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Track: Takin' Care Of Business
Artist: Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Album: Bachman-Turner Overdrive II

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Name: Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Spotify Genres: classic rock
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Canadian rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba, active 1973–1979, 1983–2005, 2023 -. Lineups without [a=Randy Bachman] were typically known as simply [b]B.T.O.[/b] or [b]BTO[/b]. Founded as [b][a=Brave Belt][/b] in 1971 by [a=Randy Bachman] with his former bandmate [a=Chad Allan] and Randy's brother [a=Rob Bachman] on drums. [a=C.F. Turner] joined on bass & vocals later that year, after the first album. Allen left in 1972, after the second album, and third Bachman brother [a=Tim Bachman] joined on guitar. Their third record was released in 1973 with the new band name Bachman-Turner Overdrive. Tim Bachman was replaced with [a=Blair Thornton] in 1974. Randy Bachman left in 1977 and [a=Jim Clench] joined. The band broke up in 1979, but reunited in 1983 and was active, with various lineups, until 2005. Randy Bachman & [a=C.F. Turner] reunited as [b][a=Bachman & Turner][/b] 2009 - 2018. Randy Bachman revived the Bachman-Turner Overdrive name in 2023,backed by his son [a=Tal Bachman] and his usual live backing band. Members inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 2014: Randy Bachman (Guitar and vocals) Blair Thornton (Guitar) C. F. (Fred) Turner (Bass and vocals) Robbie (Robin) Bachman (Drums)

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Release: Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Takin' Care Of Business
Year: 1974
Genres: Rock
Styles: Pop Rock

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LYRICS

You get up every morning
From your alarm clock's warning
Take the 8:15 into the city
There's a whistle up above
And people pushin', people shovin'
And the girls who try to look pretty

And if your train's on time
You can get to work by nine
And start your slaving job to get your pay
If you ever get annoyed
Look at me I'm self-employed
I love to work at nothing all day

And I'll be...
Taking care of business every day
Taking care of business every way
I've been taking care of business, it's all mine
Taking care of business and working overtime
Work out

If it were easy as fishin'
You could be a musician
If you could make sounds loud or mellow
Get a second-hand guitar
Chances are you'll go far
If you get in with the right bunch of fellows

People see you having fun
Just a-lying in the sun
Tell them that you like it this way
It's the work that we avoid
And we're all self-employed
We love to work at nothing all day

And we be...
Taking care of business every day
Taking care of business every way
I've been taking care of business, it's all mine
Taking care of business and working overtime

Take good care of my business
When I'm away, every day whoo!

You get up every morning
From your alarm clock's warning
Take the 8:15 into the city
There's a whistle up above
And people pushin', people shovin'
And the girls who try to look pretty

And if your train's on time
You can get to work by nine
And start your slaving job to get your pay
If you ever get annoyed
Look at me I'm self-employed
I love to work at nothing all day

And I'll be...
Taking care of business every day
Taking care of business every way
I've been taking care of business, it's all mine
Taking care of business and working overtime

Takin' care of business
Takin' care of business
Takin' care of business
Takin' care of business
Takin' care of business.....