Song · Jimmy Barnes
“Working Class Man” by Jimmy Barnes
From the album For the Working Class Man (2010)
“Working Class Man” by Jimmy Barnes appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2018 and 2025. It was first released in 2010 on the album For the Working Class Man. Its best result is #3 on the Triple M Ozzest 100 (2018).
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Jimmy Barnes unleashed "Working Class Man" in November 1985, the second single from his album For the Working Class Man, and it has been his calling card as a solo act ever since. The twist is who wrote it: Jonathan Cain, the keyboard man from Journey, handing Barnes a blue-collar anthem built for a voice made of gravel.
It climbed to No. 5 at home and hung around the Australian charts for 14 weeks, won Best Male Performance in a Video at the 1985 Countdown Music Awards, and rolled over the end credits of Ron Howard's Gung Ho in 1986, a film that some countries, Australia among them, retitled Working Class Man. Barnes belted it out as the Sydney Olympics wound up in 2000, and in 2025 Triple J voters placed it 56th in the Hottest 100 of Australian Songs.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3 | Triple M | Triple M Ozzest 100 (2018) | 100 |
| 2025 | 56 | Triple J | Triple J Hottest 100 of Australian Songs (2025) | 100 |
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