Songwriter: Philip Oakey Adrian Wright Ian Craig Marsh Martyn Ware
Producer: The Human League Richard Manwaring
Been out all night, I needed a bite
I thought I'd put a record on
I reached for the one with the ultra-modern label
And wondered where the light had gone
It had a futuristic cover, lifted straight from buck rogers
The record was so black it had to be a con
The auto changer switched as I filled my sandwich
And futuristic sounds warbled off and on
The black hit of space
It's the one without a face
It's the hit that doesn't fit
You can only see the flip
The black hit of space
Sucking in the human race
How can it stay at the top
When it's swallowed all the shops
As the song climbed the charts, the others disappeared
Till there was nothing but it left to buy
It got to number one, then into minus figures
Though nobody could understand why
The black hit of space
It's the one without a face
It's the hit that doesn't fit
You can only see the flip
The black hit of space
Sucking in the human race
How can it stay at the top
When it's swallowed all the shops
I couldn't stand this bland sound any more
So I walked towards my deck to turn it off
All I could see was the b-side of the disc
Which had assumed a dough nut shape
With the label on the outside rim
I reached for the arm which was less than one micron long
But weighed more than Saturn and time stood still
I knew I had to escape but every time I tried to flee
The record was in front of me
The black hit of space
Get James Burke on the case
It's the hit that's never gone
Time stops when you put it on
I thought I'd put a record on
I reached for the one with the ultra-modern label
And wondered where the light had gone
It had a futuristic cover, lifted straight from buck rogers
The record was so black it had to be a con
The auto changer switched as I filled my sandwich
And futuristic sounds warbled off and on
The black hit of space
It's the one without a face
It's the hit that doesn't fit
You can only see the flip
The black hit of space
Sucking in the human race
How can it stay at the top
When it's swallowed all the shops
As the song climbed the charts, the others disappeared
Till there was nothing but it left to buy
It got to number one, then into minus figures
Though nobody could understand why
The black hit of space
It's the one without a face
It's the hit that doesn't fit
You can only see the flip
The black hit of space
Sucking in the human race
How can it stay at the top
When it's swallowed all the shops
I couldn't stand this bland sound any more
So I walked towards my deck to turn it off
All I could see was the b-side of the disc
Which had assumed a dough nut shape
With the label on the outside rim
I reached for the arm which was less than one micron long
But weighed more than Saturn and time stood still
I knew I had to escape but every time I tried to flee
The record was in front of me
The black hit of space
Get James Burke on the case
It's the hit that's never gone
Time stops when you put it on
more tracks from the album
From the album
- Travelogue (1980)
The Human League popular songs
- Don’t You Want Me
- Human
- Love Action
- The Sound Of The Crowd
- (Keep Feeling) Fascination
- Fascination
- Sky
- (Keep Feeling) Fascination (Improvisation)
- Egomaniac
- 122.3 BPM
- Love On The Run
- Rock ‘n’ Roll / Night Clubbing
- Get Carter
- Love Is All That Matters
- The Sign
- Tom Baker
- Life on Your Own (Extended Version)
- Boys and Girls
- Are You Ever Coming Back?
- Rock Me Again And Again And Again And Again…
- Morale... You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling
- Rebound
- Do Or Die
- The Sound of the Crowd (extended Family vocal mix)