6 Classic Tunes For Your Labor Day Playlist

Labor Day: The last hurrah of summer and the universal salute to the workforce. Whatever you’re doing today, do yourself a favor and blare at least one of these six tracks.

• Styx – “Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)”

  Written and sung by Tommy Shaw, this Styx track never fails to resonate.

• Bachman-Turner Overdrive – “Takin’ Care of Business”

  Sure…we’d all like to work at nothing all day, but things cost money.

• The Pretenders – “Back on the Chain Gang”

  Alright, so the song’s more about relationships, but it’s just too good not to include.

• Loverboy – “Working for the Weekend”

  Aren’t we all, really?!

• Huey Lewis & The News – “Workin’ For A Livin’”

  Anyone else can’t help but think of Tom Hanks in Big when you listen to this track?

• Rush – “Working Man”

  Come for the rousing track; stay for Alex Lifeson’s awesome solo.