When I realized what a truly amazing song this was (probably around the time I couldn’t get to sleep and was smelling the desperation), 
I was listening to it several times a day. Then I discovered that there was an acoustic version of it by Men At Work’s singer (Colin Hay) available on some sort of Scrubs-related thing. I was excited to hear it, thinking that the solo-acoustic treatment would really shine a light on the song’s beauty and intensity.
Hey, I was wrong! Turns out the key to a lot of pop songs with dark lyrics is keeping them as pop arrangements. It doesn’t always improve a song to take out an acoustic guitar and use it to point at your lyrics. Let’s hear it for 1983, ladies and gentlemen!
Men At Work – Overkill from Cargo
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I actually prefer the acoustic version myself. Even though I very much like the full band version as well. BTW, theres actually a few acoustic versions of this floating around, each one a little different.
Thanks for the tip — I’ll keep an ear out for them. As far as I’m concerned, the more versions the better.
There’s a cool version by The Benjamin Gate. Definitely worth a listen.
Thanks for the tip — folks can take a listen to The Benjamin Gate’s version of “Overkill” here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xr0ddIfYxfk