Released: May 7, 1984

Songwriter: Philip Oakey

Producer: Hugh Padgham

It's a beautiful night
A cool breeze in the air
Got the keys to my car
But I don't want to go nowhere
I'm not at all bored
But I've plenty of time to spare
There's only one thing that I know
Would take me there

I've got one thing to say to you
I guess you just don't realise
When you see me look at me
There's more than friendship in my eyes

Don't you know I want you
Don't you know I want you

You can really get a buzz
Hanging out with the cool and free
You can act like a monarch
Or a pillar of the bourgeoisie
Anything you want to do
I'm never going to disagree
But I've got a point of view
How about a little sympathy

I've got one thing to say to you
I guess you just don't realise
When you see me look at me
There's more than friendship in my eyes

Don't you know I want you
Don't you know I want you

Don't you know I want you
Don't you know I want you
Don't you know I want you
Don't you know I want you

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.