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The Things That Dreams Are Made OfThe Human League

Released: October 16, 1981

Songwriter: Philip Adrian Wright Philip Oakey

Producer: The Human League Martin Rushent

Take time to see the wonders of the world
To see the things you've only ever heard of
Dream life the way you think it ought to be
See things you thought you'd never ever see

Take a cruise to China or a train to Spain
Go 'round the world again and again
Meet a girl on a boat, meet a boy on a train
And fall in love without the pain

Everybody needs love and adventure
Everybody needs cash to spend
Everybody needs love and affection
Everybody needs 2 or 3 friends

These are the things, these are the things
The things that dreams are made of
These are the things, these are the things
The things that dreams are made of

Take a lift to the top of the Empire State
Take a drive across the Golden Gate
March, march, march across Red Square
Do all the things you've ever dared

Everybody needs love and adventure
Everybody needs cash to spend
Everybody needs love and affection
Everybody needs 2 or 3 friends

These are the things, these are the things
The things that dreams are made of
These are the things, these are the things
The things that dreams are made of
Like fun and money and food and love
And things you never thought of
These are the things, these are the things
The things that dreams are made of

New York, ice cream, TV, travel, good times
Norman Wisdom, Johnny, Joey, Dee Dee, good times

These are the things, these are the things
The things that dreams are made of
These are the things, these are the things
The things that dreams are made of
These are the things (everybody needs love and adventure)
These are the things
The things that dreams are made of
These are the things (everybody needs love and adventure)
These are the things
The things that dreams are made of
These are the things (everybody needs love and adventure)
These are the things
The things that dreams are made of
These are the things (everybody needs love and adventure)
These are the things
The things that dreams are made of

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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