@@futuristica1710 I was only 2 years old when it was released so I ought to be a fan of 1990s music when I was a teenager, but in fact I prefer late 70s and early 80s music.
i saw this very TOTP show . . .which i recorded on my new video recorder (just becoming popular at that time) played this song to death . . .loved it and still do ;-) aaahh . . .memories are made of this!! thanks for sharing.
I was in love with the sounds that came out of those women! Their angelic voices were just sublime and the icing on the cake for the band's musical output. Oakey - you will always friggin' ROCK !!! MUCH RESPECT AND LOVE! You touched lives and will always continue to do so!
I am mesmerized by this wonderful music. Discovered this on a TOTP doc and thought "wow, the 80's were freakin' awesome"! I have never heard this Human League song before.
@bjgjeff P.S. I rocked the BLEEP out of this jam on the radio all throughout the 80's so New York would get a taste of what brilliance in the evolution of dance music was all about. The extended 12" version with it's delicious Rushent production on the break was outstanding and will always live in my heart as a personal favorite!
My 46th birthday next weekend. I've hired a DJ! I'm going to try and drink myself to death and I want this song playing as the paramedics pound my chest.
Matthew Brown , Hi.....I know you don't know me but if you still love this song when ur next B-Day comes around,.....I wanna go! I'm a Yankee, I hope that doesn't cause any fights,lol!
My favourite band ie The Human League. Who I've seen play live now 19 times now. Queen Joanne Catherall ❤️ my hero 4 ever coming in2 my love life. Via the TV show. Top of the pops in 1981.3 years later & I've still got it 2day. Queen Joanne Catherall ❤️ so kindly sent me a nice signed photo of her. & Queen Joanne Catherall ❤️ is also largely responsible 4 the best night ever of my life . Even if the fr3 unexpected journey from Brighton railway station 2 Portsmouth on the night in question wasn't planned. The Human League r fantastic. So much better than anything that Simon Carol can ever come out with.
Pure British early 80's electro i do believe. at 10 years old being into punk and ska then this brilliance ..no wonder im 40 and confused ha ha . late 70's early 80's what a time to be getting into music
I was in an industrial/grunge band that tried to cover this song in 1992. Back then, we had no way of knowing what the words were. I found myself singing, "Put your hand up a passing whaaaaaale, pass around!"
mmm, yes. You try to tell kids today that what they have is rubbish, and they don't believe you. In our day, we had synthesisers that ran on coal and eyeliner made of charred dreams. But seriously, this was astonishing at the time and I still think it is now. And what kids today have is rubbish, so, er, ner.
I only found out tonight that Martin Rushent had sadly died on June 4th 2011. The song we are commenting on was re-worked and produced in 1981 by Martin Rushent for The Human League which subsequently became part of he Dare album which sold in huge amounts all around the world thanks to the genius of a human being named Martin Rushent. Rest in peace for now martin,no doubt you will be coming back to show us how it's done...again!! :)
Reminds me of club, the 950, on 950 W Wrightwood here in Chicago. now home to Barn and Company, a BBQ joint. It was summer. 1981? Hot, Sunny, Me and my buddy walked in there and it was so nice and cool in there. This was playing in the background. This cute as hell waitress, I never got her name, asked us for drinks. Myers Dark and coke. that was my poison at the time. This song will always take me back to that place and that time and that day.
I distinctly remember o level studies in idyllic Derbyshire countryside and I heard this on TOTP and was mesmerised by synth blurbs and jagged strings wailing vox.What a song made my year with Rush Moving Pictures and Talking Heads once in a lifetime.
80's Master Piece for sure! I was in Tokoroa NZ at the Time Where PUNKS, NEW WAVE, HEAVY METAL Was All out Fashion in the Town & This Song Lingered Through PERFECTLY IN THE ERA:: THE SOUND OF THE CROWD Is Ahead of it's LEAGUE..
I was a kid playing with toy cars in the kitchen when i heard this song on the radio for the first time.Blew me away! Saw them perform this on TOTP and was scared to death! This song imprinted on my brain forever,the singing,the look,the analogue synths..FANTASTIC!Thank you for posting this! (i like the Dare version better though with the different drums)..
Susan Sulley ❤❤❤❤❤ Strongest track on Dare? In my view yes, but closely followed by "Seconds" Love the instrumental ending to this with the synth harmonies (2.44 onward)
FFM0594 Hiya m8. I have been lucky Enough to have met my idiols ie The Human League and 5times in Joanne Catheralls case and 4times in Susan Sulley's case and m8 I have got a Ace signed photo of Joanne Catherall on my bedroom wall. And I will always love the Human League so much and 4ever. And Queen Joanne Catherall Sweetheart U epy mean so much 2me and whenever I played chess 4Portsmout h B or C team and I happen to win my game of chess. I will definitely delagate my win 2u3 gems. And happy New year to you Queen Joanne Catherall Sweetheart. And the same goes for yr band m8s i.e. Susan Sulley and Phillip Oakey 2.From Paul Eyles yr number 1fan 4ever Queen Joanne Catherall Sweetheart
I listened to them being in my early teens, continue to listen to them. Its music and lirics remains sofisticated for many simple brains. It was all subtle, except for the beauty if the ladies, this evident but not plain revealed. great.
sound of the 80's played the album as i got ready to go out posing GREAT memories and still play the album to this day alas my posing days are now over!
I saw (and heard) this for the first time during this TV performance. Love at first listen, and I still like it today. In the days before UA-cam (and even TV repeats) this performance was kinda engraved on my brain for years.
Best ever 80's track ..loved the incessant drum synth (sounded as though you were on a train) with the simple 4 note 'riff' ..this song blended their industrial /futuristic sound which led to greater commercial success. Sounds just as good now as it did in 81'
@nikamota I am shocked and saddened to see the news of Martin Rushent passing. I will always fondly remember his generosity with his time as he and I did 3 hours of reminiscent radio for the NY audience where we went through his discography and played DJ together. This was when I produced the "Post-Punk-Progressive-Pop-Party" on Hofstra University's Radio station. I was at the helm for fifteen years, and Martin's visit was one of the highlights of my broadcasting career. God BlessYou Martin.
I miss music like this also, I was about 10 years old when this performance happened. But I remember my older and brothers listening to The Human League. I especially remember the videos on MTV when I was in junior high for Human and Don't You Want Me Baby. Susan I do want you! lol
I have been a fan of The Human League 1995-1998 and 2012-present.I have been in love with their male singer Philip Oakey in many years.He is so hot .I am from Finland and was born on 10th November 1980.So I was not even 1 year old when this video was made.Philip Oakey was very hot when he still had hair.
Saw them last night in Cambridge and there were pure genius. Best gig I have ever been to. Human League were a major part of my youth and so inspirational Must see them again
I'm proud to say that the Human League are my favourite all time pop group and as a Yorkshireman I'm even more proud they are from Sheffield, they were (are) soooo cooool.
Great song. I loved the whole New Romantic/synthpop era. The way the girls are dancing was the way of things pretty much on the dancefloor for that time.
so great to see: those tapes rolling, the simple synths, those 2 girls dancing & the great Phil Oakey peering out from behind that classic hair~style .. this was so exciting this period ..basic but inventive ..it seemed to be leading somewhere, but ended up being 'it'.
One of my favorite club songs from the early 80's. I always loved the looks of the backup girls, the viddy brings back fond memories of growing up in D.C.during Reagan's reign of terror.
You were so lucky to see Kraftwerk! I'm really pleased you have fond memories of Sheffield. It was a great place to grow up and is still a great place to live.
I love 80's music, but still love some of todays music, especially when some of it sounds very much like 80's stuff. Just getting into Ashes to Ashes the BBC series set in the 80's, music fantastic.
First record I ever bought. Had to buy a new one the next day cos i played it so much I wore out the grooves! No, really!! Still love it/The League as much now as I did then. Awesome sound.
There's more originality in this one track than there has been in the entire pop charts as a whole since the year 2000.
they can't make them like this now no real visionaries
Well said my friend
Ok gramps.
@@futuristica1710 I was only 2 years old when it was released so I ought to be a fan of 1990s music when I was a teenager, but in fact I prefer late 70s and early 80s music.
@@ajs41 You can be a "gramps" at any age (lots of youtube comments filled with nostalgia for days of yore, written by 14 year olds.).
I`m glad I grew up with this music moulding my youth, rather than the crap kids listen to today :)
I am from Sheffield and I am so proud of this amazing band. The soundtrack to my years growing up in this fantastic city.
This man was so incredibly cool and still is!
Cool profile picture - I LOVE Depeche Mode! 🌹
Hauntingly Good Electronica.
I love this song when I was 15 and now I am nearly 50 I still do! Great!!
You young whippersnapper :D I agree, this is one of their best - at least with the band line up they had at that time.
Me too!
top of their game in the 80s
i saw this very TOTP show . . .which i recorded on my new video recorder (just becoming popular at that time) played this
song to death . . .loved it and still do ;-)
aaahh . . .memories are made of this!!
thanks for sharing.
I was in love with the sounds that came out of those women! Their angelic voices were just sublime and the icing on the cake for the band's musical output. Oakey - you will always friggin' ROCK !!! MUCH RESPECT AND LOVE! You touched lives and will always continue to do so!
They played this at the Royal Festival Hall last night - so pleased to hear a lot of 'Dare' era stuff as well as newer ones
I am mesmerized by this wonderful music. Discovered this on a TOTP doc and thought "wow, the 80's were freakin' awesome"! I have never heard this Human League song before.
Well now you have.
can't get enough.......still relevant now!!!
@bjgjeff P.S. I rocked the BLEEP out of this jam on the radio all throughout the 80's so New York would get a taste of what brilliance in the evolution of dance music was all about. The extended 12" version with it's delicious Rushent production on the break was outstanding and will always live in my heart as a personal favorite!
the 80's music was awesome - new romantics, synthesizers, etc. etc
phil oakey was the absolute king of androgynous beauty in the early 80s
My 46th birthday next weekend. I've hired a DJ! I'm going to try and drink myself to death and I want this song playing as the paramedics pound my chest.
I bet you never thought about 46 huh...? Well this song is still "hip"
and so are you!
Thx for that....cheered me up :-)
In 2015 may your hope become my wish. Happy Christmas.
+Matthew Brown for the next one invite!
Matthew Brown , Hi.....I know you don't know me but if you still love this song when ur next B-Day comes around,.....I wanna go! I'm a Yankee, I hope that doesn't cause any fights,lol!
I never get tired of this!
Phil was so cool looking, he just did his own thing and cared not what people thought
two wacky 1980's barnets; Phil Oakey and wotsismname from AFOS; Phil's worked, AFOS man's didn't.
My favourite band ie The Human League. Who I've seen play live now 19 times now. Queen Joanne Catherall ❤️ my hero 4 ever coming in2 my love life. Via the TV show. Top of the pops in 1981.3 years later & I've still got it 2day. Queen Joanne Catherall ❤️ so kindly sent me a nice signed photo of her. & Queen Joanne Catherall ❤️ is also largely responsible 4 the best night ever of my life . Even if the fr3 unexpected journey from Brighton railway station 2 Portsmouth on the night in question wasn't planned. The Human League r fantastic. So much better than anything that Simon Carol can ever come out with.
Pure British early 80's electro i do believe. at 10 years old being into punk and ska then this brilliance ..no wonder im 40 and confused ha ha . late 70's early 80's what a time to be getting into music
I LOVE SYNTHESIZERS!!!!!
They defined cool and cutting edge...
Love the song, the dancing, the look and the scifi effects - an absolute joy
I was in an industrial/grunge band that tried to cover this song in 1992. Back then, we had no way of knowing what the words were. I found myself singing, "Put your hand up a passing whaaaaaale, pass around!"
Industrial/grunge cover of Human League? Sounds cool af
Have you got a clip of this cover? Would be very interested listening to it. Sounds pretty cool!
mmm, yes. You try to tell kids today that what they have is rubbish, and they don't believe you. In our day, we had synthesisers that ran on coal and eyeliner made of charred dreams. But seriously, this was astonishing at the time and I still think it is now. And what kids today have is rubbish, so, er, ner.
Sooooo right!
...or am I repeating what my mum n dad said to me about the 60s!
I only found out tonight that Martin Rushent had sadly died on June 4th 2011.
The song we are commenting on was re-worked and produced in 1981 by Martin Rushent for The Human League which subsequently became part of he Dare album which sold in huge amounts all around the world thanks to the genius of a human being named Martin Rushent.
Rest in peace for now martin,no doubt you will be coming back to show us how it's done...again!! :)
I am a female born in 1980 and I love Philip Oakey.I am from Finland.He was gorgeous when he was younger.
Reminds me of club, the 950, on 950 W Wrightwood here in Chicago. now home to Barn and Company, a BBQ joint. It was summer. 1981? Hot, Sunny, Me and my buddy walked in there and it was so nice and cool in there. This was playing in the background. This cute as hell waitress, I never got her name, asked us for drinks. Myers Dark and coke. that was my poison at the time. This song will always take me back to that place and that time and that day.
Wow! "To Cut A Long Story" is a great song too, but this one is really amazing! I LOVE HUMAN LEAGUE! Pure electricity in that tunes!
They're the Human League, it was all about Fashion in the 80's
The Human League are Amazing live and they define the very essence of Electronic Pop that made the 1980's amazing. Long Love Sheffield!!!!!
I distinctly remember o level studies in idyllic Derbyshire countryside and I heard this on TOTP and was mesmerised by synth blurbs and jagged strings wailing vox.What a song made my year with Rush Moving Pictures and Talking Heads once in a lifetime.
80's Master Piece for sure! I was in Tokoroa NZ at the Time Where PUNKS, NEW WAVE, HEAVY METAL Was All out Fashion in the Town & This Song Lingered Through PERFECTLY IN THE ERA:: THE SOUND OF THE CROWD Is Ahead of it's LEAGUE..
I was a kid playing with toy cars in the kitchen when i heard this song on the radio for the first time.Blew me away! Saw them perform this on TOTP and was scared to death! This song imprinted on my brain forever,the singing,the look,the analogue synths..FANTASTIC!Thank you for posting this! (i like the Dare version better though with the different drums)..
I bought the album...still got it. Love those fellow Yorkshire folk. Fantastic pulsing sound and great lyrics.
Susan Sulley ❤❤❤❤❤
Strongest track on Dare? In my view yes, but closely followed by "Seconds"
Love the instrumental ending to this with the synth harmonies (2.44 onward)
The sad thing now about pop stars is they are too accessible. No mystery, glamour, etc. Tweeting everytime they take a piss, why do they do that?
We need more music like this nowadays.!
Brilliant!!!!! Oh how I miss the 80's!
glad i was around in the eighties to enjoy this great group.
I was 10 when this came out, my mum loved it! she bought it and listened to it endlessly......tis good to hear again!
Joanne Catherall was, for me, the epitome of 80's feminine style and grace. What a hottie!
FFM0594 Hiya m8. I have been lucky Enough to have met my idiols ie The Human League and 5times in Joanne Catheralls case and 4times in Susan Sulley's case and m8 I have got a Ace signed photo of Joanne Catherall on my bedroom wall. And I will always love the Human League so much and 4ever. And Queen Joanne Catherall Sweetheart U epy mean so much 2me and whenever I played chess 4Portsmout h B or C team and I happen to win my game of chess. I will definitely delagate my win 2u3 gems. And happy New year to you Queen Joanne Catherall Sweetheart. And the same goes for yr band m8s i.e. Susan Sulley and Phillip Oakey 2.From Paul Eyles yr number 1fan 4ever Queen Joanne Catherall Sweetheart
Hiya m8 I've got a lot of thanks for the Human League. And 4 Queen Joanne Catherall ♥️ my hero epy. 4 the best night of my Life ever .
GREAT SONG ! GREAT DECADE ! GREAT BAND !.......
I used to listen to this song all the time in the 80's.This and The Lebanon are my favourite Human Leage songs.Really good beat to both songs.
The eighties was a strange and funny decade, that music still RULES! Long live Human League :D
love the reel to reel in the background.
Me too, i own one of those.(Teac A-3440)
I listened to them being in my early teens, continue to listen to them. Its music and lirics remains sofisticated for many simple brains. It was all subtle, except for the beauty if the ladies, this evident but not plain revealed. great.
UNA BANDA ÍCONO DE LA MÚSICA POR SINTETIZADOR, DE TEMAS MAGISTRALES Y SONIDOS ÚNICOS QUE AÚN HASTA HOY MARCAN LA HISTORIA DEL ELECTROPOP!!..🌟🎧🤩👌🎶✨❤️
hard to believe this was in the charts 27 years ago this week! great track!
I LOVE HUMAN LEAGUE!!!
Iconic, and a fantastic effort for a first appearance. Susan still dances the same way
Fantastic song,The Human League were extremely original back then.Oh, it was great in the 80's, (I liked being a teenager).
sound of the 80's played the album as i got ready to go out posing GREAT memories and still play the album to this day alas my posing days are now over!
30 April 1981 .....That day I was born!
Some of the most interesting music was from early 1981. Southern Freeez by Freeez is another example.
I saw (and heard) this for the first time during this TV performance. Love at first listen, and I still like it today. In the days before UA-cam (and even TV repeats) this performance was kinda engraved on my brain for years.
Best ever 80's track ..loved the incessant drum synth (sounded as though you were on a train) with the simple 4 note 'riff' ..this song blended their industrial /futuristic sound which led to greater commercial success. Sounds just as good now as it did in 81'
fantastic!!! so 8ts, so british, so cool...thats new wave..thx 4 posting this
@nikamota I am shocked and saddened to see the news of Martin Rushent passing. I will always fondly remember his generosity with his time as he and I did 3 hours of reminiscent radio for the NY audience where we went through his discography and played DJ together. This was when I produced the "Post-Punk-Progressive-Pop-Party" on Hofstra University's Radio station. I was at the helm for fifteen years, and Martin's visit was one of the highlights of my broadcasting career. God BlessYou Martin.
I miss music like this also, I was about 10 years old when this performance happened. But I remember my older and brothers listening to The Human League. I especially remember the videos on MTV when I was in junior high for Human and Don't You Want Me Baby. Susan I do want you! lol
How they got to sync three reel-to-reel tape recorders I shall never know. Brilliant.
I have been a fan of The Human League 1995-1998 and 2012-present.I have been in love with their male singer Philip Oakey in many years.He is so hot .I am from Finland and was born on 10th November 1980.So I was not even 1 year old when this video was made.Philip Oakey was very hot when he still had hair.
I love this track.....I love Human League....so cool....such a big part of my youth in the 80s
Saw them last night in Cambridge and there were pure genius. Best gig I have ever been to. Human League were a major part of my youth and so inspirational Must see them again
Man this was cutting edge back then , and still sounds good . Fair balls to ya Phil and co !!
Love this 80s group and the babes always dressed up nice to, Great Stuff !
I was in love with Phil Oakey... they were amazing
Wow 30 years ago! where has the time gone? and the good music :(
Great song. I still dance to this.
OOOoooooohhh ! I was there for this back then.
I'm proud to say that the Human League are my favourite all time pop group and as a Yorkshireman
I'm even more proud they are from Sheffield, they were (are) soooo cooool.
Thanks; I found that out after a little reseach, but all the same Thanks.
Regards Ripper
I saw Phil in Pizza Express once and on his Laverda. Super cool.
luv this song ... luv phil and the band ... luv the girls ...
Great song. I loved the whole New Romantic/synthpop era. The way the girls are dancing was the way of things pretty much on the dancefloor for that time.
First time I ever heard of the human league.♥️
My fave Human League track... fabulous. And by the way, it was a great time to be young.
so great to see: those tapes rolling, the simple synths, those 2 girls dancing & the great Phil Oakey peering out from behind that classic hair~style .. this was so exciting this period ..basic but inventive ..it seemed to be leading somewhere, but ended up being 'it'.
Great song!!
It's still so cool today!!
One of my favorite club songs from the early 80's. I always loved the looks of the backup girls, the viddy brings back fond memories of growing up in D.C.during Reagan's reign of terror.
When I was 16, I was so into OMD, i felt as it I was "letting them down" by "getting into" and loving this track ... How pathetic !.
OMD still remain my favourite band of all time. It's about time they released another album. English Electric is so 2013 ;-D
Like they would give a fuck!
OMD would probably approve :-)
You traitor,they will find you eventually!!!
You were so lucky to see Kraftwerk! I'm really pleased you have fond memories of Sheffield. It was a great place to grow up and is still a great place to live.
Moz! Just seen this at the warm up vid for the Morrissey tour - man that guy has excellent taste.
Again another brilliant HL song, i loved the way the girls & Phil looked in early 81 before massive success affected them. Dare is a classic album.
always one of my favourite human league songs. that song is still really futuristic. love it.
saw them in 1981 live in Guildford, God this brings back memories :-)
Saw them live last night, 15 Aug 09 and were awesome. I love this song live.
27 Years................oh dear, yes very hard to beleive, and I and my wife have seen them at least every other year since, including 2006. Love them
OMG this really brings back memories...i can remember having this on my decks and trying to dance to this hahaha
fooking brill
Awesome band love that new romantics sound early 80s.seen the band not long ago, still great.
I loved this.......real music......good times too.
This song used to scare me when I was ten !! lol.....awesome now very deep
This song is the crossover of the two human league sounds in my opinion and one of the best!!!
Great song. It really takes you places.......
was 12 at the time,and fell in love with Joanne Catherall,i think i still am. Great song.
I love 80's music, but still love some of todays music, especially when some of it sounds very much like 80's stuff. Just getting into Ashes to Ashes the BBC series set in the 80's, music fantastic.
Ah the memories of Romeo and Juliets in Sheffield dancing to this.... Good times :)
First record I ever bought. Had to buy a new one the next day cos i played it so much I wore out the grooves! No, really!! Still love it/The League as much now as I did then. Awesome sound.
I had my hair exactly like Phil....couldn't see out of one eye but I thought it was cool. ha ha.
The League is so solid! This is one of thier many stellar tunes. Joanne is adorable. Go Rand Paul!