you forever.
The band broke up after realeasing their third álbum
🖐 here in February
@@SUGAR_XYLER "Men at work= era mi sana droga de aquellos años⭐👏💥
This has always been my favorite Men At Work tune. Colin's vocals on this track are among his best ever. Brilliant.
I'm 51 and the 80's music was so great
I'm so glad I was there to witness the best music ever !
From a french Canadian!
👏👏💋
May I join your little club? LoL ~ ( Canadian Club )
PS We are getting some Canadian Wildfire smoke on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. 😳 We wish you a safe resolution ✌
@detectivedave Hi !
I' m from Québec, Canada , to be honest with you I am a french Canadian , what I mean is that my first language is french .
I hope you are safe in the Mississippi gulf .
Join the club , thank you for your nice message 👍
I'm 49 and agree
51 here 😂😂😂
I haven’t watched this video in 40 years until now. Now I get it.
Y hoy en viña 2024. Chile 🇨🇱
Listening to this song is not a mistake, it's a gem.
I cannot overstate how important this song is right now.
Yes sir. I agree completely. God help us all.
Again.... it's happened before
The plebs ( soldiers) are manipulated by corrupt politicians and leaders. All it takes is common sense to make a comeback and a backbone
Most don't realise how lucky we are.
It was even more important when it was released.
Excelente tema, Men at work es y será uno de los mejores grupos de los 80,sus temas son todos inolvidables👌🏻👌🏻👏👏👏❤❤💃🕺🧚🏽♀️🧚♂️👍🏻🇨🇱
Noruega
Wow. This takes me back to late summer of '83. I was 11, MTV was still shiny and new, and I was loving life. I absolutely loved the video. Still do. This is one of men at works best pieces in my opinion.
ABOUT JULY 1983. MISS EM DAYS
Same here!! I was 10, getting ready to enter 5th grade and turning 11 in November. To see and hear this video/song again takes me right back to 39 years ago! :)
@@crmay72 you must also be a '72 model 😉 I'm so glad I got to grow up in that one last generation before the internet and a cell phone in every pocket. Going out to play "for the day" on summer break. Riding bikes for hours. Atari got boring after 30 minutes!
@@jacksemporiumofstuff I know, right??! LOL ;)
Also 11.
This song was a huge success in Brazil, it still is played on radio stations over there to this day.
They're probably singing about Bolsonaro.
@@carolynzaremba5469 And they will sing to this song about the next and the next brazilian President. Is there even a decent politician in this shit country??
@@voutespancar I'd take Bolsonaro over Biden.
@@SC-ut2dn It's funny how Carolyn just went quiet.
Bolsonaro is just as garbage as Biden. Bolsonaro doesnt even work! Dude is always travelling and driving jet skis or streaming his bullshit.
Probably one of the most beautifully relevant songs/videos of all time. If I was King, this would be my country’s National Anthem.
honestly if i was the guy in power down here i would make Down Under our anthem instead of the lame bullshit 'sing australia fair' song
@@rebel6301 Well, I’m from the US, and I’m really starting to see that wars are not the answer to much at all. Maybe in the distant past some were justified, but these days it all seems like needless destruction. I’m old and it makes me sad.
@@johnr3369 yeah, seems pretty pointless to keep killing eachother over nothing. sure, a few were justified (since y'know nazis and shit) but overall i dont think we should continue waging war
@@rebel6301 I just think it’s amazing that I’m having a brief chat with someone half a world away, who apparently shares my love of the band Men at Work. Really, we might disagree on some things, but what more do you need to be friends with people than some good music and cold beer? Pretty much everything else can be overlooked. (All of my friends have their issues, who doesn’t). And that is the basis of a more diplomatic way of dealing with things. Peace to you. It’s midnight here.
@@johnr3369 im not even old enough to drink lol but yeah you're right
Escuchar la buena música de los Men at Work en 2024 no es un mistake.
Si, señor. ¡me gusta mucho!
This and Overkill my fav by the Men..
Overkill is everything 💙💙💙🙏🙏🙏
Me encanta esta canción de Men at work.
And don't forget: Blue for you😁
I agree with Holly. This and Overkill were played on TV-61 in Phoenix everyday and sometimes on the radio. Now your lucky if you hear either one of these. Down Under more popular for some reason along with Who can it be now?. I want to here these songs instead and relive the Summers of 1983-84. Those were the good times.
Mine too
Take it from a first hand combat arms veteran. This song hits home on so many levels
Advanced Infantry here. Good song.
Thank you.
The madness of the Cold War summed up in one song. Awesome work with a very good video.
The guitar 🎸 solo is absolutely 100% pure genius, perfect, flawless, & above all, priceless. 😃 💯 👏🏽 🌈 🌹🤗 ♥️ 💐 🥰
El sonido de su guitarra 🎸 me recuerda a Soda Stereo y el guitarrista es muy parecido.😮 ruclips.net/video/dXOb3iR3D60/видео.htmlsi=92C1DjBHjX6j9dQz
It's still one of my favorite underrated solos of all time
Such a gleeful, upbeat sound with such a dark subject.
like dreamer by Ozzy Osborn
Mid 70's were also like that. Terry Jacks - "season in the sun"
Born in the USA
This song is funky and chilling at the same time. More relevant than ever before
Yeah . Maybe an error
@@frankbarnwell____ No way
8 years ago Greg Ham left us all!
R.I.P Forever missed!
RIP
He forever lives on in our hearts, never forgotten 💙💙💙😭
I love the warm and analogue sound of the guitar in the intro. No, seriously - I LOVE THAT SOUND SO MUCH!! It gently touches me on a very deep level and brings back a certain feeling of my childhood. I cant point the finger at it nor even describe it rationally. It is like an almost faded memory, pale and blurry - but still there...
Hoy en viña 🇨🇱
Always loved this song, had to hear it one last time before the apocalypse.
Buck up, all is not lost yet.
@@MXB2001 The last president you want in a situation that could trigger a nuclear war is Biden
Me too we have a year of two at best.
Down the hatch, I regret nothing.
Not surrender
I was a kid in the 80s. I grew up a hard core music video junkie... MTV, night tracks, radio 1990, solid gold, night flight... and so on. It was all I cared about.
Men At Work make me very nostalgic for that time in my life.
Sad those days are gone but very happy to have their songs still with me.
I bought Cargo on vinyl yesterday... Spent the evening listening to the album and playing bass guitar along to the music.
buena musica saludos desde 🇨🇱
Saturday afternoon 16 April 2022. A 39 year old song that is TIMELESS. One of the great songs to come out of the 1980s. Thank you Colin Hay and Men At Work. Take care and all the best.
So true, you are absolutely right.
And sadly closer to the truth today than ever. Yes, take care all. God bless.
God thank you for letting me turn into a teenager 1981. The BEST musical decade ever. Hands down. The fact we can enjoy this song 41 years later is amazing. Soooo good!
I love how Colin Hay got into the parts in these videos. He was awesome.
Glad he caught a break in his own video
😮
Men at Work put humor in all their videos. Great band of the 80s...
Why does music the last 20 or so years not have the heart and soul of what we had back then?... my lord we were a based and together generation.
Good question
Ouvindo vinte vezes nas estradas da Austrália,sonho realizado.
Um dia irei tbem moça, este era sonho meu e de um amigo muito querido que faleceu recentemente, mas irei...
Austrála é um paraíso na Terra, especialmente Queensland
Muito bom..
Brasileira?? Animal mano puta sonho fmza! DEUS ABENCOE!
Noruega 🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴
um dos grupos que mais emplacaram hits ... talento é isso
"Marcaron época 🔥💯
I Loved this band ever since Australia Day! Greatest band and to all the same!! Men At Work will on forever!
Norway norway 🇳🇴🇳🇴
¿Alguién más escuchando este clásico en estos momentos?
I love 80's
No! No hay nadie. Lo siento.
Hasta aquí llegamos al refugio dela buena música 🤩
Yo salud🍺🍻
yo escuchando la en este momento
Happily surprised I was not the only one who thought of this song with the current Russia-Ukraine situation, I hope peace prevails.
yep ..Its a mistake..
@@datata3719 HELL YEAH, PUTIN/USSR MADE A MISTAKE!!!!!
IT'S A MISTAKE😃😃😃😃😃😪🤔🤫🤫😮💨😔
Noruega 🇳🇴🇳🇴
god its already been over a year of conflict
What an incredibly appropriate and meaningful song for the times we are living in now!! I know it was written with the arms race
of the 80’s in mind, but considering what’s going on in Russia and Ukraine now, hearing this song again is sending chills up my spine!!
Chills? Yes shiver my Timbers😳allow me to encourage your 🎉 that war? Just a little catalyst to initiate pearl production. We will press on. No extinction for us. I’ve got to hurry, other stuff to do but try “Biocentrism” Robert Lanza. Wrap your head around that, if you please.
It's will be appropriate until the world ends because as long as humans live there will be someone dropping bombs someone
I agree
BACK NOW. GOD BLESS OUR GREAT COUNTRY
🤔 Kinda like" Red Dawn" But it Will Be OUR OWN GOVERNMENT 🤨 WE MUST TAKE OUR COUNTRY
A banda mais perfeita!
A vibe é indescritível
🙌💯 AMOR 🇨🇱
How did this not become the megahit that Who Can It Be Now and especially Down Under were, when its just as good! Those still get played alot even now, but I never knew this song existed until 2009.
It was well known in Germany...dunno where u are from?
This is actually a Men at Work standard. Any fan would know, sorry you discovered it so late.
I wonder if I just missed it on the radio etc. over the years. My personal memories of hearing Down Under are from 1989-90 or so, awhile after it was already popular.
I agree with you. This is a fabulous song & right up there with their other big hits. I think the reason this wasn't a major hit was because of it's darker tone & also becuz it wasn't as playful or upbeat as "Down Under" was. But at the very least, it was still a minor hit for the band & got a fair amount of airplay back in the 80's.
This is true. I mean it SOUNDS lighthearted and fun, but its about nuclear war...so you may be right.
A voz desse vocalista faz que voltamos no tempo altomaticamente....
Brings back a lot of memories of the summer of '83, when there was plenty to great music on FM radio.
and no commercials yet
That's quite a combo, the who, bee gees and the beach boys. You have good taste!
FC Schaeffer I wanna get back to 70' and 80' God can you hear me please take me there 😭
Dude, you just mentioned every bit of musician that i love and a huge fan too. I have them all in my playlist. Thanks for making my day ;D
FC Schaeffer ....wow!....you said it.
This is a guitar riff/tone dream
This song should have like 90M views
Lyrics: | "It's A Mistake" - Men At Work. |
Jump down the shelters to get away
The boys are cockin' up their guns
Tell us general, is it party time?
If it is can we all come?
Don't think that we don't know
Don't think that we're not trying
Don't think we move too slow
It's no use after crying
Saying
It's a mistake
It's a mistake
It's a mistake
It's a mistake
After the laughter has died away
And all the boys have had their fun
No surface noise now, not much to say
They've got the bad guys on the run
Don't try to say you're sorry
Don't say he drew his gun
They've gone and grabbed old Ronnie
He's not the only one
Saying
It's a mistake
It's a mistake
It's a mistake
It's a mistake
Tell us commander, what do you think?
'Cos we know that you love all that power
Is it on then, are we on the brink?
We wish you'd all throw in the towel
We'll not fade out too soon
Not in this finest hour
Whistle your favorite tune
We'll send a card and a flower
Saying
It's a mistake
It's a mistake
It's a mistake
It's a mistake
It's a mistake (it's a mistake)
It's a mistake (it's a mistake)
It's a mistake (it's a mistake)
It's a mistake (it's a mistake)
It's a mistake (it's a mistake). END.
Thanks
Thanks brother
thanks
Gracias gracias hermano 😢🇨🇱
i love how the vídeos from men at work are most literal than anything else i've seen. and awesome songs too
Voz marcante!
Quem está ouvindo na quarentena? Aprendi a ouvir essa música com o meu pai.
Eu também apredi com o meu pai e hoje amo
@Carlos Silva é nois sensacional
Isso é muito anos 80! Agora entendo porque é tão bom! 😎🎸❤🎶🎵🎼😀
Amoooo
Eu também aprendi a ouvir com meu pai
Sou brasileiro e ainda curto esses tempos bons! Saudades.
Poise irmão, quem não curte é porque morreu ou não tem a mínima ideia do que seja o significado de bom gosta, aí faz penico do próprio ouvido. Go!
estamos juntos então!
Boa caio
O legal é que a música fala do contexto que o mundo vivia na época, que era a Guerra Fria EUA vs URSS.
@@Vinyboyful as músicas do men at work em geral tem uns significado daora
Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart. Power to the People!
Mükemmel zeki, yetenekli, başarılı bir grup yılların eskitemeyeceği kalite.
Very underrated tune!
Strongly agree also! The best!!
Pwcritter I agree with you. For those too young to know, It's A Mistake expresses a feeling a lot of us had in the early 1980s, when it seemed like the bombs could drop at any moment. We really felt like some stupid mistake by the Russians or the Americans could destroy the world and we were all living on the edge of a cliff. It's A Mistake has pop appeal, but a simple enough sound that you can't really hide from the emotional heart of its message. For me that makes it poignant and effective.
agreed
Verdade
aye a dear tune to me growing up in the 80's
To viciado nessa música...
Guilherme Alves porque e muito boa demais 😆😆
Lembro do meu tempo de colégio
/2 eu canto pra minha filha de 1ano
They put together a string of hits that are timeless his voice is unmistakable I enjoy their music 🎵
As bandas Australianas das decadas de 80 e 90 são maravilhosas.
Suave e intenso
Solos incríveis, vozes poderosas!
Colin Hay explode nesse som!
This is their best song, it rocks in 2019 !!!!! Love the Big 80's
Michael Hodgkins exactly. A lot of people dismiss this band because of how Down Under turned into a meme
Michael Hodgkins absolutely! 🤘
Still like this song but
Overkill And Who can it be now are tops
I agree that this is their best. 2nd best is "Overkill".
Doce infância... Época lindíssima!! Como era feliz!!! Ainda bem que sabia disso o tempo todo...
So many GREAT videos of the early 80's and MTV.
One of the great voices in rock nobody that good in 2023
Makes me feel nostalgic ...I just turned 46 and remember this song ...I believe it came out in 1983?
About then,I'm 47 an remember these when they was new!! The 80s 😁😁👍👍
@Black shuck You have excellent English by what I read.👌👌
ouvindo esta canção em 2023 , para sempre amo .
I wouldn't mind having a voice like Colin Hay's, love how he hits those lows and high notes, effortless, what an awesome vocalist.
i love this song, funny, original and unique, and this video makes look war like a plaything, the humor of those guys is legendary too, !I LIKE THIS¡.
This song actually makes me feel sad. Way to convey emotion.
***** lol.
Imperial Scholar Expert That's right.
He said the song conveys a "sad" emotion and not that he had "depression". Big difference.
+A Yema quite being a peice of shit
Josh Casey LOL
The 80,s had it all when it came to music. Thanks to MTV and all its epic Videos
boy, do I sure miss the MTV that played vids.
@@delso-wk9sq ME TOO; NOW THEY SHOW JUNKY CRAPPY 21ST CENTURY GARBAGE; MISS OLD DAYS.
absolutely one of the best songs I'll ever hear
I love this generations music. I use to listen to rap but this is much better. I feel more positive.
Weird, me too lol!!! Now I listen to rock but I still listen to other genres but none of them are such amazing as rock!
MegaRiqueZ me too
It's funny how a song about Nuclear War just feels so upbeat & positive lol
My favorite men at work song
Women💃💃💃💃🇳🇴🇳🇴
Me too.
This is truly 80s music the voice the sound everything about it❤❤❤
Oh how I miss the 80's I fell in love and a 7 year relationship knowing it would never work never fell in love again.59 now just gotta keep going.
Oh how I miss the 80's I fell in love and had a 7 year relationship knowing it would never work never fell in love again.These 80 songs bring back memories.59 now just gotta keep going.
Una de mis bandas favoritas
Men at work
This phenomenon song with Colin's unique voice is one of my all time favorites!! My BF son was a 4 yr old loved playing air guitar to Men At Work!!
Best song ever!!
best men at work song
I agree
Down under? Who can it be now?
Agreed.
Idk about that i think it matches right up with overkill
All the songs are beautiful.
That guitar solo is actually pretty cool
its unequaled .. hm
I wouldn't say that.
It's a perfect solo for the song. I learned it note for note a few years back. Very tasty.
Panic Station ą
Agreed. It seems ahead of its time somehow.
the best 🇧🇷
Today in Viña del Mar festival 🇨🇱😍🔥✨
Siempre Geniales !!!
Por fin trajeron a quienes valen la pena ir a ver.
Por favor no traigan más p○rqv£r¡@$ reguetoneras.
Saludos desde Mendoza ARGENTINA ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
This song started playing on the radio about 5 seconds after I proposed! 4 years later we still laugh about it. Luckily it wasn't a mistake.
pudzta That's good to know she was a KEEPER!!
Good for you!
pudzta My congrats, that must have been awesome =)
congrats!
💞
02/2024 após 41 anos de lançamento, ainda estando em nossas emoções.
Ouvindo todas pra lembrar de uma epoca que brotavam musicas sensacionais ❤
Es un gran honor y verles y escucharlos a la banda Legendaria MEN AT WORK y su It's a Mistake de 1983 los adoro que siguie vigente mas que nunca en este 2022 y 2023👍👌✌😄😆😎
Banda extraordinaria, pasé muchas etapas de mi vida escuchando sus lindas melodías.. me hubiera encantado verlos actuar en Viña del mar ( festival )..
Saludos 8️⃣0️⃣💯💥🤔🇨🇱!!
I saw Men At Work in 1982 and they were amazing! Such fun and humor. RIP Greg Ham of Men At Work--you made the world laugh and sing and that is an amazing accomplishment.
Amen to that. He inspired me to be a saxophonist and I'm Native America's greatest saxophonist, thanks to Greg
I have seen this band many times in their pub days when they first started off. You knew they were going to be great.
Sou brasileiro quem curte música boa e de qualidade como essa deixa seu link brasileiros de plantão.