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The Real ThingThe Human League

Released: September 8, 1986

Songwriter: Steve Fellows Philip Oakey Jim Russell Ian Burden

Producer: Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis

[Chorus:]
La la la
Love is the real thing (You know)
Love is the real thing
La la la la (La love)
La la la
Love is the real thing (You know)
Love is the real thing
La la la la

[Verse 1:]
She is waiting in the office
For the bell to go
She is thinking of their meeting
Just a month ago
Now she's running through the people
Everyone's so slow
Now he holds her and he loves her
He tells her so and

[Chorus:]
La la la
Love is the real thing (You know)
Love is the real thing
La la la la (La love)
La la la
Love is the real thing (You know)
Love is the real thing
La la la la

[Verse 1:]
By the nightfall they have driven
From the world they know
She's so happy they're together
And their love will grow

[Bridge:]
And when you feel your chance has come
Who's going to throw it all away
And if there's someone left behind
You have to say that

[Chorus:]
La la la
Love is the real thing (You know)
Love is the real thing
La la la la (La love)
La la la
Love is the real thing (You know)
Love is the real thing
La la la la

[Chorus:]
La la la
Love is the real thing (You know)
Love is the real thing
La la la la (La love)
La la la
Love is the real thing (You know)
Love is the real thing
La la la la

[Instrumental Break]

[Bridge:]
And when you feel your chance has come
Who's going to throw it all away
And if there's some poor fool behind
They'll have to say

[Chorus:]
La la la
Love is the real thing (You know)
(Love is the real thing)
Love is the real thing
La la la la (La love)
La la la
Love is the real thing (You know)
(Love is the real thing)
Love is the real thing
La la la la

[Chorus:]
La la la
Love is the real thing (You know)
(Love is the real thing)
Love is the real thing
La la la la (La love)
La la la
Love is the real thing (You know)
(Love is the real thing)
Love is the real thing
La la la la

La la la
Love is the real thing (You know)
La la la la (La love)
La la la
Love is the real thing (You know)
Love is the real thing
La la la la

The Human League

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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