The Human League

Released: September 8, 1986

Songwriter: David Eiland

Producer: Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis

Swang

[Verse 1:]
Grab your partner
Swang her round
Swang that girl all upside-down
And if that girl won't
Swang with me
I'll swang me another girl, yes sirree
Swang me a girl
Who thinks she's cool
Swang her 'til her face turns blue
And if that girl can't
Swang with me
I'll swang me another girl, yes sirree

[Chorus:]
Swang
Real city dancing
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Swang
Real city dancing
Yeah

Now turn that girl all upside down and

[Hook:]
Swang, swang, swang, do it
Swang, swang, swang, yeah
Swang, swang, swang, do it
Swang, swang, swang

[Verse 2:]
Swang me a girl
Who thinks she's down
Swang her face across the ground
And if that girl can't
Swang with me
I'll swang me another girl, yes sirree
Swang me a girl
With brown eyes deep
Swang her 'til she starts to weep
And if that girl can't
Swang with me
I'll swang me another girl, yes sirree

[Chorus:]
Swang
Real city dancing
Yeah, yeah, yeah
And I've got to do that
Swang
Real city dancing
Yeah

Now turn that girl all upside down and

[Hook:]
Swang, swang, swang, do it
Swang, swang, swang, yeah
Swang, swang, swang, do it
Swang, swang, swang
Come on, people
Swang, swang, swang

Well I'll be dancing
Across the floor
'Cause I like to
Swang, swang, swang, yeah
And, yes, she digs me
She wants some more, so I'll

Swang, swang, swang, do it
Swang, swang, swang, ooh
Swang, swang, swang, yeah
Swang, swang, swang

Swang

Swang

Come on and swang

Everybody grab a girl and let's do it

Swang

Hey

Hey you

Swang

Let's do it

You can do it

Swang

Well I'll be dancing
Across the floor
'Cause I like to
Swang
Do you like it
Yeah
Let's do it
And then they'll come up
And ask for more, so I'll

Swang

Come on, people

You can do it

Everybody

Swang

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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