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The Stars Are Going OutThe Human League

Released: September 17, 1990

Songwriter: Neil Sutton Philip Oakey

Producer: Mike “Spike” Drake

[Verse 1]
Naked under bedclothes
Fallen to the floor
Hot anticipation
Causes slumber to withdraw
Are you going out tonight?
Will the evening be alright or more?

[Chorus]
The stars are going out
The stars are going out
We used to be so hot
A million kilowatt or more

[Verse 2]
(Sifting through the)
(Sifting through the)
(Sifting through the)
(Sifting through the)

Sifting through the wreckage
At a hundred miles an hour
Searching for a night club
A source of worship power
Grabbing worn out cast off lovers
Throwing out a trail of need or more

[Verse 3]
I never called you baby
Made the necessary motion
Swallowed pride for peace of mind
While swimming in your ocean
I always had to fit
Or be aware of it or more

[Chorus]
The stars are going out
The stars are going out
We used to be so tough
But just not tough enough
That's all

The stars are going out
The stars are going out
We used to be so bad
But that was just a fad
That's all

The stars are going out
The stars are going out

The stars are going out
The stars are going out
We used to be so bright
But now we shake with fright
That's all

The stars are going out
The stars are going out
We used to be so bad
But that was just a fad
That's all

The stars are going out
The stars are going out
We used to be so tough
But just not tough enough
That's all

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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