View All
Specials Depeche Mode Cyndi Lauper Tears For Fears Squeeze Blondie
View All
1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984
View All
Songs in Movies One-Hit Wonders Modern Song Soundalikes Evil Twins Headscratchers Summer Songs
Song Commentaries
All
Video Commentaries
All Hungry Like the Wolf Safety Dance Take On Me Rock Me Amadeus Down Under Girls Just Want To Have Fun
Themes
All Fempowerment Synth Pop vs New Wave New Wave Influencers Devo vs Oingo Boingo
Album Analyses
Duran Duran Blondie
Synth & Swagger
Over 60 new wave articles, 5 music video commentaries & more
🔖
Bookmarked
👤Vault
login

Synth & Swagger
New wave and '80s music authority

The Human League

Artist Spotlight

In Leagues Of Their Own
Before Dare, the Human League sounded radically different. Discover how a little-known 1979 single foreshadowed both Heaven 17's soulful sophistication and Human League Mark II's synthpop breakthrough in the 80s.

Article Sections

Deep Cuts ('79 to '81) - Featuring The Black Hit of Space
Synthpop - How's It Different From Other New Wave? - Featuring Fascination
Evil Twins: the Most Wicked New Wave Songs & Their Tamer Twins - Featuring I Am The Law
Songs About Other Musicians - Featuring Mirror Man
Songs About Work, Jobs & Labor - Featuring Dreams Of Leaving
Best Covers of New Wave Songs - Featuring Don't You Want Me
Headscratchers 2: More of New Wave's Weirdest Songs - Featuring Circus of Death
Songs of 1981 - Featuring Don't You Want Me
Collaborations - Featuring Together In Electric Dreams

Explore More

Depeche Mode
Gary Numan
Soft Cell
COMMENTARIES
The Human League add deep grooves to their repertoire
Closest Dare song to their early days
(0 sec)
Kraftwerk synths melded with a pop song
(0 sec)
Middle ground between early Human League and Don't You Want Me
(0 sec)
See what's in the Vault Vault login