Information
- • Hometown: - Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
- • Nationality: - English
- • Years Active: - 1977-present
- • Genre(s): - Synthpop • New Wave • Electronic
- • Label(s): - Fast Product • Wall of Sound • Virgin • A&M • East West • Papillon Records
- • Associated Acts: - BEF • Clock DVA • Vice Versa • Heaven 17 • Giorgio Moroder • Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis • Jo Callis
- • Website: - thehumanleague.co.uk
Biography
The Human League are an English 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 have essentially been a trio of Oakey, Catherall and Sulley with various sidemen.
Since 1978, the Human League have released nine studio albums, two remix albums, one live album, six EPs, 30 singles and several compilation albums. They have had five albums and 15 Top 20 singles and had sold more than 20 million records worldwide by 2010. As an early techno-pop act that received extensive MTV airplay, they are regarded as one of the leading artists of the 1980s Second British Invasion of the US.
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Band Members
- • Philip Oakey – lead vocals, keyboards (1977–present)
- • Joanne Catherall – backing and lead vocals (1980–present)
- • Susan Ann Sulley – backing and lead vocals (1980–present)
- • David Beevers – studio engineer, synth programming, on-stage engineering (1988–present)
- • Rob Barton – electronic percussion (2003–present)
- • Ben Smith – keyboards, backing vocals (2017–present)
- • Nick Banks – guitar, keyboards (2018–present
Videos
"Love Action (I Believe in Love)" is a song by the British synthpop group The Human League, released as a single in the UK in 1981.
Love Action (I Believe In Love)
"Open Your Heart" is a song by the British synthpop group The Human League. It was released as a single in the UK in 1981.
Open Your Heart
"Don't You Want Me" is a single by British synthpop group the Human League (credited on the cover as The Human League 100).
Don't You Want Me
"Mirror Man" is a 1982 song by the British synthpop group The Human League. It was released as a single in the UK in 1982.
Mirror Man
"(Keep Feeling) Fascination" is a 1983 song by the British synthpop group The Human League. It was composed by Jo Callis and Philip Oakey,.
(Keep Feeling) Fascination
"The Lebanon" is a song by the British synthpop group The Human League, released as a single in April 1984.
The Lebanon
"Life on Your Own" is a song by the British synthpop group The Human League. Written jointly by lead singer Philip Oakey.
Life On Your Own
"Louise" is a song by the British synthpop group The Human League. It was released as a single in the UK on 5 November 1984.
Louise
"Human" is a song recorded by British synth-pop band The Human League, and released as the first single from their 1986 album Crash.