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mahatmakanejeeves

(57,393 posts)
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 05:00 PM Nov 2020

On November 27, 1981 The Human League released "Don't You Want Me?" as a single.

Ooooh, I love this tune. It didn't become big in the States until the summer of 1982.

"You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar ...

On this day in 1981, The Human League released the single Don't You Want Me from the Dare album. It was the 1981 Christmas No. 1 in the UK.

#Human League #80smusic



From the comments to that video, which is the The Human League's official version:

The-Art-of-Guitar
1 year ago
The tragedy of growing up in the 80’s is you didn’t realize at the time how awesome it was, and when you finally do it’s already over.

5.2K

KevinRos99
KevinRos99
4 months ago
I'm Building a Time Machine, who wants tickets???

2.3K

Delta Breeze
Delta Breeze
5 months ago
If you don’t like 80’s music, you don’t know good music.

It's exactly the same tune, but I like this video better. The comments are more informative.



Human League - Don't You Want Me • TopPop
1,842,513 views•Oct 12, 2015

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The Human League are an English electropop/synth-pop band formed in Sheffield in 1977. Initially an experimental electronic outfit, the group signed to Virgin Records in 1979 and later attained widespread commercial success with their third album Dare in 1981. The album contained four hit singles, including the UK/US number one hit "Don't You Want Me." The band received the Brit Award for Best British Breakthrough Act in 1982. Further hits followed throughout the 1980s and into the 1990s, including "Mirror Man," " (Keep Feeling) Fascination, " "The Lebanon," "Human" (a US No. 1) and "Tell Me When."
The only constant band member since 1977 has been lead singer and songwriter Philip Oakey. Keyboard players Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh both left the band in 1980 to form Heaven 17. Under Oakey's leadership, the Human League then evolved into a commercially successful New Pop band with a new line-up including female vocalists Joanne Catherall and Susan Ann Sulley. Since the mid-1990s, the band has essentially been a trio of Oakey, Catherall and Sulley with various sidemen.
This single 'Don't You Want Me' reached #5 in the Dutch Top 40 on 30 January 1982.

This clip was first broadcast on 12 January 1982
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Broadcast date: 12 January 1982
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On November 27, 1981 The Human League released "Don't You Want Me?" as a single. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2020 OP
I listen to a wide range of type of music but 80"s is my base. Doreen Nov 2020 #1
You should have a lot of fun with that Twitter account. mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2020 #2
O am not on Twitter but I can still see and hear what has been posted. Doreen Nov 2020 #5
We've seen Rick a couple of times in the past few years. TwilightZone Nov 2020 #3
I have seen him in concert many times and loved all of them. Doreen Nov 2020 #4

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
1. I listen to a wide range of type of music but 80"s is my base.
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 05:16 PM
Nov 2020

I was a big Rick Springfield fan. I really liked Culture Club. Oh my, I just loved it all.

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
5. O am not on Twitter but I can still see and hear what has been posted.
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 07:19 PM
Nov 2020

Thank you.

I have YouTube set so it plays all types of 80's rock. I can clean my entire apartment and hear 80's the entire time. Not that my apartment is big.

TwilightZone

(25,462 posts)
3. We've seen Rick a couple of times in the past few years.
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 06:51 PM
Nov 2020

He's still releasing new music. His later stuff is excellent and his level of energy in concert is ridiculous. He's 70-freaking-1.

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
4. I have seen him in concert many times and loved all of them.
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 07:09 PM
Nov 2020

My favorite was at the Puyallup Fair in the early 2000's. I can't remember the exact year. His butt rubbed against my friends cheek as he was climbing the chairs in the audience.

The scary part of that concert was that most of the audience were screaming old ladies living the 80's with our heartthrob from way back when. It was great!

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