The Human League
The Human League is an English synthpop band formed in 1977. Originally a m… Read Full Bio ↴The Human League is an English synthpop band formed in 1977. Originally a minimal Post-Punk synthesiser-based group from Sheffield, UK, they became one of the most successful New Wave acts of the 80s. The only consistent band member is vocalist and songwriter Phil Oakey. The band's best known configuration was their 1980-1985 lineup of Phillip Oakey (vocals), Joanne Catherall (vocals), Susanne Sulley (vocals), Phillip Adrian Wright (keyboards), Jo Callis (guitar, keyboards) and Ian Burden (bass).

Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh were both working as computer programmers in 1977, and combined a love of pop music (such as glam rock and Tamla Motown) with avant garde electronic music. They acquired a Roland System 100 synthesizer and began to create music in their own rehearsal facility. Initially they formed a group called The Dead Daughters, which then became The Future with Adi Newton on vocals. Newton was soon dismissed and left to form the outfit Clock DVA. Ware and Marsh searched for a vocalist, but their first choice, Glenn Gregory (who would be the lead singer of their later band, Heaven 17), was unavailable. Ware instead decided to invite Philip Oakey, an old school friend, and a hospital porter at the time to join the band, "apparently by leaving a note stuck to his door". Oakey accepted the invitation, despite never having been in a band before. Shortly after, they decided to call themselves The Human League. A collection of demos from this period was released on CD in 2002, titled The Golden Hour of The Future, compiled by Richard X.

The original lineup of The Human League debuted in 1978 with the single "Being Boiled", a dark synth track that would later become extremely influential on later industrial musicians (namely Trent Reznor of the Nine Inch Nails). This single and it's follow-up "Empire State Human" were modest sucesses, however the group's albums - 1979's "Reproduction" and 1980's "Travelogue" - did not sell. This caused a rift in the band, and in 1980, Ian Marsh and Martyn Ware left the group.

Following the split of the original line-up, Phillip Adrian Wright (their live slide projectionist) fully joined the group and Oakey & himself released another flop single, "Boys and Girls". In order to fulfil their European tour commitments, they recruited bass player Ian Burden, and fronted the band with two singers, Susanne Sulley and Joanne Catherall, schoolgirls whom they had met in a Sheffield nightclub, and managed to complete the tour.

In 1981, Virgin Records paired them with former Stranglers producer Martin Rushent, and the first result was the single "The Sound of the Crowd", which saw them at last achieve success in the singles chart. Guitarist Jo Callis (formerly of The Rezillos) was now recruited to the band, and with Rushent at the helm, The Human League recorded their most successful album to date, "Dare!". It achieved huge success, fuelled by its further hit singles, "Open Your Heart", "Love Action" and most famously "Don't You Want Me", which reached number one in the UK charts during the Christmas of 1981 and was one of the biggest selling singles of that year, and it also charted at number one in the US during the summer of 1982. These three releases were accompanied by striking promo videos ("Love Action" based on the movie The Graduate). During their Dare! phase, the Human League were often associated with the New Romantic movement.

The band also had a number of other hits but their success faded towards the mid-1980s. Arguably, one problem was the length of time the band took to make a record. Dare! was followed by the six-song EP Fascination! (featuring hit singles "Mirror Man" and "Fascination") as a stopgap, and it took three years to release a full-length follow-up album, "Hysteria".

In 1985, outside of the Human League, Oakey scored a huge hit single in collaboration with one of his idols, synth pioneer Giorgio Moroder, with the single "Together in Electric Dreams", taken from the film soundtrack to Electric Dreams. The pair proceeded to record an entire album for Virgin, Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder, but this met with rather less success.

In 1986, the group found themselves in creative stagnation, struggling to record material to follow up on their previous success. Key songwriter Jo Callis departed, replaced by drummer Jim Russell, and Virgin paired the League up with cutting-edge American R&B producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. The result was the "Crash" album. The album featured much material written by Jam and Lewis' team, and showcased their distinctive DX7-led sound, making it quite a departure from previous Human League material. It did provide an American number one single, "Human", but other singles made smaller chart impact.

The following tour saw keyboardist Neil Sutton join the line-up and also keyboardist/guitarist Russell Dennett. Since 1990, their resident engineer on and off stage has been David Beevers. Following Dennett's departure in 1996, Nic Burke has been his replacement for live work since 2001.

The Human League released a new album, Credo in March 2011.
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The Human League Lyrics


(Keep Feeling) Fascination If it seems a little time is needed Decisions to be…
04 Blind Youth No future they say But must it be that way? Now is…
122.3 BPM (One hundred and twenty-two point three BPM)…
A crow and a baby A crow and a baby Had an affair The result was a…
A Doorway When you gave your love to me, I never gave…
Action When you're in love You know you're in love No matter what…
All I Ever Wanted What are you going to say and what are you…
All I Ever Wanted (Alter Ego remix) (What you gonna say and what you gonna do What you…
Almost Medieval There's something in your soul that makes me feel so…
Are You Ever Coming Back The sun that's shining through the shattered window Is break…
Austerity In the town The start of day The father thinks in sadness On…
Being Boiled Listen to the voice of Buddha Saying stop your sericulture L…
Being Boiled (Fast Version OK, ready. Let's do it Listen to the voice of Buddha Saying…



being boiled-cd2 Listen to the voice of Buddha Saying stop your sericulture…
Betrayed (Oakey/Wright) When all the money's gone When all the boys m…
Blind Youth No future they say But must it be that way? Now is…
Boys and Girls Boys and girls come out to play, playing till they're…
Breaking The Chains It really doesn't matter what I doing here There's a…
Circus of Death Spoken Intro :Why in just a few moments we're off…
Crow and a Baby A crow and a baby Had an affair The result was a…
Cruel Young Lover Do you hear me? Do you hear me? Do you hear me? Do…
Darkness Where my dreams are all too clear Darkness, darkness Filled …
Do or Die Those cocky little fires you started in the night The indepe…
Don't You Know I Want You It's a beautiful night A cool breeze in the air Got the…
Don't You Want Me You were workin' as a waitress in a cocktail bar When…
Don't You Want Me (extended edit) You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar When…
Don't You Want Me (Original Bo You were workin' as a waitress in a cocktail bar When…
Don't You Want Me (original version) You were working as a waitress In a cocktail bar When I…
Don't You Want Me (Red Jerry 12" remix) You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar When…
Don't You Want Me (Snap 7" remix) You were working as a waitress In a cocktail bar When I…
Don't You Want Me - 2012 Remaster You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar When…
Don't You Want Me Baby You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar When…
Don't You Want Me/ You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar,…
Don't You Want Me? You were workin' as a waitress in a cocktail bar When…
Dont You Want Me Baby You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar When…
Don\xE2\x80\x99t You Want Me You were workin' as a waitress in a cocktail bar When…
Dreams of Leaving Someone stopped the clock when we should have started early …
Egomaniac Egomaniac Egomaniac Egomaniac Feeling good inside Take a l…
Electric Dreams I only knew you for a while I never saw your…
Electric Shock Electric shock You make me feel You make me real Around t…
Empire State Human Since I was very young I realized I never wanted to…
Fascination If it seems a little time is needed Decisions to be…
Fascination-Extended Alphabeat -- Fascination LK歌词组 制作 Easy living, Larry Cheng &…
Fascination-Improvisation Keep, keep, keep, keep, k, k, k, k Keep - keep…
filling up with heaven Once there was a vision Once there was a glow Once there…
Flexi Disc Dialogue…
Get It Right This Time Oh, you know, we'll get it right this time. I…
Get Together Let's get together again. All you need is here to…
Girl one In the town The start of day The father thinks in sadness On…
Hard Times Hard times Hard times Hard times Hard times Hard times Hard …
Heart Like a Wheel Calling up the promised land. Johnny Seven's coming over the…
Housefull of Nothing Talking to your lover On a non existent phone Houseful of …
Human Come on, baby, dry your eyes Wipe your tears Never like to…
I When you're in love You know you're in love No matter what…
I Am the Law My life I'm a fool for you You who take no advice You…
I Don't Depend on You The night So young You could lose You could gain Your temper…
I Love You Too Much We talked and talked and talked and talked for hours An…
I Need Your Loving I need your loving I need your kissing, baby I need your…
I'm Coming Back Funny sometimes how you let The little things Get in your wa…
Into The Night Do you turn left Do you turn right Back to your bed Or…
Jam Starting over To feel the way I do A sudden stranger To ever…
Kiss the Future Forgiveness and mercy. In short supply. So lonely, so faithf…
Lebanon She dreams of nineteen sixty-nine Before the soldiers came T…
Let's Get Together Again Let's get together again. All you need is here to…
Liar I can't help this feeling Every time you go away Something…
Life Kills When you fall into your seat, you know you feel…
Life On Your Own Winter is approaching There's snow upon the ground It's good…
Louise When he saw her getting off the bus It seemed to…
Love When you're in love You know you're in love No matter what…
Love Action (I Believe in Love) When you're in love you know you're in love No matter…
Love Action (I Believe in Love) [Remastered] When you're in love You know you're in love No matter what…
Love Is All That Matters Love forgiving Love for good Love to keep us faithful After …
love me madly YOU KNOW YOUR MAKING ME NERVOUS, I DON'T KNOW IF THE…
Love Me Madly? You know you're making me nervous I don't know if the…
Love On The Run I was wondering All the time that I was waiting When would…
Marianne I take one look at you It leaves me breathless I see…
Men Are Dreamers I saw my baby. I said I let you down.…
Mirror Man The water shines A pebble skips across the face A dozen time…
Mirrorman The water shines A pebble skips across the face A dozen ti…
Mister Moon and Mister Sun Time goes so fast today. Don't blink she'll go away.…
Money Make your mind up Who's going to think for you? When the…
Morale Don't talk Close the door You've been here before Your shap…
Morale... You never close your eyes anymore when I kiss your…
Morale.../ You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' Don't talk Close the door You've been here before Your …
Morale...You've Lost That Loving Feeling Don't talk Close the door You've been here before Your shap…
Never Again I'll miss your naked body I'll miss your mind Human beings l…
Never Give Your Heart Baby, baby, don't you hurt me Don't you say you've got…
Never Let Me Go Go go go Go go go Let me tell you what you…
Night People Night people, night night people Know night people, night …
Nightclubbing Rock'n'roll, rock, rock'n'roll Rock'n'roll, rock, rock'n'rol…
One Man In My Heart When you ask me do I mean it? You have to…
Only After Dark I feel my spirit fly Only after dark - ahh I kiss…
Open Your Heart And when it hurts you know They love to tell you How…
Party Don't delay Today You've got to join the party There's no ch…
Privilege Tough guy drove down in the night Left his name behind In…
Reach Out Now if you feel that you can't go on Because…
Rebound And they don't come any closer. And they don't come anyway. …
Reflections Outside the last remaining shadows of the day Too vague to…
Ringinglow (We hear the bells We hear the bells We hear the bells We…
Rock Rock'n'roll, rock, rock'n'roll Rock'n'roll, rock, rock'n'rol…
Rock 'N' Roll "Rock ‘n’ Roll" Rock'n'roll, rock, rock'n'roll Rock'n'roll,…
Rock 'n' Roll Night Clubbing Rock'n'roll, rock, rock'n'roll Rock'n'roll, rock, rock'n'ro…
Rock Me Again and Again and Again Take your time and make me love you good Take your…
Rock Me Again and Again and Again and Again and Again and Again (Six Times) Oh, oh, oh Yeah, yeah Oh, oh, oh Yeah, yeah Oh, oh, oh Oh, o…
Rock'n'Roll "Rock ‘n’ Roll" Rock'n'roll, rock, rock'n'roll Rock'n'roll,…
Seconds All day Hiding from the sun Waiting for the golden one Waiti…
Shameless I never thought I'd have the nerve / To break…
Sin City Sin city Sin city Sin city Sin city Sin city Sin city …
Single Minded Single minded Single minded I see no right, I see no wro…
Sky And after such a blazing day At last the breeze began…
So Hurt It's hard I know to understand Nothing lasts for ever The th…
Sound of the Crowd And put your hand in a parting wave Pass around Make a…
Soundtrack to a Generation The smell of trees. Can only be that way. On…
Stay With Me Tonight Baby baby baby got to say what's on my mind Tomorrow…
Swang Grab your partner Swang her round Swang that girl all upside…
Tell Me When Tell me when Will I? Tell me when Will I? Tell me when Will …
The Black Hit of Space Been out all night, I needed a bite, I thought…
The Lebanon She dreams of nineteen sixty-nine Before the soldiers came T…
The Path Of Least Resistance Faced with the choice, what would you say? The path of…
The Real Thing La la la Love is the real thing You know Love is the…
The Sign Around the nation, around the world What's been going down? …
The Snake Join us, come and join us Join us, come and join…
The Sound of the Crowd And put your hand in a parting wave Pass around Make a…
The Sound of the Crowd (Remastered) Put your hand in a party wave Pass around Make a shroud…
The Stars Are Going Out Naked under bedclothes, fallen to the floor, hot Anticipati…
The Things That Dreams Are Made Of Take time to see the wonders of the world To see…
The Touchables Speaking of which, what is your choice Your conversation wil…
The Word Before Last Television: You will notice that very appropriately I'm left…
The World Tonight Home again, our day is over Now it's time to close…
These Are the Days Ah ah Here's a song About living in the past If it was…
Together In Electric Dreams I only knew you for a while I never saw your…
When The Stars Start To Shine Keep on moving don't back down Hold your head up…
Words Can you feel it when your throat dries? Can you see it…
WXJL Tonight The way it was in the past A long, long time…
You Remind Me Of Gold Baby, when I think about you And that's when I think I…
You'll Be Sorry (Yeah yeah yeah yeah Yeah yeah yeah yeah) You'll be sorr…
You've Lost That Loving Feeling Don't talk Close the door You've been here before Your shap…
Zero As A Limit Take the lovebird Kiss the stranger Leave the trailer Take t…


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