The Human League ~ Documentary 

Well I am an black American and I love Human League. My favorite song is Human. Love the song and love the band. Thanks.

Phil you may never know how many Americans really love Human League, but we are here-still listening to your records 30+ years later!

Iconic band. Phil and the Ladies are so down to earth and approachable. Sheffields finest.

'Dare' is not only the greatest electronic album ever, but also one of the greatest British albums of all time. It's truly a masterpiece and every song on it still sounds terrific. If Don't you want me? was released for the first time now, it would go straight to Number One.

The Human League such an awesome band...who is still listening in 2019?

Phil is so humble. His voice carries the band.

2020..."I still love you." I'm still a fan. Still listening.

Phil has certainly aged well. What a handsome man.

I'm American and I loved The Human League during the 80's, all my friends too.

I'm American, and I got them right away! Bought the cassette and played it so much I replaced it 3 times! I'm still hooked, plus, Phil is the best looking guy, hair or not, and seems like such a nice, genuine guy! Love them!

Had the privilege to see The Human League three times in concert - Crawley, Brighton Dome and Bournemouth. I cancelled a holiday in Spain to see them at Crawley, and I don't regret it to this day !! Always came away with a sore throat due to singing to the songs. Fantastic band. Thank you to The Human League for giving me years of musical pleasure 👍

Phil you are talented. And you don’t realise the impact you have had on so many peoples lives. You certainly impacted my life in a very positive way. You have been the soundtrack to my life x

When you are at that age, at the right time and in the right place these songs and sounds stay with you and never grow old , long live the league

His voice live is still something. Four decades on, still the very best of 80’s music.

I loved "Human" the first time I listened to it, in my teen days. I'm 49, and I'm still a Human League's fan.

I'm shocked to hear Phil didn't think they were good musicians. They sure had me fooled! 'Human' is my favorite. Great song!

"Don't You Want Me", "Fascination", "The Mirror Man", "Electric Dreams" & "Human" bring back memories for me growing up in the 80's. Classics.

Saw them live in 1987...they were awesome and it was a pleasant suprise to see an actual drummer touring with them.

America DOES love the Human League! We would love to have them back.

Watched them live tonight in Brisbane Australia, their music bought back many memories of my teenage years growing up in the UK. Amazing group , and sound no different to how they did 40 plus years ago .

This song came out when I was 20 years old. Human was a huge hit on the R&B Charts back when it came out. I lived in Washington D.C. at the time. My friends and I were young black men and we were like this song was a killer. So yes it was huge in the black communities. We didn't care who sang the song, it was great. 👍🏾 When MTV and Video Soul used to play videos I would just let me VCR record while I was out of the house. I watched the recorded video and Human was on it. 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 It is still in my music rotation weekly and I'm 57 years old. Extended Acapella version, Extended instrumental, and Extended vocal. 💪🏾

brought us a lot of joy in the 80's, still googling 30 years later, obviously made an impact

Hey...I'm American and I freaking LOVE you guys! Human League was awesome! I'm still listening to your music and reliving my youth every time I hear your songs! ☺

I'm American and loved The Human League - At 13 years old I couldn't afford to buy whole albums but 'Don't You Want Me' was one of the first 45s that I ever bought. Being so young I was, of course, very impressionable and the way Philip Oakey dressed had a huge influence on my concept of fashion and style -- really for the rest of my life when I think about it. Not in a static unchanging way, of course, but the way one's style evolves is derivative of what came before. It is difficult for me to conceptualize how my personal style and what I gravitated to would have been different had I not spent hours looking at pictures of him at that time because it was so foundational for me. If you ever happen to read this, Philip, thank you!

Phil is a champion.... Some of the best most timeless tracks in history. Keep feeling fascination:)

I've been a huge fan since I was a child in the 80s. The sound, the make up, the whole look. Absolutely timeless. Thank you for such a rather special sound. I play you to this day xx

What's not to love about the Human League? Easily my fave Synth band and the pleasure they gave me back in the day is immeasurable.

I love human league. Top 5 of my childhood. Listened to my cassettes everyday.. got me through some seriously tough times.. Human..... Still have a poster hanging on the wall 30 yrs later 💞🎶

American's like me love Human League. WLIR forever

Phil - you’re absolutely wrong about the band not being popular in America. I grew up in Houston Texas and HL was very much a part of the soundtrack of our lives. Your music was fresh, mysterious, uplifting and inspiring. Thank you so much for all that you have done!

Im amazed at how many great records they made, really strong songs, lovely to see Phil again, he appears to be so laid back that the music industry has not ruined his life like a lot of artists

As a Samoan kid growing up in New Zealand,breakdancing & collecting records,I bought every one of your albums...you just knew good music..color didn't mean shit...still doesn't...I wasn't "im into this genre or hate that genre"...I was a music lover with individual taste of great songs/bands/artists...loved the 80s as much as any decade...holds great memories & timeless tracks...word up!

This music will still be played well into the future. Timeless.

I still think, after all these years, that "Don't You Want Me" is one of the greatest and most ground-breaking music videos of all time

What a modest guy.

Phil, you are my hero, you aren't full of yourself and you look from the outside in, what a man ❤️

I'm from America and I bought your albums. the Human League is one of my favorite bands and Human is my favorite song by you guys.

Susan and Joanne are the New Wave Betty and Veronica. One flaxen, one raven, both beautiful.

Thank God for Cleveland college radio, who played this stuff way before MTV. That Human song, still gives me chills, 35 years later.

I'm American & I understand you. Always have, since the early 80's. "Human" has always been my favorite track too, something warm & sentimental about it.

Phil easily won me over with his humble insights, God bless him I say

Miss the 80's New Romantic genre

Are you kidding?? LOTS of us in America LOVED THL.

I loved the Fascination video clip, very ahead of the time. The spot on the map is something you don't forget.

Bloody great retrospective. Reminded me at just how brilliant HL is. Time to revisit their catalogue....

I remember playing the "Dare" album in my art class in 1982 and everyone saying "What is this?? It's awesome!!" because they'd never heard anything like it. It was so innovative and new. Especially "Love Action" because of all the cool sounds in it. I loved when they released "Love And Dancing" with the remixes and being able to hear all those synthesizers in all their glory! I wish they would have included a remix of "Darkness" though.

You don’t speak for all of America. You guys are a symbol of my childhood. Still a fan!!!

America DID too love you and STILL DOES!

Loved the late 70's , 80's music. Soundtrack of my youth!

I've always found Phil to be such a humble and down to earth guy. He seems so open about how things were. So refreshing.

"Human" was a great track. I remember loving it as a 10 yr old in 1986.

Exellent Electro Band,..they revolutionized Pop back in the 80'es, Time flies and it's still awesome hit-songs...thanx guys !

Phil you are just so gorgeous. You were in the eighties and you are even more so now. Love you for the person you are, the voice you have and your incredibly beautiful, warm kind eyes. You are beautiful inside and out. You are my favourite person of all time. You made my teen years so special in the eighties.

The absolute legendary band of the '80s :) Great Doco!!!!

Phil, all the American continent love you! I listen to your songs since I was a kid and they remind me of such good things...of my beloved mother. I love you❤❤❤

Damn, Phil Oakey is a super humble guy. Just makes you appreciate his music that much more!

I loved the Human League as a child who grew up at the beginning of MTV they were all over the place and I loved everything that they put out

My best friend and I went to a "80's Revival " concert in the early 90's . Human League was sandwiched between Howard Jones and Boy George. It was like 3 in the afternoon at the Wisconsin State Fair in Milwaukee Wisconsin. We drove an hour from a more rural town. We Loved Human League! When Joanne had her turn at the Mic, we stood up and screamed at the Top of our lungs...Go Joanne!!!!!!! She heard us and appreciated our aknowledgement!!! She waved and smiled and almost interrupted her "Working as a waitress" lyrics!! We felt she needed more recognition lol. One of my favorite memories. She gave us a shout out, and seemed surprised that these kids from rural Wisconsin could possibly even be so aware of who she was!!

I have loved Human league from day one. Thank you for your music and I love you all ❤💫💜

Love Phil he is such a wonderful guy. Lucky enough to have met him a few times.

Human League and Soft Cell literally tore up the charts in 1981/82...They cut across many lines of music and songs like "Don't you Want me" and "tainted Love" have become iconic today. Compared to....21 Pilots and other craphole bands in this day and age. The closest group to human league today would probably be the Naked and Famous.

I lived for "Love Is All That Matters"!! That song played on repeat constantly. ❤❤❤

I like that a good chunk of this documentary is covering the amazing Human League music videos and Electric Dreams directed by Steve Barron. Barron directed some of the most legendary music videos - Michael Jackson - Billie Jean, Aha - Take On Me, Dire Straits - Money For Nothing, just to name a few. If that wasn't enough, for kids of my generation, he also directed the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie. Steve Barron is not a household name but he definitely deserves more recognition.

One of my all time favorite bands. American here.

I just love him, so down to earth, I think he's a talented guy

I lived in Sheffield during the early eighties. Great city and great times indeed!

Great pioneers in electronic!!new order,kraftwerk,unmatched even today's music can't duplicate it!!so glad I lived in this time

I’m 37. I loved this band, still do!

Revisiting the hundreds of 80,s albums I bought The Human League albums stand up as good or better than most. Well ahead of their time and I hope they grow in stature in America over the years. Deserved more big albums here

Phil. What a down to earth genius. Ive always loved this band.

I never realized before, what a cool guy Phil Oakey is.

Oh good grief I am an American and I have loved them since I first heard them in 5th grade (1982)!

Thank you for posting this,,,,I was an American in England from 1980-82,,,,I went to England a fan of the classic rock bands and artists,,,,in England the "New Romantics" were starting to come on the scene,,,like Human League,,,,,Top Of The Pops was an enigma to me and seeing these groups made most of us ask, "WTF??" It was a while before any of us could admit we liked any of it,,,I remember seeing Ultravox do their "Vienna" video,,,and we'd seen nothing like it,,,,and then the whole video thing came on big time. Adam Ant,,,, Duran Duran,,, all of that. Seeing Depeche Mode before they hit it in America was cool,,,,ultimately I, like my friends, embraced all of it,,,I loved the 80's. America loves you, Phil!

"HUMAN" was one of my all-time favorite songs !....so different than other songs ! Beautiful.

I think they were one of the most talented groups. I loved them right off. Human is still one of my favorite songs to listen to.

I'm an American who loved Human League! I had all their albums (cassette tapes)! I attended a Christian College in the 80s so many of my friends didn't appreciate my New Wave tastes LOL!I My favorite THL song is "Louise"... Especially since I'm older now!

One of the best group of my lifetime. Still love the songs

80s...no decade like it. best music,best looking babes. whole Lotta positive energy and hope. the best decade all around. you just had to be there.

Their song Human was played on the R&B stations. I could attest to this because that’s where I first heard it. And of course on MTV. I am a huge fan of theirs!!

My favorite songs are: I Need Your Lovin, Human, Don't You Want Me, Fascination since I was a kid... and I'm Black and I loved Human League, Culture Club, Duran Duran, Wham, The Police, Phil Collins and Genesis! I was an 80's kid. Great music has no color!🥰

Im sorry bro I was that 11 year old black kid in 79 who loved" Don't you want me baby" and "fascination" later!The Black Community Loved the Human League and "Human" was is still one of all time top songs that I can sing till this day lol.

HOW refreshing to hear an established artist openly admitting their failures and limitations.He comes across as being very........HUMAN!.Fav single for me is "The Lebanon" but it MUST be the 12" version, especially the extended intro part.The guitar work is reminiscent in parts to "Public Image" by Public Image Ltd, perhaps not surprising with Jo Callis' background.Would have loved him to have detailed the, apparently NIGHTMARE conditions surrounding the follow up to "Dare", "HYSTERIA". So many changes to the producer, so many aurguments.Would love to know what Branson and Virgin thaught when they first heard it and WHY Virgin gave them so much time to themselves.....the result was almost inevitable!.

Absolutely LOVE Human League. My third all time band.

I'm an American and I enjoy your music. I have several of your albums and listen to them often.

Phil, you come across as such a nice and humble guy. Makes one believe in humanity.

My all-time favourite band. I love the fact that Empire State Human still sounds like it was made way in the future. AND IT MADE THE CHART! What happened to our charts?!

You were loved in America ... iconic songs in my high school years in the 1980s

I bought Dare when I was in high school. It wasn’t my favorite album, but I liked it more than I thought I would. I was into Roxy, and ABC and all the rest, early MTV.

Very modest Phil Oakley, no mention of your absolutely amazing voice. Just heard you live at Perth and you are still amazing ❤

DARE album still sounds good today. 'don't you want me' wasn't even considered for a single release by the band which is why it's almost the last track on DARE. 'sound of the crowd' & ' love action' still sound awesome today. Not many 'sexy Susans' still out there in 2018 😃

In my opinion, the best and most important british electronic act of the first half of the '80s, until Depeche Mode evolved and nearly conquered the world in 1986-1993

Thank you for sharing this delightful documentary of a gorgeous new wave band that everybody wanted to be with and of course fell in love with, as well.

This band had a major impact in America, especially the new field of 'video.' I graduated H.S. in '86. I suppose from the band's perspective, they may not feel that, but I remember differently. Great sounds and vids. And I forgot the groundbreaking of "Don't You Want Me?" of the time, until just hearing about it again here. Human League casts a long shadow; hope they know that.

Phil O. I brought your Human League records and I'm in the US lol true story. The 80's are gone but I still listen to the music from that era and always will.

Great talent and a slice of time and music that is so missed in these days of awful top 40 hip-hop and edm! Bring back these new wave synth days!

Still listen to Reproduction, Travelogue and Dare almost daily. Truly iconic sounds.

This was a very enjoyable documentary on and about The Human League. I still own their music cds. This Documentary took me down memory lane. Thank you

One of the precursors and fathers of the Synthpop. no doubt! Love it!

It was a great time to grow up in the late seventies just when people like Gary human,tubway army,ultravox with john foxx And the Human league were beginning to create modern electronic music...Numan was very much inspired by 'ultravox' Who used guitars but later on you saw many of them come away from using guitars and just using synths..Also Suicide with alan vega and martin rev must also be mentioned because they were also part of the electro new wave scene Along with Kraftwork,Classix nouveaux With 'robots dance' was also a very innovative modern music piece...Many people do not realize that a club scene was created in the late seventies which played music like,Bowie,bolan,roxy music...Steve strange And rusty egon had started up a club called 'The Blitz'...Where Tik And Tok began to create modern robotic dance forms long before break dancing took this form of dance....What came out of the seventies was a whole new form of Electonic music using synth sounds and the early drum machines which became the foundation for later Dance/rave music...The Human league were one of the main innovators of modern dance electronic music alog with Suicide which later influenced new forms of Electronic music calle techno and rave....Rave parties originated from disco and the club scene...Dj's were part of the gig performance era before they became the main characters of the modern dance rave scene...Live bands were out and the DJ was in...Bowie sand the song 'I am the Dj i am what i play'...It was very vibrant in those days everything was new and it was exciting....I am glad i grew up in the seventies to witness it all...It was a great era in london then being on the club circuit.

I love them as much as i did in the 80's!!