Colin Hay, the Scotland-born frontman of Men At Work, has reflected on the band's sudden rise and fall in a new interview on the Rock & Roll High School podcast with producer Pete Ganbarg. Hay described how internal tensions during the group's peak — chiefly a dispute over sacking their manager, who was his friend — soured the experience and effectively brought the band to an end, likening the infighting to "an episode of Survivor" over who would be "voted off the island". The reflections are notable because they chart how one of Australia's biggest musical exports unravelled, and how Hay went on to build a celebrated second act as a solo artist and member of Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band.

At their height in 1983, Men At Work simultaneously held the No. 1 single ("Down Under") and album (Business as Usual) in both the US and UK, a rare feat for an Australian act. The band made two further albums, Cargo (1983) and Two Hearts (1985), before disbanding, and Hay says a move to Los Angeles in January 1991, when he gave up drinking, marked the start of his new life. He also spoke of the "unforgivable" six-year copyright battle, begun in 2009, over the flute refrain in "Down Under", which saw the Australian Federal Court order the band to pay 5% of royalties from 2002 onwards; bandmate Greg Ham, who played the disputed line, died in 2012 aged 58, having reportedly felt guilt over the case.