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This original lineup lasted until 1980, after which Ware and Marsh left to form Heaven 17. Oakey kept the band name and added female vocalists, and it is this incarnation that gained widespread popularity. Love Is All That Matters" and "Tell Me When": "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 2015-07-15". Imgur. Archived from the original on 16 July 2015 . Retrieved 1 February 2016. [ bettersourceneeded]

At the end of 2005, together with EMI, the band released a compilation album of remixes. Called The Human League Original Remixes and Rarities, it was aimed at the DJ/Dance market in the US and UK. The Human League has influenced many electropop, other synth-pop, and mainstream performers, including Pet Shop Boys. [ citation needed] Moby and Little Boots are longtime fans of the group. [46] [47] They have been sampled and covered by various artists, including Ladytron, Utah Saints, George Michael, Robbie Williams and LCD Soundsystem. [ citation needed] In November and December 2008, the Human League got together with Martin Fry's ABC and Heaven 17 for 'The Steel City Tour' of the UK. This was Philip Oakey's concept of a joint tour of all three bands celebrating the original electronic music of early 1980s Sheffield (the titular Steel City). Much had been made in the UK media [ citation needed] of the history between Heaven 17 and the Human League, the original events of 1980 and the fact they were now working together. Both Oakey and Martyn Ware said that any acrimony from that period had long since been forgotten. [36] At Falkirk festival in May 2007. From left: Sutton, Burke, Beevers, Catherall, Barton, Sulley, Oakey. Follow-up “Love Action (I Believe In Love)” intensified the dance dynamic still further and made it all the way to the UK Top 3 in the summer of 1981, with The Human League finding themselves Top Of The Pops regulars. It was perfect timing – the UK music scene was in a freshly confident mood. Magazines like Smash Hits and The Face were helping telegraph a soap-opera narrative of high-street glamour and kitchen-sink creativity, also shaped by the growing reliance on pop promos to help sell a song. The Human League had a strong look that played perfectly into that.I wondered already then, why they choose that totaly sub-par song "I need your Loving" as a 2nd single. It almost ruined their name. Joanne and Susan were already fans of the group and owned their first two LPs, which was part of the reason they agreed to join the reformed group despite not having any prior musical experience. TLC vs. Little Boots: Exclusive New York Interview". Tasteslikecaramel.wordpress.com. 26 February 2009 . Retrieved 30 January 2014. Line-of-Sight Name: The group took its name from a faction in the Sci-Fi Tabletop Game Starforce: Alpha Centauri.

Humberstone, Nigel (April 1995). "Phil Oakey: The Human League". Sound on Sound . Retrieved 23 June 2013. British certifications – Human League – Don't You Want Me". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 13 April 2023.

Pareles, Jon (1 August 1998). "POP REVIEW; Early 80's Return, With English Artifice". The New York Times . Retrieved 10 September 2011. I Need Your Loving" is a song by English synth-pop band the Human League, released as the second single from their fifth studio album, Crash (1986). The song was written by Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, David Eiland, Langston Richey, Danny Williams and Herman Davis ( a.k.a. Randy Ran). The Human League were one of the headline acts in the line-up at Spillers Wharf on 30 May 2009, in the Newcastle/Gateshead Evolution festival, and were one of the headline bands for Dubai's first music festival, the 'Dubai Sound City' festival, between 5 and 7 November 2009. Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 8822." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 27 February 2020.