#humanleague
#20FaveVideos ‘80s Edition
#MusicChallenge

19. #HumanLeague Don’t You Want Me

youtu.be/uPudE8nDog0?...

Easily one of the most iconic of early ‘80s videos. The song is pop perfection. The video is unique in the way it breaks the fourth wall showing them making a video in a video.
The Human League - Don't You Want Me (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by TheHumanLeagueVEVO
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January 2, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Incorporating a shameless sample of UK #NewWave group #Heaven17’s 1982 track “Let Me Go” (& #Yaz & #HumanLeague), the 1983 #ItaloDisco 12” “Vision In The Mirror” by #ControlD was a colossal hit in European clubs & at Starck where it was an early fave
#80sMusic #80sRetro #1980s

youtu.be/TCUQEN6qAjE
CONTROL D - Vision In The Mirror (1983)
YouTube video by Sindariel
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December 22, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Listening Today to the #HumanLeague and the album #Secrets. Released in 2001 it was their first album in 8 years and was critically well received. Well, I like it anyway. The single "All I Ever Wanted" is a great tune.

#AlbumOfTheDay #SynthPop #Electronic
December 21, 2025 at 9:03 AM
First song popped into my head

#musicsky #humanleague #firstsong
The Human League - (Keep Feeling) Fascination
YouTube video by TheHumanLeagueVEVO
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December 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
#OTD Tuesday 8th December 1981
Human League
Friars, Aylesbury
#HumanLeague return to Friars in a very different form to their support slot in September 1978 for Siouxsie & The Banshees.
It was also the day 'Don't You Want Me' hit No.1 in UK singles charts
December 8, 2025 at 9:50 PM
#nowplaying #humanleague love & dancing. Human League remix LP by Martin Rushent
November 30, 2025 at 9:57 PM
#ArtistFaveLP
#HumanLeague - Travelogue

10-1
1. Dreams Of Leaving

All about escaping from East Germany back in the day, it's another brilliant synth performance, a hair on the back of the neck moment @ 40s. The finale is a grand climax.

Cheers Drew and Yuri 👍

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mfv3...
Dreams Of Leaving (2003 Digital Remaster)
YouTube video by The Human League - Topic
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November 29, 2025 at 10:26 AM
#ArtistFaveLP
#HumanLeague - Travelogue

10-1
2. The Black Hit Of Space

The ultimate in musical surrealism, lyrically and instrumentally. The synths deliberately distorted while Phil tells of this unstoppable 7" that's taking over the world. It'll mean something. 😂

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mkg1...
The Black Hit Of Space (2003 Digital Remaster)
YouTube video by The Human League - Topic
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November 28, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Ah this is where my fantasy of having a bookshop on a canal barge began. #TOTP #HumanLeague
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Happy anniversary to The Human League’s single, “Don’t You Want Me”. Released this week in 1981. #humanleague #thehumanleague #theleagueunlimitedorchestra #dare #dontyouwantme #seconds #loveanddancing
November 27, 2025 at 2:18 PM
#ArtistFaveLP
#HumanLeague - Travelogue

10-1
3. Being Boiled

For the LP they completely remodeled their classic early single so confusingly the original Fast version was slower than this. It's a love or hate thing, some say it's sacrilege but I love 'em both....

www.youtube.com/watch?v=UngN...
Being Boiled
YouTube video by The Human League - Topic
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November 27, 2025 at 10:34 AM
#OTD in 1981, The Human League released "Don't You Want Me" - the fourth single from their third studio album “Dare”

“You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar”.

#80sMusic #HumanLeague
November 27, 2025 at 6:12 AM
#ArtistFaveLP
#HumanLeague - Travelogue

10-1
4. A Crow & A Baby

Oddly surreal songs were common to early HL. This is possibly a comment on dads interfering with their kids, I read somewhere. Not pleasant then but set to a fun singalong tune. Phil rolls his 'R's...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJUv...
The Human League - Crow And A Baby [HD Video]
YouTube video by StatischVideo
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November 26, 2025 at 11:09 AM
#ArtistFaveLP
#HumanLeague - Travelogue

10-1
5. WXJL Tonight

Typical anti-musicianship here as the verses are sung in at least 4 different keys. Which is brilliant, as were the somehow sleeker synths. "Hit pick or phone in show?" It was soon "hit pick" for Phil...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvDP...
WXJL Tonight (2003 Digital Remaster)
YouTube video by The Human League - Topic
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November 25, 2025 at 10:58 AM
#ArtistFaveLP
#HumanLeague - Travelogue

10-1
6 The Touchables

An odd one this and maybe Life Kills should have been above it. Anyway a fine exercise in testing out yer synths, the verses using old fashioned ones while the chorus' go with newer fangled gadgets....

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekcT...
The Touchables (2003 Remaster)
YouTube video by The Human League - Topic
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November 24, 2025 at 11:17 AM
#ArtistFaveLP
#HumanLeague - Travelogue

10-1
7. Life Kills

Despite the dark title, it's a jaunty little number that you wouldn't be embarrassed to singalong to down the pub in 1980. 🙂

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsDh...
Life Kills (2003 Remaster)
YouTube video by The Human League - Topic
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November 23, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Struggling UK musician #ColinThurston knew zilch when he bluffed his way into sound engineering- eventually working for #Bowie #Numan #DuranDuran & #HumanLeague- his efforts on lesser known #ThePhotos 1983 track “There’s Always Work” was an early Starck fave
#80sMusic #80s

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The Photos - There's Always Work (Club Mix) (1983 Vinyl)
YouTube video by Rainbow Discoteque
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November 23, 2025 at 1:00 AM
And the classics keep coming. This was everywhere for, like, EVER - maybe the entire 80s. Who doesn't know the word? #DontYouWantMe #HumanLeague
November 22, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Phil turned 70 in October. I think more than anything this brought home the fact that I'm old now #HumanLeague #TOTP
November 22, 2025 at 10:32 PM