Escrita por Randy Bachman, foi gravada em 1973 e lançada no disco Bachman-Turner Overdrive II, em dezembro de 1973. Depois saiu em um compacto que tinha Stonegates como Lado B. Essa foi Randy quem cantou. Foi inspirada num técnico de som da antiga banda The Guess Who, que sempre pegava o trem das 8:15 pra ir pro trabalho. A letra é uma ironia pra quem acha que um cara que vive de música não trabalha. Foi gravada em Seattle, Washington, no Kaye Smith Studios e tem Norman Durkee no piano. Chegou ao número 12 no Billboard Hot100, número 14 na Austrália e número 3 no Canadá. Randy Bachman cantou e tocou guitarra solo. Tim Bachman tocou guitarra solo e fez backing vocals. Fred Turner tocou baixo e fez backing vocals. Robbie Bachman tocou bateria e percussão. E Norman Durkee tocou piano, como dito anteriormente. Ele estava gravando um comercial na sala ao lado e pediram pra ele tocar.
A letra:
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)
We
be been taking care of business (it's all mine)
Taking care of
business and working overtime
Mercy
Whoo
All
right
Take good care of my
business
When I'm away, every day
Whoo
They get up every
morning from their 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 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 care
Takin' care of
business, whoo
Takin' care of
business
Takin' care of business
Takin' care of business
Takin'
care of business (every day)
Takin' care of business (every
way)
Takin' care of business (it's all mine)
Takin' care of
business and working overtime, whoo
Takin' care of
business
Takin' care of business
We be takin' care of
business
We be takin' care of business
Takin' care of
business
Takin' care of business
Takin' care of business
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