The Human League

Released: September 8, 1986

Songwriter: Philip Oakey Jim Russell Ian Burden

Producer: Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis

[Verse 1:]
Don't delay today
You've got to join the party
There's no choice
Your voice will join the sound sound sound sound
Light the flame
Our aim, let's get the whole thing started
Tell your friends attend
Look what we've found
And if you're scared or unaware
There's no one here who'll put you down
Don't be afraid
You make the grade
Don't hesitate
Come into town

Come on

[Chorus:]
Everyone is going to party, party
Everyone is going to party, yeah

[Verse 2:]
That's the place, our base
Will make the whole world welcome
No one cares what you wear
Just come on down
You'll be there and you will share
With people all around
And you'll be strong
'Cause you belong
To everyone you've found

I said come on
I said

[Chorus:]
Everyone is going to party, party
Everyone is going to party, yeah

[Chorus:]
Everyone is going to party, party
Everyone is going to party, yeah

And I say yeah

Come on

[Chorus:]
Everyone is going to party, party
Everyone is going to party, yeah

Come on
Everyone is going to party, party
Come on
Everyone is going to party - yeah

The Human League are a synth pop band from Sheffield, England, formed in 1977. They generated a string of synthesizer-backed dance pop hits throughout the 80s. David Bowie dubbed the group “the sound of the future” in 1981.

The band is best known for its third studio album released in 1981, Dare! The fourth single from Dare, “Don’t You Want Me,” catapulted to #1 in the UK and US.

Phil Oakey is the only core member of the group. The band’s first incarnation was as an arty all-male synthesizer group, composed of Oakey, Martyn Ware, and Ian Craig Marsh. In the 1980s, Ware and Marsh left the group after continued conflicts with Oakey—they went on to form Heaven 17.

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