Colin Hay

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Colin Hay

| image = Colin_Hay.png

| image_size =

| caption = Hay performing in 2018

| birth_name = Colin James Hay

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1953|06|29}}

| birth_place = Saltcoats, Ayrshire, Scotland

| occupation = {{hlist|Singer|musician|songwriter|actor}}

| years_active = 1978–present

| instrument = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar}}

| genre = {{hlist|Rock|pop rock|new wave|}}

| label = {{hlist|CBS|MCA|Compass|Lazy Eye}}

| current_member_of = {{hlist|Men at Work|Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band}}

| spouse = Cecilia Noël

| website = {{URL|colinhay.com}}

}}

Colin James Hay (born 29 June 1953) is a Scottish-Australian musician. 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 is a member of the band Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band.

Hay has made appearances in movies such as Cosi (1996) and in television shows such as The Resident, The Larry Sanders Show, JAG, The Mick Molloy Show, A Million Little Things, and Scrubs.{{cite magazine|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|magazine=Filmink|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/australian-singers-turned-actors/|title=Australian Singers Turned Actors|date=14 July 2019}} In Scrubs, he performs an acoustic version of the Men at Work hit "Overkill" in the first episode of the second season titled, My Overkill, along with a bit of the acoustic version of "Down Under" during a cutaway of the second episode of the seventh season titled, My Hard Labor. His music also appeared in the television series What About Brian, The Black Donnellys, Cane, and the BBC medical drama Casualty.

Early life

Colin James Hay was born on 29 June 1953 in Saltcoats, North Ayrshire, Scotland to James and Isabela Hay.{{cite web|url=https://colinhay.com.br/bio|title=Biography of Colin Hay|website=colinhay.com.br|date=7 August 2011 |access-date=1 January 2022}} In 1967, when he was 14, the Hays emigrated to Melbourne in Australia.{{cite web|title = Colin Hay|publisher = AllMusic|url = {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p85265/biography|pure_url=yes}} | access-date=20 July 2021}} His parents owned a small music shop; his father, a piano tuner, had been a stage singer and dancer in Glasgow.{{cite web | url=https://americansongwriter.com/colin-hay-dwells-on-life-and-the-hereafter-on-now-and-the-evermore/ | title=Colin Hay Dwells on Life and the Hereafter on 'Now and the Evermore' | date=7 April 2022 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/lunch-with-colin-hay-20130117-2cucf.html | title=Lunch with Colin Hay | date=18 January 2013 }}

Career

=1978–1986: Men at Work=

File:Colin Hay (1983).jpg

In 1978, Hay met Ron Strykert and they formed an acoustic duo. In 1979, Hay and Strykert added Jerry Speiser and Greg Ham started composing songs for what would become Men at Work.Entries at Australian Rock Database:

Colin Hay/Colin Hay Band: {{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130930022330/http://hem2.passagen.se/honga/database/h/haycolin.html |url=http://hem2.passagen.se/honga/database/h/haycolin.html |title=Colin Hay |work=passagen.se |publisher=Australian Rock Database (Magnus Holmgren) |first1=Magnus |last1=Holmgren |first2=Stefan |last2=Warnqvist |archive-date=30 September 2013 |access-date=21 July 2014 |url-status=usurped}}
Men at Work (1979–1986, 1995–present): {{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927234251/http://hem2.passagen.se/honga/database/m/menatwork.html |url=http://hem2.passagen.se/honga/database/m/menatwork.html |title=Men at Work |work=passagen.se |publisher=Australian Rock Database (Magnus Holmgren) |first1=Magnus |last1=Holmgren |first2=Stefan |last2=Warnqvist |archive-date=27 September 2013 |access-date=21 July 2014 |url-status=usurped}}

The band released their debut studio album, Business as Usual, in 1981, which was followed by Cargo (1983) and Two Hearts (1985) before breaking up in January 1986.

In 1986, Hay joined as guest vocalist with the Incredible Penguins for a cover of "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)", a charity project for research on little penguins, which peaked at No. 10 on the Australian Kent Music Report in December 1985.{{cite book|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|publisher=Australian Chart Book Ltd|location=St Ives, NSW|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}} NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988. In 1992, Kent back calculated chart positions for 1970–1974.{{cite book|title=The Who's Who of Australian Rock|last1=Spencer|first1=Chris|first2=Zbig |last2=Nowara|first3=Paul|last3=McHenry|others=Notes by Ed Nimmervoll|url=http://www.whiteroom.com.au/howlspace/whoswho/aboutww.htm|chapter=Incredible Penguins |chapter-url=http://www.whiteroom.com.au/howlspace/whoswho/PHPTracks.php?Band_ID=103300|orig-year=1987|year=2002|publisher=Five Mile Press|location=Noble Park, Vic.|isbn=1-86503-891-1|access-date=2 January 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229232852/http://www.whiteroom.com.au/howlspace/whoswho/aboutww.htm|archive-date=29 February 2012}} Note: [on-line] version established at White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd in 2007 and was expanded from the 2002 edition.

=1987–1993: Solo career beginnings=

Following the break-up of Men at Work in 1986, Hay released his debut single "Hold Me" in January 1987. The song peaked at number 40 on the Kent Music Report. His debut studio album, Looking for Jack was released in January 1987 and peaked at number 58.

Hay relocated to Los Angeles in 1989.{{Cite web|url=http://www.njherald.com/20160721/colin-hay-still-a-man-at-work#|title=Colin Hay still a man at work|work=New Jersey Herald |date=5 November 1992 |access-date=2016-09-09}} He settled in the Topanga region of the city and has resided in the United States since. In January 2016, he became a US citizen.{{cite web|url=http://www.mcmenamins.com/events/76831-Colin-Hay-of-Men-at-Work|title=Crystal Ballroom|publisher=Mcmenamins.com|access-date=22 November 2014}}

In March 1990, Hay released "Into My Life", the lead single from his second studio album, Wayfaring Sons, which was released in April 1990. Neither single nor album reached the ARIA top 100.*For Wayfaring Sons and "Into My Life"{{cite web|url=https://www.bubblingdownunder.com/2021/04/week-commencing-9-april-1990.html|title=Week commencing 9 April 1990|publisher=bubblingdownunder.com|access-date=1 January 2021}} The album was credited to the Colin Hay Band, which consisted of Gerry Hale, Paul Gadsby and Robert Dillon.

In 1992, Hay released the acoustic album Peaks & Valleys. The album featured Hay's sister, Carol on vocals.

=1994–2004: ARIA Hall of Fame and Lazy Eye Records=

At the ARIA Music Awards of 1994, Hay was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame as a member of Men at Work.{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120109051551/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/1994 | url = http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/1994 | title = Winners by Year 1994 | publisher = Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) | archive-date = 9 January 2012 }}

In 1994, Hay established his own recording label, Lazy Eye Records,{{cite web|author=Sue Kiesewetter |url=http://rodeo.cincinnati.com/getlocal/gpstory.aspx?id=100224&sid=146365 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715110802/http://rodeo.cincinnati.com/getlocal/gpstory.aspx?id=100224&sid=146365 |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 July 2012 |title=Singer Colin Hay comes to Fairfield Community Arts Center April 24 - Butler County News at Cincinnati.com |publisher=Rodeo.cincinnati.com |access-date=4 February 2010 }} and released his fourth studio album, Topanga.

In 1996, Hay reunited with Men at Work and toured South America, which led to the live Men at Work album, Brazil.

In October 1998, Hay released his fifth studio album, Transcendental Highway and in 1999 recorded and released the song "Misty Bay" with his girlfriend, Cecilia Noël.

On 1 October 2000, Hay performed with Men at Work at the 2000 Summer Olympics closing ceremony.{{cite news |last1=Gordon |first1=Alan Atwood and Michael |title=From the Archives, 2000: A perfect party to end the world's greatest Games |url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/from-the-archives-2000-a-perfect-party-to-end-the-world-s-greatest-games-20200923-p55yhz.html |access-date=1 February 2021 |work=The Age |date=30 September 2020 |language=en}} In 2001, Hay released his sixth studio album, Going Somewhere.

In 2002, Hay released his seventh studio album Company of Strangers and the video album Live at the Continental recorded in 2000.

In July 2003, Hay released his eighth studio album, Man @ Work, re-recording some Men at Work hits and his solo songs, including a reimagined version of "Down Under" recorded with Hay's wife, Cecilia Noël, described as "more carnivale than outback".Steve Darnell, "[https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-decision-to-go-solo-has/127775163/ Decision to go solo has paid off for Men at Work's Colin Hay]", Chicago Tribune (August 12, 2003), Sec. 2, p. 3. Hay toured North America with former Beatles Ringo Starr, as a member of his Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band.

In 2004, Hay launched his one-man show named Man at Work, a mixture of songs and stories.

=2005–2020: Continued success=

File:Colin Hay - Pabst Theatre - Milwaukee, WI - 11.2.17 (38089387766).jpg

In 2006 Hay provided his voice for one of the characters in the animated film The Wild.

In April 2007, Hay released his ninth studio album, Are You Lookin' at Me?. In 2008, Hay plays the role of Nick at the horror movie The Uninvited.

In May 2009, Hay performed at the Artist for the Arts Foundation benefit at Barnum Hall, Santa Monica High School, Santa Monica, California. Performing alongside Curt Smith of Tears for Fears, Fee Waybill of the Tubes, Venice, and over 70 members of the Santa Monica High School Orchestra and Girls Choir, the benefit helped to provide funds for the continuation of music education in public schools.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}

In August 2009, Hay released his tenth studio album, American Sunshine.

In 2010, Hay released the live album, Live at the Corner, filmed in 2007 at the Corner Hotel in Melbourne, Australia.

In August 2010, Hay performed in Missoula, Montana with a Los Angeles roots rock band named Patrolled By Radar.{{cite news |title=Colin Hay with Patrolled by Radar |newspaper=Missoula Independent |quote=when Colin Hay—formerly of the group Men at Work—plays the Wilma Theatre with Patrolled by Radar |date=2 August 2010 |url=http://missoulanews.bigskypress.com/missoula/colin-hay-with-patrolled-by-radar/Event?oid=1284434 |access-date=19 May 2011 |archive-date=8 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008090809/http://missoulanews.bigskypress.com/missoula/colin-hay-with-patrolled-by-radar/Event?oid=1284434 |url-status=dead }}

In May 2011, Hay released his eleventh studio album Gathering Mercury. In 2011, Hay commented on his early solo career, stating, "After Men at Work, for the better part of a decade, I was stumbling around being unfocused. It was pre-internet; I really had to try to find my audiences by going out on tour. Men at Work really didn't build a foundational audience. We came in as a pop band with enormous radio success; once that goes away and the band breaks up the audience tends to go away with it. You're left with what you want to make of it. When you start out doing those tours, you start again [and] you tend not to attract a very big number of people. I'd play to a hundred people or sometimes less".{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/news/colin-hay-is-still-at-work/story-fn6c8sdb-1226058296461 |work=National Features |title=Colin Hay is still at work |date=18 May 2011}}

In December 2013, Hay announced on his website that he was done touring "for the time being" and would spend 2014 writing and recording.{{cite web|url=http://www.colinhay.com/2013/12/18/a-message-from-colin/|title=Colin Hay » A message from Colin|date=18 December 2013|publisher=Colinhay.com|access-date=22 November 2014}}

In February 2015, Hay released his twelfth studio album, Next Year People.{{Cite web|url=http://www.noise11.com/news/colin-hay-to-release-12th-solo-album-next-year-people-20150202|title=Colin Hay To Release 12th Solo Album Next Year People|website=noise11|date=2 February 2015|access-date=1 January 2022}} The album was preceded by the single "Trying to Get to You".{{cite web|url=http://www.noise11.com/news/new-colin-hay-trying-to-get-to-you-listen-20141226|title=New Colin Hay – Trying To Get To You LISTEN|website=noise11|date=26 December 2014|access-date=1 January 2022}}

On 4 August 2015, Colin Hay: Waiting for my Real Life, a documentary film about Hay, debuted at the Melbourne International Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://miff.com.au/program/film/colin-hay-waiting-for-my-real-life |title=Miff 2015 |access-date=2015-08-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150812043910/http://miff.com.au/program/film/colin-hay-waiting-for-my-real-life |archive-date=12 August 2015}}

On 27 January 2017, he released the first single, "A Thousand Million Reasons", from his thirteenth studio album Fierce Mercy, released in March 2017. Fierce Mercy debuted at number 44 on the ARIA chart, becoming his second solo chart entry in Australia. The album was promoted with his segments on Julia Zemiro's Home Delivery and Sunday Night.{{cite web|url=http://www.noise11.com/news/australian-charts-ed-sheeran-dominates-aria-albums-for-second-week-20170320|title=Australian Charts: Ed Sheeran Dominates ARIA Albums for Second Week|website=noise11|date=20 March 2017|access-date=1 January 2022}}

Also in 2017, Hay released his first audiobook, Aesop's Fables with Colin Hay, published by Devault-Graves Digital Editions, for which he narrated 24 of Aesop's Fables written by author Tom Graves.

=2021–present: "Down Under" remix, and other successes=

In August 2021, Hay released his fourteenth studio album, I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself. The album features 10 versions of some of Hay's favourite songs from the Beatles (Norwegian Wood, Across the Universe) Blind Faith, Del Amitri, Dusty Springfield, Faces, Gerry and the Pacemakers (Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying), Glen Campbell (Wichita Lineman), Jimmy Cliff (Many Rivers to Cross) and the Kinks (Waterloo Sunset).{{cite web|url=https://www.colinhay.com/2021/08/06/new-album-from-colin-hay-i-just-dont-know-what-to-do-with-myself-is-out-now/|title=I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself is Out Now|website=Colin Hay|date=6 August 2021|access-date=1 January 2022}}

In late 2021, Australian producer Christian "Luude" Benson (from the Tasmanian electronic dance music duo Choomba){{Cite web|url=https://themusicnetwork.com/emi-choomba-signing/|title=EMI Music announces electronic duo Choomba as latest signing|website=Themusicnetwork.com|date=23 August 2021}}{{Cite web|url=http://pilerats.com/music/electronic/premiere-choomba-wantchu/|title = Premiere: Australian duo Choomba continue to soar with Wantchu|website=Pilerats.com}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.emimusic.com.au/choomba/|title = Choomba | EMI Music Australia|website=Emimusic.com.au}} remixed Men at Work's "Down Under" as a drum and bass track, with Hay re-recording the vocal for the track's release on the Sweat It Out{{Cite web|url=https://sweatitoutmusic.com/artists/9139/|title = LUUDE|website=Sweatitoutmusic.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.musicis4lovers.com/luude-colin-hay-down-under-sweat-it-out/|title = Luude, Colin Hay – Down Under [Sweat It Out]|website=Musicis4lovers.com|date = 23 November 2021}} record label.{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/at/album/down-under-single/1600137214?l=en|title=Down Under – single|website=Apple Music|date=12 December 2021|access-date=8 January 2021|archive-date=8 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108015723/https://music.apple.com/at/album/down-under-single/1600137214?l=en|url-status=dead}} "Down Under" by Luude featuring Colin Hay{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/61726/luude-ft-colin-hay/|title=LUUDE FT COLIN HAY | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company|publisher=Official Charts Company}} charted at number 32 on the UK Singles chart on 7 January 2022{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00130y2|title = BBC Radio 1 – the Official Chart on Radio 1 with Scott Mills, 07/01/2022|website=Bbc.co.uk}} and at number 48 in Australia (ARIA Top 50 Singles for

week of 10 January 2022).{{Cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/singles-chart/2022-01-10|title = ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart|website=Aria.com}}

Hay's fifteenth studio album, Now and the Evermore, was released on 18 March 2022.{{Cite web |title=Now And The Evermore |url=https://www.colinhay.com/music/now-and-the-evermore/ |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=Colin Hay |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Zimmerman |first=Lee |date=2022-03-25 |title=Review: Colin Hay Offers Another Example of His Everlasting Appeal |url=https://americansongwriter.com/review-colin-hay-offers-another-example-of-his-everlasting-appeal/ |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=American Songwriter |language=en-US}}

In 2022, Australian rock band Lime Cordiale released their song "Colin" from their album Enough Of The Sweet Talk.{{cite web|url=https://musicfeeds.com.au/news/lime-cordiale-colin-hay-tribute/|title=Listen to Lime Cordiale's Colin Hay Tribute Song 'Colin', Featuring the Man Himself|website=MusicFeeds|date=24 November 2022|access-date=25 November 2022}} Hay lends vocals to the song, and part of the music video was filmed at his house.

Personal life

Hay is married to singer Cecilia Noël,"[http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Man-At-Work-to-play-Towne-Crier-49620.php 'Man At Work' to play Towne Crier]", SF Gate, 5:00 pm, Thursday, 8 April 2004. who often provides backing vocals at his shows. Noël has also helped with production on Hay's solo studio albums. Hay said of his ninth solo studio album, Are You Lookin' at Me? (2007) that "She was really crucial. She was a really great sounding board for me. She's a really good producer in the sense that she's very musical and has a great sense of song structure and so forth. So she was great to bounce ideas off. And she sang on nearly all the songs. So she was really a great part of this record".[http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Work-keeps-coming-in-for-Colin-Hay-68953.php#page-2 Work keeps coming in for Colin Hay], SF Gate, 5:00 pm, Thursday, 5 July 2007. Hay and Noël live in Topanga Canyon in the Los Angeles area.Chris Johnston, "[http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/lunch-with-colin-hay-20130117-2cucf.html Lunch with Colin Hay]", The Sydney Morning Herald, 19 January 2013.

On 13 February 2009, former Men at Work band member Ron Strykert was arrested for allegedly making death threats against Hay.{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/music/a147205/men-at-work-star-arrested-for-threats.html |title= Men at Work star arrested for threats |work=Digital Spy|date=19 February 2009 |access-date=4 February 2010}}{{cite news | url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/02/new-meaning-to.html | access-date=6 August 2016 | title=Men at Work guitarist threatened to kill singer, police say | date=17 February 2009 | work=Los Angeles Times }}

Hay became an American citizen in 2016. He also has a residence in St Kilda, Melbourne.

Discography

Looking for Jack (1987)
Wayfaring Sons (1990)
Peaks & Valleys (1992)
Topanga (1994)
Transcendental Highway (1998)
Going Somewhere (2001)
Company of Strangers (2002)
Man @ Work (2003)
Are You Lookin' at Me? (2007)
American Sunshine (2009)
Gathering Mercury (2011)
Next Year People (2015)
Fierce Mercy (2017)
I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself (2021)
Now and the Evermore (2022)

Acting

After performing in Men at Work, Hay performed in a number of films and TV shows, usually in small roles.

{| class="wikitable"

! Year !! Film/Show !! Role !! Notes

| 1985 || Wills & Burke || Publican || Australian black comedy film

| 1988 || Raw Silk || Parker || Australian film

| 1994–95 || Blue Heelers || Brad Fielding and George Patterson || 2 episodes

| 1996 || Cosi || Zac || Australian comedy-drama film

| 1997 || JAG: Judge Advocate General || Miles || Episode – "Trinity"

| 1997 || Heaven's Burning || Jonah || Australian crime film

| 1998 || The Larry Sanders Show || himself || S6E2

| 1999 || The Craic || Barry || Australian comedy film

| 1999 || The Mick Molloy Show || Gary Builder and himself || S1E2 and S1E4

| 2002–2009 || Scrubs || || 4 episodes

| 2006 || The Wild || Fergus Flamingo (voice) ||

| 2008 || The Uninvited || Nick || American horror thriller film

| 2012 || Jack Irish – Bad Debts || Tony Baker || Australian television drama series

| 2017 || FishCenter Live || himself{{cite web|first1=Colin|last1=Hay|title=Colin appears on FishCenter|url=http://www.colinhay.com/2017/02/25/colin-appears-on-fishcenter/|work=Colin Hay|publisher=Tumblr|date=25 February 2017|access-date=18 February 2018}} ||

| 2018 || The Resident || Rhys Barrett (musician) || S2E4

| 2022 || A Million Little Things || himself || S4E16

Awards and nominations

=APRA Awards=

The APRA Awards are presented annually from 1982 by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA), "honouring composers and songwriters".{{cite web|url=http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/APRAAwards/MusicAwards/History.aspx |title=APRA History |publisher=Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS) |access-date=17 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100920230857/http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/APRAAwards/MusicAwards/History.aspx |archive-date=20 September 2010 }}

| 2020 || Colin Hay || Distinguished Services Award{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/9324555/sia-presents-award-to-fellow-aussie-colin-hay-her-uncle-collie-at-inaugural-global-apra-music-awards |title=Sia Presents Award to Fellow Aussie Colin Hay, Her 'Uncle Collie,' At Inaugural Global APRA Music Awards |magazine=Billboard |date=February 2020 |access-date=10 April 2021}} || {{yes2|awarded}}

| 2023 || Colin Hay || Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music{{cite web |url=https://themusic.com.au/news/colin-hay-wins-ted-albert-award-outstanding-services-to-aus-music-apra-music-awards/93BF6-rt7O8/13-04-23 |title=Colin Hay Wins the Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Aus Music at APRA Music Awards |website=theMusic.com.au |first=Mary |last=Varvaris |date=13 April 2023 |access-date=29 April 2023 }} || {{yes2|awarded}}

=ARIA Music Awards=

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They commenced in 1987. Men at Work were inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1994.{{cite web |url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-award.php?awardID=36 |title=Winners by Award: Hall of Fame |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association |access-date=23 October 2020 |archive-date=2 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202052952/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-award.php?awardID=36 |url-status=dead }}

! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

| 1994

| (as a member of) Men at Work

| ARIA Hall of Fame

| {{yes2|Inductee}}

| 1998

| Transcendental Highway

| Best Adult Contemporary Album

| {{nom}}

| 2011

| Gathering Mercury

| Best Adult Contemporary Album

| {{nom}}

| rowspan="3"| 2022

| rowspan="2"| "Down Under" (Luude featuring Colin Hay)

| Song of the Year

| {{nom}}

| rowspan="3"| {{cite web|url=https://themusicnetwork.com/2022-aria-awards-nominees/|title=Rüfüs Du Sol Leads 2022 ARIA Awards Nominees (Full List)|website=The Music Network|date=12 October 2022|access-date=12 October 2022|author=Lars Brandle}}

| Best Dance / Electronic Release

| {{won}}

| "Down Under" (featuring Colin Hay) (Luude, Peter Hume)

| Best Video

| {{nom}}

=Australian Songwriters Hall of Fame=

The Australian Songwriters Hall of Fame was established in 2004 to honour the lifetime achievements of some of Australia's greatest songwriters.{{cite web|url=https://www.asai.org.au/hall-of-fame/|title=Hall of Fame|website=asai|access-date=17 September 2020}}

| 2020

| Colin Hay

| Australian Songwriters Hall of Fame

| {{yes2|inducted}}

=Country Music Awards of Australia=

The Country Music Awards of Australia is an annual awards night held in January during the Tamworth Country Music Festival. Celebrating recording excellence in the Australian country music industry. They commenced in 1973.

! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

| 2020 || "Next Year People" (with Sara Storer) || Vocal Collaboration of the Year || {{nom}} || {{cite web|url=https://www.country.com.au/news/and-the-2020-toyota-golden-guitar-awards-finalists-are|title=And the 2020 Toyota Golden Guitar Awards Finalists Are...|website=TCMF|date=November 2019|access-date=2 December 2022}}

=Countdown Australian Music Awards=

Countdown was an Australian pop music TV series on national broadcaster ABC-TV from 1974 to 1987, it presented music awards from 1979 to 1987, initially in conjunction with magazine TV Week. The TV Week / Countdown Awards were a combination of popular-voted and peer-voted awards.{{Cite web | url = http://www.countdownmemories.com/magazines/pdfs/1987_03.pdf | title = Countdown to the Awards | work = Countdown Magazine |date=March 1987 | publisher = Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) | format = Portable document format (PDF) | access-date = 16 December 2010 }}

| 1982

| himself (Men at Work)

| Best Songwriter

| {{nom}}

| 1983

| himself

| Songwriter of the Year

| {{nom}}