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SecondsThe Human League

Released: October 16, 1981

Songwriter: Jo Callis Philip Oakey Philip Adrian Wright

Producer: Martin Rushent The Human League

All day
Hiding from the sun
Waiting for the golden one
Waiting for your fame
After the parade has gone

Outside was a happy place
Every face had a smile like the golden face
For a second
Your knuckles white as your fingers curl
The shot that was heard around the world
For a second

It took seconds of your time to take his life
It took seconds
It took seconds of your time to take his life
It took seconds
It took seconds of your time to take his life
Seconds of your time to take his life
Seconds
Seconds

It took seconds of your time to take his life
It took seconds
It took seconds of your time to take his life
It took seconds
For a second

It took seconds of your time to take his life
It took seconds
It took seconds of your time to take his life
It took seconds
For a second

It took seconds of your time to take his life
Seconds of your time to take his life
For a second
For a second
For a second

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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