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631:"Still Life"
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742:Renée Geyer
650:Men at Work
509:"Giving Up"
430:Renée Geyer
422:Frank Zappa
265:Men at Work
199:Two Hearts
146:Men at Work
55:Men at Work
1200:Categories
1124:Down Under
1049:Two Hearts
906:9 December
864:Two Hearts
832:References
766:Production
755:on "Maria"
753:percussion
724:- backing
718:on "Maria"
406:Mondo Rock
402:Two Hearts
302:Ayers Rock
287:Background
260:Two Hearts
168:Two Hearts
148:chronology
35:Two Hearts
1159:High Wire
1018:John Rees
991:Colin Hay
875:27 August
820:Billboard
797:position
670:Colin Hay
664:saxophone
660:keyboards
645:Personnel
497:Colin Hay
482:Writer(s)
448:) and on
312:Reception
277:Colin Hay
135:Colin Hay
83:Melbourne
1145:Overkill
1012:Greg Ham
924:(1993).
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870:AllMusic
656:Greg Ham
513:Greg Ham
438:Live Aid
384:Allmusic
374:Cash Box
336:AllMusic
298:Spectrum
281:Greg Ham
139:Greg Ham
130:Producer
123:Columbia
70:Recorded
62:Released
52: by
1185:Members
1109:Singles
674:marimba
575:"Maria"
223:"Maria"
195:Singles
181:(1986)
177:'81-'85
172:(1985)
163:(1983)
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785:Charts
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709:guitar
485:Length
414:Mi-Sex
330:Rating
327:Source
101:Length
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682:piano
678:sitar
550:, Ham
546:Hay,
479:Title
197:from
159:Cargo
118:Label
90:Genre
932:ISBN
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877:2014
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