The Men at Work thing is always there, it's always going to be there. It's not something I consciously think that much about anymore. The thing that stays with you is the songs, which is a good thing for me, because the songs are the things that stand the test of time.

I'd play to a hundred people or sometimes less. Hay joined as guest vocalist with The Incredible Penguins in 1985 for a cover of "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" a charity project for research on Little Penguins which peaked at No. It’s been word-of-mouth.

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Hay's music has been frequently used by actor and director Zach Braff in his work subsequently leading to a career rebirth in the mid-2000s. Regarding his solo career Hay stated in 2011: "I feel like it’s been building for the last fifteen or so years that I’ve been touring. People see the show like it and tell their friends.