David Lindley: Do You Want My Job purchase link: [ Amazon ] Once again, I'll stretch the limits of this week's theme with this...

Steely Dan: Dirty Work Purchase Link: [Amazon mp3] Before I get to the song, and my first post here, I'd just like to thank the...

Lee Dorsey: Work, Work, Work [Purchase] If you're looking for motivation this Monday, you've come too the wrong place. Allen...

[ purchase ] We generally try to stay away from newer music here, but this one was too obvious for me to pass on. “Women & Work”...

The Wolfe Tones : Botany Bay [ purchase ] Imagine yourself as a bricklayer in 19th Century Ireland, fed up with work and ready to t...

The BusBoys : Minimum Wage [ purchase ] It seems that most songs about work portray it as something bad, something demeaning, or simp...

Stevie Wonder: We Can Work It Out [ Purchase link ] This selection is a little off the original train of thought for our new theme...

Bow Wow Wow : W.O.R.K. (N.O. Nah No No My Daddy Don't) Extended Version [ purchase ] Besides the Sex Pistols, if Malcolm McLaren ever ...

Bob Frank and John Murry - Bubba Rose, 1961 [ purchase ] Well. What better way for me to end my participation in the work week that with the...

One could conceivably create a musical about coal miners and the towns they lived in, using existing music. In Act One, the coal company fin...

Tom T. Hall: More About John Henry [ purchase ] You've already heard about John Henry this week, thanks to Darius' great post. We...

Pete Townshend: Keep On Working [ purchase ] Unfortunately this song about the constant demands of work is too often the story of my life. ...

Weird Al Yankovic: Dog Eat Dog [ purchase ] Weird Al Yankovic: Callin' In Sick [ purchase ] Yeah. That's right. Weird Al. Just for ...

Charlie Parr- Miner's Lament [ purchase ] I thought I'd follow my post of Sixteen Ton's with another about the plight of the min...

Rebekah: Cardboard Boxes [ purchase ] A lot of songs about work are about the struggle of the everyday working man. The laborer, the rat ra...

XTC : Earn Enough for Us [ purchase ] All week we’ve been hearing about how work can be such a grind. So what keeps people going in dead-end...

In the 1880s, large numbers of newly freed slaves were hired to help build the railroads. In this period, the legend of John Henry was born....

Johnny Cash - Sixteen Tons [ purchase ] No work themed week would be complete without this song. Sixteen Tons was originally written and rec...

Gordon Bok : The Old Figurehead Carver [ purchase ] When I was in high school, I had a good friend who introduced me to many wonderful folk ...

Elvis Costello: Welcome To The Working Week [ purchase ] If you are going to make rock and roll your career, then you need come strong with...