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Colin Hay

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Australian musician

Person · Open Library

Works
19

Top works

  • What Is Politics?
  • Rendering the contingent necessary
  • Theorising Modernity
  • British Growth Crisis
  • Political Analysis

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Film & TV

Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK

Colin James Hay (born 29 June 1953) is a Scottish-Australian musician, singer, songwriter, and actor. He came to prominence as the lead vocalist and the sole continuous member of the band Men at Work, and later as a solo artist. Hay's music has been used frequently by actor and director Zach Braff in his work, which helped a career rebirth in the mid-2000s. Hay has also been a member of Ringo…

Known for

  • Live It Up: The Mental As Anything Story — Self2026
  • Christmas with Delta in Hollywood2024
  • Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band: Live at the Greek Theater 2019 — Himself2022
  • Frankly — Self2022
  • A Million Little Things — Colin Hay2018
  • The Resident — Rhys Barrett2018
  • The Easybeats to AC/DC: The Sound of Aussie Rock — Narrator2016
  • Molly: The Real Thing — Self2016
  • Colin Hay: Waiting for My Real Life — Self2015
  • Blood + Thunder: The Sound of Alberts — Self2015

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Australia
Active from
1953-06-29
acousticalternative popalternative rockaustraliannew wavepop rock

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
627,985
Total plays
7,585,816

Tags

acousticsinger-songwriterfolkindieaustralian

Colin James Hay is a Scottish-born Australian musician and actor who made his mark during the 1980s as lead vocalist of the band Men at Work and subsequently as a solo artist. Singer/Songwriter Colin Hay is the former front-man of the classic Australian band Men at Work. Since the group disbanded he has released several solo albums, including Man at Work, which featured re-recordings of classic Men at Work songs in an acoustic environment. Hay has also been involved with the NBC TV series Sc

via Last.fm · Colin Hay

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
Australia
Place of birth
Kilwinning
Occupation
actor
Languages spoken
English language
Instrument
guitar
Record label
Columbia Records
Official website
www.colinhay.com
Image
Colin Hay.png
Residence
Los Angeles
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date of birth
1953-06-29
start of work period
1978-00-00
name in native language
Colin Hay
birth name
Colin James Hay
social media followers
22528
Commons category
Colin Hay
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