HUMAN LEAGUE - I NEED YOUR LOVING

[78KevinHayes]

Happy 49th to Joanne Catherall

[jzebraa]

Unless you lived it like I did, they will never understand how great "Golden" this song is.-jzebraa 2011

[jennyj54]

oh my days what the hell is this wrong song i want the original ravers song this is poooo

[Mrfluffywhiterabbit]

It's still hard to believe that the clothes they wore was "fashionable" back then..Yikes!

[mcdavidlb]

This track was produced by FlyteTyme Productions ... Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis

[senorverde09]

A group of synthpop Brits doing a Minneapolis R&B style song... Who would have thought? 

[goldeneagle97]

This has a sound similar to the Minneapolis R&B sound of the mid-80s

[bhkidd]

And Suzanne is STILL smokin' hot!!!

[bhkidd]

The first time I ever heard this, I lost $20 betting that it was not the Human League. It was such a departure. Then I saw the video and was like "DAMN, get on with your bad selves!!!" I know they don't look back fondly on this album, but I know a bunch of people who loved this song.

[tinkerbellys]

I am a big fann and I am 13 but I was watching one of their interviews and Phil doesn't think hes good looking?! He's always and still is hot and fit dangg! I am so glad I heard them on the radio =}

[nishizaki66]

I love this song.  It should have been a hit. It brings back great memories!!!!

[jerhayra]

this song is a funky redemption!! I love jam & lewis!! I love The human league !! To hell with all you haters who disagree!!!

[frankmunoz27]

I LOVE HUMAN LEAGUE!!!

[sillybearwagon]

Has Janet Jackson ever performed this song? Honest question. And I like this song, it's at the same time funny and cool. What radio stations play tends to not make sense, especially the last ten years. This song is supposed to be awful when most of the music played on radio today is complete crap?

[suntexistimo]

in this video Phil looks even hotter than in the other ones... impossible actually... :D 

[rixtur]

Although some like this song, It was way of the usual Human League beaten path. This entire album was one of their few regrets in music.

[Animateme3D]

The Human League are back! New song called Night People.

Their official website is

thehumanleague.co.uk

[JPMcFly1985]

I love mixing different music styles together (80s songs seemed to do that alot). This is like a new wave band doing a Janet Jackson type song. It sounds very 1986-87, I'm surprised it wasn't huge.

[luv2tha69s]

@JPMcFly1985 well this album was produced by jimmy jamm and terry lewis, producers of many janet jackson albums. I remember getting this album and being totally stoked that two of my fav artists collabed together to make this funky as shit!

[shmuli9]

I wonder if this song and 'What Have You Done for Me Lately' were written in the same session.

[panther0567]

Probably not the best song for this type of band (synth/new wave), but a good song nevertheless.

[thekorksta]

nice shoulder pads girls. Nobody escaped the dark side of the 80's

[jackieb376]

Human League was "fascinating"!!

[anxresi]

Not a terrible song by any means, but its not Human League. The dodgy video with too many close ups doesn't help either..

[zriitam]

Love this whole album thank god for Jimmy Jan and Terry lewis!

[victron6]

This song reminds me of a girl who left me in 1986, I was 27~music is the sound track of your life...

[iwanturmind2k]

I loved this song and as an dark american this was one of the songs that I really enjoy and brought a new audience for this great british group. I think that is what music is about unity and the growth to work with different types of artist. This is really funky and a great jam. SO PLEASE STOP HATEING!!!!! HATERS ;-)

[LuciferWasAnAngel]

HL are SO much better than this... they could have been remembered as the English Kraftwerk if it weren't for this drivel...

[Animateme3D]

Too much of an electronic brass horn sound on the album

[Jauly]

@Animateme3D if it would have been a jupiter 8 or oberheim, the brass sounds would have been fantastic, even synthesized but sadly, this was 1986, and everbody was torturing our ears with digital crap synths.

[depeche609]

Phil Oakey should have stayed away from Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. Phil's a f'ing genius songwriter, but this and the other Jimmy Jam song "Human" are the worst HL songs.

[TheNouveauxdecadence]

@depeche609

Um... If it were not for tracks like "Human".... There would be no Human League now. They gave HL a Number 1 hit and the ability to then move on and go back to synth pop. Pretentious idiots would hate this track. Yes, the CRASH album on a whole wasn't their best effort BUT this is one FINE and FUNKY dance classic!

[jerhayra]

@TheNouveauxdecadence I have to disagree. The CRASH album was fresh and to me was THEIR best effort. As i can recall, that album saved their career which is why they're still touring to this day.

[dragonitesden]

@depeche609 Fully Agree with that..wasn't it Phil who actually disliked/disowned the album on reflection, I remember him saying that in an interview somewhere, if only I could find that interview..

[Animateme3D]

Can't post

[Animateme3D]

The reason why

[Filmation77]

to this day i don't know why people hate on this song???

[DENo1MatchGameFan]

@Filmation77 I don't either, and the group also hated it as well! This is one of my favorites that should have gotten more airplay in the US! Jam and Lewis really know the funk here!

[MrYuppie]

Human League Goes MIAMI VICE!!!

[MrPhiloakey]

phil,i need your lovin'...

[oldman1966]

Oh God......wtf???

Sue looking very Vera Duckworth....eh chuck??

[chakoh1]

yeahhhh jimmy jam and Lewis !!!!!!

[Hubelyn]

This tune was a sign of the times,ie The Minneapolis sound, and pretty funky for a white british group !

[PhobiaGuy]

i'm a huge fan but this is so janet jackson's what have you done for me lately! sorry guys i hate it! and i hate saying that too!

altogether..."what have you done for me lately"

[thepracticaljoker]

@PhobiaGuy Same producers mate. Both done by Jam and Lewis hence the familiar sound. I do prefer "what have you done for me lately" though.

[666stoat]

I can`t keep still when i hear this, I spilt my tea!!

[Animateme3D]

The Human League signed to UK recording label Wall of Sound. New material (songs, videos, album, etc.) expected sometime in 2010!!!!!!

[salozmen29]

How can they go from such a masterpiece like Human to this?

[flilguy]

@salozmen29  I think this song is on the same album that Human was on. I like the song, athough the vocals are a little wack.

[hzlgrn0716]

Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis thank you for your production genius !

[kwyjoboy]

ha! todnyc is so right. this is absolutely awful. kate bush made the same mistake somewhere on the "red shoes" record. it's just hardly even the same band. it's true that yo can still see this happening today, but i think ( and hope) that today's producers have aquired subtlety as a tool so as not to leave the same kind of footprint. this sucks bigtime.

[Meduzi]

I really hatred this "US'd" up sound. There is nothing THL about it.

[sillybearwagon]

This is such a great song. It has a catchy tune and catchy lyricls. I know it is not one of Human League's best songs but it is very enjoyable. Why do some people put this song down like it is some... some Brittney Spears song?

[Tarantulisimo]

Actually, it was the whole "Minneapolis sound" movement that was ON FIRE at the time. What Jam/Lewis were doing with Janet & SOS & Human League & Herb Alpert, what Andre Cymone was doing with Jody Watley, what Jesse Johnson was doing solo & with TaMara & The Seen, Morris Days solo stuff etc., etc can all B traced back 2 Princes Minneapolis sound. Every producer out there was trying 2 copy this sound, as opposed 2 nowdays, when each producer(Akon The-Dream, DarkChild) has his own signature sound.

[Tarantulisimo]

Looking back, it seems kinda odd seeing The Human League doing this song, but back in the day, Jam/Lewis were ON FIRE as producers, & the CRASH album jumpstarted the Human League's DOA career. It's nothing new or old 2 seek out the hottest producer on earth at the time when U need a hit. True, the Jam/Lewis production is very indentifiable, & overpowering 2 a band like the League, but it's the same 2day...U can always pick out a Diddy production or an Akon production or a DarkChild production.

[BoldAndRestless]

This didn't get much airplay on MTV...I don't even remember seeing it there! I remember Night Tracks played it a few times, then it was gone. Too bad because it's one of HL's BEST!

[josefoish]

OH I NEED YOUR LOVE.....

[Brownlyne]

My absolute fave by 'Human League".

[visionofjohana]

SHOULDERPADS!!!!! WOOOO!!

[lobo5781]

I posted about a year ago.I like this song I just thought I was a totally different song than I'm used to hearing from them.

[lobo5781]

I posted about a year ago,

[MyZootCatchy]

super mega song for all times!

[modspell]

I keep waiting for Janet Jackson to come strutting out with Nasty Girls going on.

[todnyc]

yeah i know, this is terrible. i hate when groups let producers entirely CREATE the music. the only exception is SAW

[cheffdoggyy]

lol lol, that's funny because its the same producers.

[modspell]

Duh-- I meant "Nasty BOYS." It's been a long time :'(

[mikem1966]

ok ok, so i know at the time the Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis stuff was just what The league needed but to me itsstill dont sit right with all that they had done before and after.

[blueeyesofice]

he's darn hot. looks kinda like russel crowe here.

[patternshirt]

ah shoulderpads!

[ballsandhoops]

Buy their greatest hits on DVD has all their hits in original video format

so cool!

[chookter1]

Massive flop

[nancyddavis]

I will always love The Human League =)

[honeegrrl]

I still love this song to this day. Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis really made this track funky.

[andi064]

Contractual Obligation!

[AdamG1983]

LOL, was that really Ian doing backing vox at 0:42, 1:17 and 2:26? I can see why he left not too long after this. Video & Song = EPIC FAIL!!

[Madalyn96]

God, the fashion those days.

[RRydnew]

To those who dont get this song, this song BROUGHT THEM BACK to this hemisphere. Back in the day, they were almost out over here. this song played once and people bought the album. At least they have something called TALENT and that is extremely rare these days, bad song or NOT!

[suedesoulnatl]

Actually the huge hit "Human" put them back on the map followed up by this track...;o)...both of course produced by Jam and Lewis

[anxresi]

@RRydnew No, people bought the album because Human was a hit, certainly not because of this US influenced R & B nonsense. This song flopped on both sides of the Atlantic, BTW.

[toxiclite]

I love abnormal match ups like Human League with Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, B52's and Nile Rodgers, No Doubt and The Neptunes, Rhianna & Maroon 5, Jack White & Alicia Keys. Maybe Snoop should get with Trent Reznor.

[silverrbirchwood]

INYL was the moment when the Human League 'jumped the shark' and it nearly finished their careers. It was their worst single ever and bombed so bad even the band have disowned it now.

[nikkles88]

sad really I like this single.

[NYNYRaider]

LOL yup when they made the Crash album they had new producers...hence some different-sounding tracks. But seriosuly, best songs on this album, Love On The Run and Human.

[therealsoulproduct]

This song is funky! I don't care what anyone says, this track is the bomb! Screw all you haters.

[HOOSIERS35]

@therealsoulproduct I completely AGREE. This is the bomb! F-the haters.

[MrDrakeponder]

@therealsoulproduct hey i may hate it... but at least i'll get a screw outta it.....

[nouveauxdecadence]

These comments are so predictable that it's halarious!... Who cares, HL made a funk record, they didn't kill anyone for god sake's!.

YES, I love HL's synth/electronic material the best, it's HL's strength and what they are remarkeable at, but this is actually a good record and is what it is. I remember this track and vid VERY well from '86, and at the time to see HL back in any shape or form was a pure delight for me, so grow up folks! You try being in a band and lasting for 30 years then talk!

[PaulAllsop68]

Well said. This single was the record companys idea not THLs, they wanted Love Is All That Matters to be released as the second single from Crash, which they wrote not I Need Your Loving which they didnt. At the end of the day it is all about money and the label calls the shots. It is true that they have now disowned it and describe it as a contractual obligation and a mistake.

[toddgei]

I'm sorry, but Love is all that matters is a Jam and Lewis written track. The record company were concerned about the lack of progress of the album and the record company was concerned that they didnt have what they considered to be a single to release.

They sent them to work with Jam and Lewis, Jam and Lewis wrote three songs for them which ended up being the singles from the crash album Human, I need your loving and Love is all that matters.

[lobo5781]

sounds like a song more suited for Morris Day and the Time or that one hit wonder the 'Family'.

[electronic]

I just bought their album crash and be honest its not thatbad. This songs my favourite. Phil oakey sounds like a funky vampire! when he sings deep. I know maybe some people would disagree but I thinkI remember seeing some interviews in which they mentioned struggling with songs and ideas. It must be hard to try to deliver what people expect of you all of the time. Long live the league!

[dalerika]

I bought this. Was produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. They were hot at the time.

this track is not not the Human League we were used to but... got me movin up out of my seat

[pitochupon]

yes you are right

[pigsclips]

long way from travalogue and reproduction, still awesome all the same

[LunaSeaSane]

This is the kind of synth soul/funk/pop stuff that was used on U.S. sitcoms & talkshows.

Maybe they felt lost.

Maybe someone suggested it could be their big U.S. comeback after 'Dare'.

Maybe they just ran out of money and were in need of a quick fix, because... it is just so hard to understand under what light could this ever appear to be a good idea.

Well, love to them. Thank god this isn't now.

[rich975]

Joanne looks like Brigitte Nielsen here

[djbethell]

In the early days of Dare HL said that when the revolution came Funkapolitan would be put up against the wall and shot... ahem, someone forgot something a few years later to their great expense. This album wasn't called "Crash" by mistake. "Suicide" was the working title. And can everyone quit the black/white thing? It's totally boring and, yes, racist, no matter how you may kid yourselves it's not. "And that's a fact!"

[djbethell]

What a pile of shit! What were they thinking???!!! No song, horrendous clothes, Janet Jackson drudge (she did it that sound brilliantly on her own, by the way). Human League wanting to be something they never were. Two fingers up to all their fans. What a complete flop this album was, and deservedly so. Hysteria was bad enough but by Crash they really were in full pile-up on the motorway. Shame we all had to witness it. They blew it!

[HappiWho]

Human League were awesome in the early 80s, but how could they go from the utter awesomeness of "Dont You Want Me", to this piece of crap. Human League ARE GREAT, but this song sucks.

[chicorganisation]

I'm loving Susan gurning at 0:41. Not her finest hour!

[SeriesFourRocks]

I prefer their early 80s stuff, far cooler!

[xxxfunk]

Some Fans and people in the industry secretly protested calling the pairing of Jam and Lewis producing the Human League a MIXMATCH before hearing a note, we see AS USUAL they were WRONG, TRUE this song MIGHT have been too funky for them, but ALL of you would be surprise to find that MANY of your favorite fuddy duddy "POP" groups have mostly black producers, Madonna's NO SINGING ASS REALLY wouldn't be SHIT if not for NILE RODGERS of Chic who produced the biggest songs of her career LIKE A VIRGIN

[EIGRGirl]

The Human League made a huge mistep when they did this cd. Human was good and this song is mediocre at best. Not typical Human League fare. Listen to their other stuff which is 100x better than this ever could hope to be. Long live Human League.

[ThePeoplesPalace]

In fact, they look like Pat Butcher and Mystic Meg!

[ThePeoplesPalace]

The Human League hit rock bottom with this sad state of affairs. The girls' dancing and clothes are absolutely terrible and the song hasn't really got a tune. They made it back though by the early 90's...

[hmnlge]

Urban legend that this video was actually filmed in Boston 1986? Any truth to it?

[chicorganisation]

It was filmed at The Limelight in London

[FLORENT2222]

Where is Prince ? I don't see him !!

[NickFRESHBoogie]

This wasn't as bad as a song as people make it out to be. Though, I prefer the early avant-garde stuff, this song is still quite catchy. But, it's an R&B song. and that's that.

HL as well as Duran Duran were on the decline at this time. their record companies felt that since they had little crossover success in the past, why not just go all the way. and thats' where they fucked up. but HL nor Jam and Lewis are NOT to blame for that.

[JellyBean2144]

This song was hot! I had never heard of Human League until "Human" and "I need your Lovin". This was the stuff!!

[petsqueezeabba]

this is a load of good shit!

[Abbot63]

That's my all time favourite song from Human League despite not was a big hit on charts.

[stefancev]

Never seen this before. Incredible. An avant-garde electronica band, one of the very first, turning into beastly american-style funk trash.

From artists to commercial products, desperate for a hit. Obviously their market research included some crappy Janet Jackson songs at the time.

I'm so glad they've returned to their roots, well, at least their 1981-1982 style. It was a pleasure seeing them live in Stockholm a couple of months ago.

[andi064]

To be fair to them it was Virgin Records idea, and they had completely disowned this single by 1988.

[Ramonafloyd]

Your and ass and european music comes from where? Jimmy Jam , nile rogers are the best at what they do and that's turning up the funk . They turned groups like Duran Duran and Human League into something all people can appreciate!

[seifukusha]

i love the crash record. yes its 80s jam and lewis but its lovely.

[dave3141966]

Brilliant track always loved this song. Love the 80s music.

[Abbot63]

Uffff, Is my all time favourite song from Human League. Everybody Get Up and dance !!!!!!!!!!!

[tshirtjay]

The crash album is such a great pop album perfect from the first track to the last.

[thabmb40]

Boy! The shoulder pads on the chicks kill me!!! The critics who said JAM & HARRIS couldn't produce hits past R&B acts were proven wrong! The HL were thanking them for giving them attainable sound.JAM & HARRIS went on to do George Michael.HUH!!! They were like the Neptunes-everybody wanted to work with them! They were are still are hit-makers!!! Human League knew that,but purists would say it's not their kind of pop-sync song!!

[mignonhenne]

i opened my mind and loved the lp.

[iwanturmind2k]

This song was produced by Terry Lewis & Jimmy Jam from the Time the other song on the album was Human. This was a single but didn't chart high.

[mukaikof]

this sounds pretty good though, maybe this wasnt what the league was about. but everyonce inawhile its good to do a different song because if u do the same too much it gets old n boring!

[boy1da76]

man i just realized "janet" took this back beat to make "what have you done for me lately" cool...........

[martin3801]

this is shite. it sounds like a living in a box b side.

[Thegreatnaboo]

Everyone hates this because it was rubbish. It flopped so badly that it more or less finished the Human league off in the late 80s then Virgin sacked them

[Touchables]

Human league fans don't dislike the song because of who wrote / produced it. I think it's disliked simply for not being written by the League themselvs. The leagues 'greatest hits' as it were, are pretty much all self penned synth pop. This song is a deviation and while still a good R&B song it is not what the League were about.

[funkpill]

this is good funk!!

[mukaikof]

omg you people are so stupid, this song is totally 80's and i love it! this is a really great song!!! definitely 80's club music! its not horrible!

[honeegrrl]

White artists are happy when they're music crosses over to black audiences, that's why they get black music producers. Even back in the day, listen to Hall & Oates, The Rolling Stones and the Average White Band.

[honeegrrl]

The only reason, in my opinion, they're fans didn't like this song is because it was produced by two black r&b producers. They're fans were afraid to hear something different. This song made them popular with the r&b audicences and it also received a lot of air play on the r&b radio station. I'm not mad at Human League.

[toolartist]

Why does everything have to be associated with color, I think your looking into it to much.

[honeegrrl]

I'm not trying to be racist. I'm saying when a white artist has music that crosses over that's better for them because not only white people like them but black people to. I think most artists want to crossover, the more people, the more airplay and the more money.

[Thegreatnaboo]

This song is horrible

[neutronteabag]

It was after Human! It flopped so badly that it destroyed the Human League's credibility in the late 80's and sent them into a spiral of decline. The Band despise this track now and refuse to play it.

[LLkoolkev]

It is NOT the fault of Jam & Lewis that HL went on the decline after their collaboration. Almost all those 80's British Pop Groups started to decline around the same time HL did. HL and their fans are using this song and Jam&Lewis as a scapegoat.

[blackgargamel]

It's true, the second half of the 80s saw the artistic decline of almost all Techno-Pop British bands, at the exception of Depeche Mode and Eurythmics who became a more classic pop-rock band.

[honeegrrl]

But yet the song crossed over to black audiences. Before this song and the song Human, black audiences didn't know who they were.

[Segacamp]

oh just before they did Human and a freaky Phillip Oakley on the stage singig YIKES

[MateushMusic]

The song is not so bad... But the video is nothing special. I noticed that most of their videos are poor... Like "the Lebanon" - cool song and terrible video with the band singing on a stage for almost 4 minutes... But - anyway - the band is great!

[lofty76]

The worst thing about this video is its cheapness. The footage is taken from a live concert where they must have played the track at a slightly different speed, though the sound is from the studio track. At the end of each cut you can see the lip-sync start to drift ever so slightly out, then it gets reset as it cuts again. Where the camera stays on someone's face for a long time, the shimmery moving effects are used to cover this up. I am a huge fan but this track represents dark days for them.

[VinnyM27]

I just saw their video collection...at least this one doesn't use noteabe moments from "Don't You Want Me" like "Loise" (and how the hell did they get away with something like "Love Is All That Matters"?).

[PoxyBear]

Yeah this is a totally different song for the band. The fact that they pull it off so well shows how talented they are. Why not appreciate that.

[awarriorspirit]

I agree. This my fav HL song also. IMHO.

[LLkoolkev]

This is my favorite HL song. The only reason HL fans hate this song was because it sounds too black. This song is NOT crap. Its just different from HL's usual sound. Jam and Lewis Rules!

[JellyBean2144]

I agree. This is one of my favorite HL songs. And as for people hating on this song...oh well. HL tried to piggy back off the MPLS sound. They jsut weren't cool enough.

[LLkoolkev]

JellyBean2144 has good taste in music. Those British Poppers needed some funk in their trunk. HL hate this song because it was way out of their "LEAGUE" but they were only "HUMAN". Chilli Sauce, Jesse and now Jerome and a Fresh Pair of Baggys. Only the Cool People Get That Last Line (LMAO).

[JellyBean2144]

You hear me.

[VinnyM27]

I dig this song a lot but I also love their songs that are more typical of them (although, is everything they do is at least a little bit different). I guess I understand why this never appears on any of their hits collections now. Still, they really had no problem using the track "Human" as well as "Love Is All That Matters", which people probably assume are at least written by the group.

[GabeinFairfax]

Fascination, Don't You Want Me, Louise, Do or Die, Love Action--all great songs and terrific videos. . .this one, definitely NOT! This is just awful.

[andi064]

The band themselves hate this, it's that awful. Blame Jam and Lewis and Virgin Records!

[MixtMarshall]

This is a BAD Human League song. When 80's artists started straying from thier original electronic, synth-pop sound to this later 80's "funk"-like crap, it all went to shit. This track represents the death of good 80's music.

[piro4351]

their best song by far...

[LittleHobo2]

So how come the was living with Joanne the dark haired singer for 8 years and when they made this video then, you prick!

[ronzam2002]

his a gay.....

[onesinglecircle]

wow - look at those shoulder pads!! - Especially the shiney blue shirt - it's huge.

[paperclipb]

This is utter shite, the human leagues worst track ever

[andi064]

Not even written by The Human League, Even the Band agree this was shite, please delete this travesty it makes me feel ill.

[Liquidzer0]

Humans must wear a lot of make-up.

[rockrussell44]

Are you ever coming back?

[jimski377]

Good song.....

[chanchiosi]

Lush look and sound

[YodaBannon]

80's rule!

[dontthinkofme]

Strange how every track on 'Crash' has the same Spandau Ballet style background drumming. But some songs off it was pure gold...'Human' and this are great.

But Phil isn't so hot as usual here. I feel let down

[CaliAnt4u]

This song was produced by Jimmy Jam & Terry lewis along with "Human"

[fashionaddict7889]

One of the most underrated HL songs ever (along with Heart Like A Wheel (1990) and All I Ever Wanted (2001)). From The Crash album 1986

[seifukusha]

i totally agree with you. crash had some great stuf on it. albeit prince-y, but its a great showcase for phils voice...