Travelling in a fried-out Kombi On a hippie trail, head full of zombie I met a strange lady, she made me nervous She took me in and gave me breakfast And she said Do you come from a land down under? Where women glow and men plunder Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder? You better run, you better take cover Buying bread from a man in Brussels He was six foot four and full of muscle I said: Do you speak-a my language? He just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich And he said I come from a land down under Where beer does flow and men chunder Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder? You better run, you better take cover Lying in a den in Bombay With a slack jaw and not much to say I said to the man: Are you trying to tempt me Because I come from the land of plenty? And he said Oh! Do you come from a land down under (oh, yeah yeah) Where women glow and men plunder? Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder? You better run, you better take cover Living in a land down under Where women glow and man plunder Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder? You better run, you better take cover Living in a land down under Where women glow and man plunder Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder? You better run, you better take cover Living in a land down under Where women glow and man plunder Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder? You better run, you better take cover
Travelling in a fried-out Kombi On a hippie trail, head full of zombie I met a strange lady, she made me nervous She took me in and gave me breakfast And she said Do you come from a land down under? Where women glow and men plunder Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder? You better run, you better take cover Buying bread from a man in Brussels He was six foot four and full of muscle I said: Do you speak-a my language? He just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich And he said I come from a land down under Where beer does flow and men chunder Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder? You better run, you better take cover Lying in a den in Bombay With a slack jaw and not much to say I said to the man: Are you trying to tempt me Because I come from the land of plenty? And he said Oh! Do you come from a land down under (oh, yeah yeah) Where women glow and men plunder? Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder? You better run, you better take cover Living in a land down under Where women glow and man plunder Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder? You better run, you better take cover Living in a land down under Where women glow and man plunder Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder? You better run, you better take cover Living in a land down under Where women glow and man plunder Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder? You better run, you better take cover
"Down Under" foi originalmente lançada como cara‑B do raro single customizado “Keypunch Operator”, e parte das melodias de guitarra dessa versão foram transformadas na icônica linha de flauta que lembra a cantiga infantil “Kookaburra”.
A canção alcançou o topo das paradas simultaneamente nos EUA, Reino Unido e Austrália, sendo o único single dos Men at Work a chegar ao nº 1 no Reino Unido e a entrar no Top 20 britânico.
O vídeo musical inclui cenas gravadas em Lake Mackenzie, na Ilha Fraser, e exibe latas de cerveja de um litro que parecem ser Foster’s Lager, embora a marca tenha sido removida na edição final.
Em 2001, a APRA classificou "Down Under" como a quarta melhor canção australiana de todos os tempos, e em 2006 a Triple M a posicionou como a terceira música mais popular entre os ouvintes em sua contagem essencial.
A música serviu como tema da tripulação da Australia II na bem‑sucedida campanha da America's Cup de 1983, reforçando seu status de hino patriótico não‑nacionalista.
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