"Out of Work" is a 1982 song by American singer Gary U.S. Bonds, from his album On the Line. The song was written by Bruce Springsteen and became a moderate hit in the United States.
In 2020, Bonds released an online version of the song tailored to the COVID-19 pandemic.
"Out of Work" reached No. 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 in August 1982. It also reached No. 10 on the Billboard Rock Tracks chart and No. 82 on the R&B chart. In Canada, the song reached #22.
Writing in The Boston Phoenix, Sally Cragin said that "Out of Work harkens most conventionally to early protest song history. With a spitited lift-your-burdens R&B beat, the song has an admirable plainspokedness. -- Bonds isn't angry so much as energized."