The Human League are Philip Oakey, Joanne Catherall and Susanne Sulley - founders Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh left in 1980 to form Heaven 17
Don’t You Want Me? is their biggest selling single - it was the biggest selling single of 1981 and has sold 1.5m to date.
The League were voted Best Newcomers at the 1982 Brit Awards
"It is... because of the League's knowing, slick superficiality and superfluousness, their wellmade void, that I cleave to them. Their LP, Dare, gives up neither heartfullness nor deathmanship. There's no edge of passion or despair, not even flash or raucous good times. Dare gives up nothing at all. It remains a pure beat-for-itself... In a historical and relative sense, then, I would contend that the Human League are the first true "white disco", if one understands that "white" in this context refers to the appropriation of an original style – "black" as in r'n'b, soul, blues, or funk – by amateur enthusiasts (or opportunists, or both) who recombine, reduce, and simplify the primary elements."
| Date | Title, Artist, (Label) | Peak Position | Weeks | Weeks at No.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/05/1980 |
HOLIDAY 80 (DOUBLE SINGLE)HUMAN LEAGUE (Virgin SV 105) |
56 | 5 | 0 |
| 21/06/1980 |
EMPIRE STATE HUMANHUMAN LEAGUE (Virgin VS 351) |
62 | 2 | 0 |
| 28/02/1981 |
BOYS AND GIRLSHUMAN LEAGUE (Virgin VS 395) |
48 | 4 | 0 |
| 02/05/1981 |
THE SOUND OF THE CROWDHUMAN LEAGUE (Virgin VS 416) |
12 | 10 | 0 |
| 08/08/1981 |
LOVE ACTION (I BELIEVE IN LOVE)HUMAN LEAGUE (Virgin VS 435) |
3 | 13 | 0 |
| 10/10/1981 |
OPEN YOUR HEARTHUMAN LEAGUE (Virgin VS 453) |
6 | 9 | 0 |
| 05/12/1981 |
DON'T YOU WANT MEHUMAN LEAGUE (Virgin VS 466) |
1 | 13 | 5 |
| 09/01/1982 |
BEING BOILEDHUMAN LEAGUE (EMI FAST 4) |
6 | 9 | 0 |
| 06/02/1982 |
HOLIDAY 80 (DOUBLE SINGLE)HUMAN LEAGUE (Virgin SV 105) |
46 | 5 | 0 |
| 20/11/1982 |
MIRROR MANHUMAN LEAGUE (Virgin VS 522) |
2 | 10 | 0 |
| 23/04/1983 |
(KEEP FEELING) FASCINATIONHUMAN LEAGUE (Virgin VS 569) |
2 | 9 | 0 |
| 05/05/1984 |
THE LEBANONHUMAN LEAGUE (Virgin VS 672) |
11 | 7 | 0 |
| 30/06/1984 |
LIFE ON YOUR OWNHUMAN LEAGUE (Virgin VS 688) |
16 | 6 | 0 |
| 17/11/1984 |
LOUISEHUMAN LEAGUE (Virgin VS 723) |
13 | 10 | 0 |
| 23/08/1986 |
HUMANHUMAN LEAGUE (Virgin VS 880) |
8 | 8 | 0 |
| 22/11/1986 |
I NEED YOUR LOVINGHUMAN LEAGUE (Virgin VS 900) |
72 | 1 | 0 |
| 15/10/1988 |
LOVE IS ALL THAT MATTERSHUMAN LEAGUE (Virgin VS 1025) |
41 | 5 | 0 |
| 18/08/1990 |
HEART LIKE A WHEELHUMAN LEAGUE (Virgin VS 1262) |
29 | 5 | 0 |
| 07/01/1995 |
TELL ME WHENHUMAN LEAGUE (East West YZ 882CD1) |
6 | 9 | 0 |
| 18/03/1995 |
ONE MAN IN MY HEARTHUMAN LEAGUE (East West YZ 904CD1) |
13 | 8 | 0 |
| 17/06/1995 |
FILLING UP WITH HEAVENHUMAN LEAGUE (East West YZ 944CD) |
36 | 2 | 0 |
| 28/10/1995 |
DON'T YOU WANT ME (REMIX)HUMAN LEAGUE (Virgin VSCDT 1557) |
16 | 3 | 0 |
| 20/01/1996 |
STAY WITH ME TONIGHTHUMAN LEAGUE (East West EW 020CD) |
40 | 2 | 0 |
| 11/08/2001 |
ALL I EVER WANTEDHUMAN LEAGUE (Papillon BTFLYS 0012) |
47 | 1 | 0 |
| Date | Title, Artist, (Label) | Peak Position | Weeks | Weeks at No.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31/05/1980 |
TRAVELOGUEHUMAN LEAGUE (Virgin V 2160) |
16 | 42 | 0 |
| 22/08/1981 |
REPRODUCTIONHUMAN LEAGUE (Virgin V 2133) |
34 | 23 | 0 |
| 24/10/1981 |
DAREHUMAN LEAGUE (Virgin V 2192) |
1 | 72 | 4 |
| 17/07/1982 |
LOVE AND DANCINGLEAGUE UNLIMITED ORCHESTRA (Virgin OVED 6) |
3 | 52 | 0 |
| 19/05/1984 |
HYSTERIAHUMAN LEAGUE (Virgin V 2315) |
3 | 18 | 0 |
| 20/09/1986 |
CRASHHUMAN LEAGUE (Virgin V 2391) |
7 | 6 | 0 |
| 12/11/1988 |
GREATEST HITSHUMAN LEAGUE (Virgin HLTV 1) |
3 | 24 | 0 |
| 29/09/1990 |
ROMANTIC?HUMAN LEAGUE (Virgin V 2624) |
24 | 2 | 0 |
| 04/02/1995 |
OCTOPUSHUMAN LEAGUE (East West 4509987502) |
6 | 12 | 0 |
| 11/11/1995 |
GREATEST HITSHUMAN LEAGUE (Virgin CDV 2792) |
28 | 8 | 0 |
| 18/08/2001 |
SECRETSHUMAN LEAGUE (Papillon BTFLYCD 0019) |
44 | 1 | 0 |
| 27/09/2003 |
THE VERY BEST OFHUMAN LEAGUE (Virgin HLCDX2) |
24 | 3 | 0 |
| 02/04/2011 |
CREDOHUMAN LEAGUE (Wall Of Sound WoOS85CD) |
44 | 1 | 0 |
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