Spitball Army

A change (slightly for the better) in my employment status this week got me thinking about the rather obvious theme for today’s playlist. I was somewhat overwhelmed to find nearly two hundred songs in my collection with direct references to work, jobs and pay. Guess it’s always on folks’ minds.

Approximate playing time: 75 minutes.

1. Sondre Lerche  “It’s Our Job”  (2004)
2. Tennessee Ernie Ford  “Sixteen Tons”  (1955)
3. ABBA  “Money, Money, Money”  (1976)
4. Bruce Springsteen  “Man’s Job”  (1992)
5. The Contours  “Do You Love Me”  (1962)
6. The Flying Lizards  “Money (That’s What I Want)”  (1979)
7. Hank Ballard & the Midnighters  “Work With Me, Annie”  (1954)
8. Laverne Baker & Jimmy Ricks  “You’re the Boss”  (1961)
9. Eric Essix  “Hard Work”  (2009)
10. Boz Scaggs  “Payday”  (2001)
11. Lady Sovereign  “9 to 5”  (2006)
12. The Moody Blues  “Lunch Hour: Peak Hour”  (1967)
13. They Might Be Giants  “Boss of Me”  (2001)
14. The D’Oyly Carte Opera Company  “When a Felon’s Not Engaged in His Employment” (from Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance)  (1990)
15. Culture Club  “Time (Clock of the Heart)”  (1982)
16. Merle Travis  “Payday Comes Too Slow”  (1963)
17. Tom Paxton  “A Job of Work”  (1964)
18. Jimmy Reed  “Big Boss Man”  (1960)
19. The Bear Quartet  “I Had a Job”  (2000)
20. Talking Heads  “Found a Job”  (1978)
21. The Silhouettes  “Get a Job”  (1958)

You can also listen to this playlist in an abbreviated form (17 out of the 21 tracks, and two substitutions) on Spotify. Here is the link.