Misaimed Fandom: "Down Under" was written to protest 'the selling of Australia' but has become a second national anthem. As of 2012, Hay appears to be okay with this.
Overshadowed by Controversy: Sadly, "Down Under" is also remembered nowadays for the messy lawsuit from Larrikin Music, over the use of melody from the popular Australian children's song "Kookaburra". The court case, which Men at Work lost, ruled that the song's composer, lead vocalist Colin Hay, has to pay royalties to the copyright holder. Hay suggested that the stress from the lawsuit resulted in the death of his father and the suicide of his bandmate Greg Ham.
Signature Song: "Who Can It Be Now?" and especially "Down Under".
Suspiciously Similar Song: To the point where it got the band in legal hot water; the flute riffs from "Down Under" came under scrutiny for their similarity to the Australian children's song "Kookaburra", which is still copyrighted, and not a Public Domain Soundtrack as commonly thought.
