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Uploaded by on Feb 17, 2009

"It's a Mistake" is a single released in by the Australian group Men at Work. The song was written by Men at Work singer/guitarist Colin Hay and the recording was produced by Hay with keyboardist Greg Ham. The song is taken from their 1983 album Cargo, and peaked at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 in August 1983.
The song's lyrics deal with the mindset of military men across the world in the 1980's, wondering if and when the democratic countries of NATO and the Warsaw Pact communist states will ending the Cold War standoff with conventional battle or a nuclear exchange. Hay sings in the persona of a mid-level officer wishing to learn from his superiors if his men are going to war or not.
The video, which had moderate rotation on MTV(as opposed to the band's singles from their Business As Usual album), was mostly set in an underground bunker or "War Room" similar to the NORAD facility of Cheyenne Mountain, and the band seemed to engage in a semi-retelling of the 1964 black comedy Dr. Strangelove, though without the final image of the idiotic title character riding to his destruction astride a nuclear missile. [info courtesy: wikipedia.org]

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  • Wooooooooooooooo first comment!! I love these guys so much. Reminds me of my childhood in the 80s

  • man, THIS IS REAL MUSIC

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  • And the lyrics are as relevant now as they were then...

  • THE ONLY MISTAKE IN LIFE IS NOT GIVING IT A SHOT...FOR A JOB, A GAL, WHATEVER..EVEN IF WE LOSE, WE HAVE TO HAVE LEARNED FROM IT..THANX KITTY..I LEARNED TONS FROM U AND KNOW THAT I HAVE TO MOVE ON AND KICK MY OWN ASS AND KEEP MOVING IN LIFE AND NEVER LOOKING BACK..THANX AGAIN..PETE...PEACE..

  • damn good song wish someone make lyrics on screen with video same time

    awww bring good old days of 80's that song rocks

  • fantastic song I can't take out of my mind.

  • just don't make'em like this any more.... too bad so few views

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