Human League

Sheffield electronic trio

Human League is a British synth-pop band formed in Sheffield in 1977, best known for the 1981 hit "Don't You Want Me." The group helped define the electronic pop sound of the early 1980s, blending synthesizers with catchy melodies.

Human League was all over the radio in '82.

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  • synthElectronic tone generator
  • 1980sFourth-to-last twentieth-century decade
  • SheffieldSouth Yorkshire manufacturing city
  • new waveEmerging trend or movement
  • electropopSynthesizer-based catchy music

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Opposites
musical instrumentation and production style

Human LeagueAC/DC

Attracted to both sexes

Guns N' Roses · Led Zeppelin · Def Leppard · Van Halen · hard rock

synthpop vs rock authenticity ideology

Human LeagueBruce Springsteen

The Clash · U2 · R.E.M. · The Smiths · Neil Young

coldness vs warmth in sound

Human Leaguesoul music

Passionate vocal genre, 1960s

Motown · Aretha Franklin · Al Green · Stevie Wonder · unplugged

Family

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G