Released: August 11, 1986
Songwriter: Jimmy Jam Terry Lewis
Producer: Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis
"Human" is a song recorded by British synthpop band The Human League. It was released as the first single from their 1986 album Crash. The track was written and produced by US producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. Background In 1985 the recording sessions for the Human League's fifth album were not going well; and the band did not like the results which was causing internal conflict. Virgin Records executives, worried by the lack of progress from their at-the-time most-profitable signing Read more on Last.fm.
Length: 3:47
Come on, baby, dry your eyes
Wipe your tears
Never like to see you cry
Won't you please forgive me
I wouldn't ever try to hurt you
I just needed someone to hold me
To fill the void while you were gone
To fill this space of emptiness
[Chorus: Philip Oakey]
I'm only human
Of flesh and blood I'm made
Human
Born to make mistakes
[Verse 2: Philip Oakey]
So many nights I longed to hold you
So many times I looked and saw your face
Nothing could change the way I feel
No one else could ever take your place
[Chorus: Philip Oakey]
I'm only human
Of flesh and blood I'm made
Human
Born to make mistakes
(I am just a man) Human
(Human) Please forgive me
[Interlude: Joanne Catherall]
The tears I cry aren't tears of pain
They're all to hide my guilt and shame
I forgive you, now I ask the same of you
While we were apart, I was human too
[Chorus: Philip Oakey]
(Human
Human)
I'm only human
Of flesh and blood I'm made (I am just a man)
Human
Born to make mistakes
[Outro]
(Human
Human)
- Music Force (1986)
- Crash (1986)
- NOW That’s What I Call Music 8 [UK] (1986)
- Greatest Hits (1988 Version) (1988)
- Greatest Hits (1995 Version) (1995)
- Best of 80s 1986-1987 (2003)
- Classic Love (2016)
- Chilled Electronic 80s (2016)
- Don’t You Want Me
- Human
- Love Action
- The Sound Of The Crowd
- (Keep Feeling) Fascination
- Fascination
- Ringinglow
- Crow and a Baby
- Rock Me Again and Again and Again and Again and Again and Again (Six Times)
- Love Action (I Believe In Love)
- Words
- Gordon’s Gin
- Heart Like a Wheel (LP version)
- Filling Up With Heaven
- Kimi Ni Mune Kyun
- Don’t You Want Me (90's Inquisition mix)
- The Black Hit of Space
- Liar
- Fascination - Improvisation
- Men Are Dreamers
- Almost Medieval
- I’m Coming Back
- (Keep Feeling) Fascination (Extended)
- Swang