"Hataraku Otoko" is a single by Japanese pop duo Puffy AmiYumi

Puffy AmiYumi

or Puffy AmiYumi is a Japanese rock duo that is currently signed with Sony Music Japan. The group continues to go by the moniker of PUFFY in Japan, but in order to avoid legal naming conflicts with Sean Combs, it has adopted the name Puffy AmiYumi outside of Japan...

 released on November 22nd, 2006. The title song is used as the theme to the anime series Hataraki Man

Hataraki Man

is a manga by Moyoco Anno, serialised in the seinen magazine Morning. It has been adapted into a TV anime, which screened in Japan from October to December 2006 and a drama that aired from October 2007 to December 2007. The story centres on 28-year old Hiroko Matsukata, editor at the magazine...

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The single's tracks are all Puffy cover songs originally from different bands. 'Hataraku Otoko' was a song by Tamio Okuda's

Tamio Okuda

is a singer, songwriter, and producer. He started his career in 1986 as a member of the band Unicorn. After Unicorn broke up, Okuda moved on to a solo career in 1994 with the single "Ai no Tame ni." He has written and composed many songs for various artists, particularly Puffy...

 band Unicorn

Unicorn (Japanese band)

Unicorn is a Japanese rock band, formed in 1986, consisting of Koichi Kawanishi , Tamio Okuda , Isamu Teshima , Kazushi Horiuchi , and Yoshiharu Abe . They reunited in 2009....

, 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds' was by The Beatles

The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...

, that originally appeared on John Lennon's tribute album 'Happy Birthday, John' and 'Don't Bring Me Down' by Electric Light Orchestra

Electric Light Orchestra

Electric Light Orchestra were a British rock group from Birmingham who released eleven studio albums between 1971 and 1986 and another album in 2001. ELO were formed to accommodate Roy Wood and Jeff Lynne's desire to create modern rock and pop songs with classical overtones...

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The single's cover is also notable for being drawn by Moyoco Anno

Moyoco Anno

is a Japanese manga artist and a fashion writer, with numerous books published in both categories. Her manga and books have attained considerable popularity among young women in Japan. Though she primarily writes manga of the josei demographic, her most popular series, Sugar Sugar Rune, is...

, the creator of Hataraki Man.

The Song was later included in 2007's album Hit&Fun

Hit&Fun

Hit&Fun is a compilation album by pop duo PUFFY, that was released on February 14th, 2007.The album features tracks especially chosen by fans via an internet survey. 3 songs could be picked, with reasons given, and extra messages for Puffy were also allowed...

Track listing

1. 働く男 (Hataraku Otoko/Working Man)
2. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
   Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
   "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" is a song written primarily by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney, for The Beatles' 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band...
   
   
3. Don't Bring Me Down
   Don't Bring Me Down
   "Don't Bring Me Down" is a song by the band Electric Light Orchestra, and is the last track from their 1979 album Discovery. It is their highest charting hit in the US to date.-History:...
   
   

Chart Performance

The single peaked at number 41 on the singles chart, selling 3.426 copies that week, and stayed on the chart for 3 weeks.

Chart (2006)	Peak position
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