Human League - Marianne

Human League - Marianne

1980

1st released on the Holiday 80 EP
Later added as a bonus track to the CD issue of the Travelogue album

This song features the original League line-up;
Phil Oakey
Ian Craig Marsh
Martyn Ware
Adrian Wright

Soon after this release in late 1980 Ian and Martyn left and started a project called the BEF (British Electric Foundation) and went on to form Heaven 17.

Phil and Adrian continued with the Human League name and went on to huge commercial success with the Dare album.

Heaven 17 also went on to have chart success, including a UK #2 hit with Temptation.

Electro, Synthpop.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Human
• League
• Marianne
• Holiday
• 80
• Heaven
• 17
• Oakey
• Marsh
• Ware
• Wright

[Hurricane1A]

I've always loved the early Human league stuff. Got Travelogue in the car at the moment :)

[pomomatthew]

Marianne is such a heartbreaking song, it still gives me goosebumps years after first discovering it. I think it's the line about running around the garden in your mother's shoes that gets me every time.

[ianrussll]

I love this track. The Australian remix version also rocks.

[SonicsTheMan]

This song reminds me of the film logan's run

[AmericaTheEnslaved]

this is why real artist should never get involved with the industry. image if they made album up to now as the original human league with a underground label.

[trippinonmydreams]

This is a monster track from a strange all consuming time. If i won the lottery i would swap the cash to be timetravelled back to 1980.I look and laugh at todays so called stars but at least i can say i was there when it really happened.

[californioxochipilli]

Yep, this is probably one of Human League's best songs.

Although the"Dare" album was well known, the previous work was a lot more creative. I followed them up to "Hysteria", but it seemed to go downhill from there.

I liked Phil Oakley's low voice, it always harmonized well with the synthesizers.

Too bad I never encountered some dance venue (back in the 1980's) that played this song. It always became a private "happy dance."

All that's left is the space and the life, that goes on as before

[themanmaschine]

Theres something futuristic sounding about this song, well for 1980 at least! I think it's cool and doesn't get enough exposure! The 1980 remix of Being Boiled is pretty top as well!

[Biigfish559]

Hold the pic!!! Taken in Birmingham with some class WMPTE buses in the background!! Hellfire!!!!

[bumfarto1]

I remember hearing this the first time (been waiting ages) And didn't disappoint. When I was in Sydney I bought the cassette of 'Travelogue' and then heard the rare Australian mix of 'Marianne'... Oh God. Briliiant!!!

[Ni5ei]

I've got this on a live tape somewhere and it's better than the studio version. I'll see if I can borrow a tape recorder from someone and put it on Youtub.

[DrJupiter8]

Probably my favourite Human League song. I am still listening to this regularly over 30 years after first hearing it.