Do n't You Want Me - wikipedia Do n't You Want Me For other uses, see Do n't You Want Me ( disambiguation ). `` Do n't You Want Me '' Single by The Human League from the album Dare B - side `` Seconds '' Released 27 November 1981 Format 7 '' 12 '' CD cassette Recorded 1981 Genre New wave synthpop Length 3 : 57 Label Virgin Songwriter ( s ) Jo Callis Philip Oakey Philip Adrian Wright Producer ( s ) Martin Rushent The Human League singles chronology `` Open Your Heart '' ( 1981 ) `` Do n't You Want Me '' ( 1981 ) `` Being Boiled '' ( 1982 ) `` Open Your Heart '' ( 1981 ) `` Do n't You Want Me '' ( 1981 ) `` Being Boiled '' ( re-issue ) ( 1982 ) Audio sample file help `` Do n't You Want Me '' is a single by British synthpop group The Human League, released on 27 November 1981 as the fourth single from their third studio album Dare ( 1981 ). It is the band 's best known and most commercially successful recording and was the 1981 Christmas number one in the UK, where it has since sold over 1,560,000 copies, making it the 23rd most successful single in UK Singles Chart history. It later topped the Billboard Hot 100 in the US on 3 July 1982 where it stayed for three weeks. In 2015 the song was voted by the British public as the nation 's 7th favourite 1980s number one in a poll for ITV. Contents 1 Background 2 Chart performance and sales 3 Music video 4 Charts and certifications 4.1 Weekly charts 4.2 1995 Re-issue 4.3 2014 4.4 Year - end charts 4.5 Sales and certifications 5 Popular culture 6 Track listing 6.1 7 '' version 6.2 12 '' version 7 Covers 7.1 Mandy Smith version 7.1. 1 Charts 7.2 The Farm version 7.3 Alcazar version 7.3. 1 Formats and track listings 7.3. 2 Chart performance 7.4 Other versions 8 See also 9 References 10 External links Background The lyrics were originally inspired after lead singer Philip Oakey read a photo - story in a teen - girl 's magazine. Originally conceived and recorded in the studio as a male solo, Oakey was inspired by the film A Star Is Born and decided to turn the song into a conflicting duet with one of the band 's two teenage female vocalists. Susan Ann Sulley was then asked to take on the role. Up until then, she and the other female vocalist Joanne Catherall had only been assigned backing vocals ; Sulley says she was chosen only through `` luck of the draw ''. Musicians Jo Callis and Philip Adrian Wright created a synthesizer score to accompany the lyrics which was much harsher than the version that was actually released. Initial versions of the song were recorded but Virgin Records - appointed producer Martin Rushent was unhappy with them. He and Callis remixed the track, giving it a softer, and in Oakey 's opinion, `` poppy '' sound. Oakey hated the new version and thought it would be the weakest track on Dare, resulting in one of his infamous rows with Rushent. Oakey disliked it so much that it was relegated to the last track on side two of the ( then ) vinyl album. Before the release of Dare, three of its tracks -- `` The Sound of the Crowd '', `` Love Action ( I Believe in Love ) '', and `` Open Your Heart '' -- had already been released as successful singles. With a hit album and three hit singles in a row, Virgin 's chief executive Simon Draper decided to release one more single from the album before the end of 1981. His choice, `` Do n't You Want Me '', instantly caused a row with Oakey who did not want another single to be released because he was convinced that `` the public were now sick of hearing The Human League '' and the choice of the `` poor quality filler track '' would almost certainly be a disaster, wrecking the group 's new - found popularity. Virgin were adamant that a fourth single would be released and Oakey finally agreed on the condition that a large colour poster accompany the 7 '' single, because he felt fans would `` feel ripped off '' by the ' substandard ' single alone. The Human League often added cryptic references to their productions and the record sleeve of `` Do n't You Want Me '' featured the suffix of `` 100 ''. This was a reference to The 100 Club, a restaurant / bar in Sheffield. Today, the song is widely considered a classic of its era. In a retrospective review, Stephen Thomas Erlewine, senior editor for AllMusic, described the song as `` a devastating chronicle of a frayed romance wrapped in the greatest pop hooks and production of its year. '' Oakey still describes it as over-rated, but acknowledges his initial dismissal was misguided and claims pride in the track. Oakey is also at pains to point out another misconception : that it is not a love song, but `` a nasty song about sexual power politics ''. Chart performance and sales `` Do n't You Want Me '' was released in the UK on 27 November 1981. The B side was `` Seconds '' another track lifted straight from the Dare album. Like previous singles, a 12 '' version was also issued featuring the original version of `` Do n't You Want Me '' and `` Seconds '' on the A side and an `` extended dance mix '' lasting seven and a half minutes on the B side. This mix is also features on the Love and Dancing album released under the name of The League Unlimited Orchestra in 1982. To the amazement of the band ( and especially Oakey ), it entered the UK Singles Chart at No. 9 and shot to number one the following week, remaining there over the Christmas period for a total of five weeks. It ultimately became the biggest selling single to be released in 1981, and the fifth biggest selling single of the entire decade. Its success was repeated six months later in the US, with `` Do n't You Want Me '' hitting No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks. Billboard magazine ranked it as the sixth - biggest hit of 1982. The single was certified Gold by the RIAA the same year for sales of a million copies. It is notable as the first song featuring the revolutionary Linn LM - 1 drum machine to hit No. 1 on the UK charts and also the first LM - 1 track to top the Billboard Hot 100. The song was re-released in October 1995 as CD, cassette and 12 '' single featuring new remixes by Snap ! and Red Jerry, peaking at No. 16 on the UK chart. The release coincided with the issue of the group 's second `` Greatest Hits '' compilation album shortly afterwards, which featured the Snap 7 '' remix. As of November 2012, `` Do n't You Want Me '' is the 23rd best - selling single in the UK with 1.55 million copies sold. On 23 March 2014 the song re-entered the UK Singles Chart at number 19 and debuted at number 1 in the Scottish singles charts thanks to a social media campaign by fans of Aberdeen Football Club. Music video Susan Ann Sulley in the 1981 `` Do n't You Want Me '' video, December 1981. In 1981 record company Virgin were becoming aware that the promotional music video was evolving into an important marketing tool, with MTV being launched that year. Because it was agreed that the video for Open Your Heart had looked `` cheap and nasty '', Virgin commissioned a much more elaborate and expensive promotional video for `` Do n't You Want Me ''. The video for the song was filmed near Slough, Berkshire, during November 1981 and has the theme of the filming and editing of a murder - mystery film, featuring the band members as characters and production staff. Due to it being a `` making of '' video, both crew and camera apparatus appear throughout. It was conceived and directed by filmmaker Steve Barron, and has at its core the interaction between a successful actress ( also a 2nd negative cutter ) played by Susan Ann Sulley walking out on `` film director '' Philip Oakey on a film set. It is loosely based on the film A Star Is Born. Near the end of the video, Wright, who also plays a film editor, has an expression on his face, while the camera pulls back to reveal that the negative room where Oakey, Wright, and Sulley were working in is yet another set ( the camera can be seen in the mirror 's reflection ). Filmed on a cold, wet, winter night, it was shot on 35mm film instead of the cheaper video tape prevalent at the time. Susan Sulley claims that Steve Barron was heavily influenced by the cinematography of Ultravox 's video for `` Vienna '' ( directed by Russell Mulcahy earlier that year ). Steve Barron was also influenced by François Truffaut and his film Day for Night, and because of that the clapper board seen in the video bears the inscription `` Le League Humaine '' as a tribute to Truffaut. The video is credited for making Oakey, Sulley and Catherall visual icons of the early 1980s but became controversial later for a scene involving the murder - mystery film subplot where Jo Callis appears to shoot Catherall ( and later in the video repeated with Oakey shooting Sulley ) with a pistol from a car window ( a Saab 99 turbo ). The scene is cut out of the DVD version and usually on music television, replaced with a montage of other shots from the video edited in slow - motion. The other car that was used in the video is a gold W - Reg Rover SD1. In a 1995 interview, Catherall mentioned that the car Callis was driving had to be pushed into shot as he could n't drive at the time, to which Sulley added `` he still ca n't ! '' The video was released in December 1981. Charts and certifications Weekly charts Chart ( 1981 -- 82 ) Peak position Australia ( Kent Music Report ) Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Flanders ) Canada ( RPM ) Netherlands ( Dutch Top 40 ) 5 France ( SNEP ) 13 Germany ( Official German Charts ) 5 Ireland ( IRMA ) Italy ( AFI ) 15 New Zealand ( Recorded Music NZ ) Norway ( VG - lista ) South Africa ( Springbok Radio ) Sweden ( Sverigetopplistan ) Switzerland ( Schweizer Hitparade ) UK Singles ( Official Charts Company ) US Billboard Hot 100 US Hot Dance / Disco ( Billboard ) US Top Tracks ( Billboard ) 1995 Re-issue Chart ( 1995 ) Peak position Japanese Singles Chart ( Tokyo ) 100 UK Singles Chart 16 2014 Chart ( 2014 ) Peak position UK Singles 19 Scottish Singles Year - end charts Chart ( 1981 ) Rank UK Singles ( Official Charts Company ) 83 Chart ( 1982 ) Rank Australia ( Kent Music Report ) 37 Canada 8 Netherlands 49 New Zealand ( Recorded Music NZ ) 8 US Billboard Hot 100 6 Sales and certifications Region Certification Certified units / Sales Canada ( Music Canada ) Platinum 150,000 United Kingdom ( BPI ) Platinum 1,560,000 United States ( RIAA ) Gold 1,000,000 shipments figures based on certification alone Popular culture In 2001, Virgin Records allowed the song to be used in a Fiat Punto commercial, starring Myfanwy Waring and James Daffern, where the latter actor spoke lyrics from the first verse and chorus over the accompanying background music. Fiat 's use of the song prompted legal action from The Human League, who lost the case to Virgin. Susan Sulley later complained : `` Now even if we wanted to use the song for a more worthy company, we ca n't because it will always be associated with a particular brand. '' A campaign was started by Aberdeen F.C. fans in March 2014 to get the song to number one on the UK Singles Chart after their Scottish League Cup final victory against Inverness CT. The song peaked at No. 4 in the iTunes Download chart on 19 March 2014. The following Sunday, 23 March, the song re-entered at number nineteen on the UK Singles Chart. A Foster Farms commercial in the United States features a choir of animatronic chickens singing the song as part of the poultry producer 's `` Amazing Chicken '' campaign. The song is also featured in the films Cherish, Lost Islands, He 's Just Not That Into You, 1981, and Cyrus. In The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Walter does a karaoke version of the song with a drunk -- who turns out to be the local helicopter pilot. The soundtrack includes a cover from Bahamas featuring The Weather Station. Track listing 7 '' version `` Do n't You Want Me '' -- 3 : 57 `` Seconds '' -- 4 : 59 12 '' version `` Do n't You Want Me '' -- 3 : 57 `` Seconds '' -- 4 : 59 `` Do n't You Want Me ( Extended Dance Mix ) '' -- 7 : 30 Covers This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( January 2013 ) Mandy Smith version `` Do n't You Want Me Baby '' Single by Mandy Smith B - side `` If It Makes You Feel Good '' Released May 1989 Format CD single 7 '' single 12 '' single Recorded Genre Pop Length 3 : 44 Label PWL Songwriter ( s ) Philip Oakey Jo Callis Philip Adrian Wright Producer ( s ) Pete Hammond Mandy Smith singles chronology `` Victim of Pleasure '' ( 1988 ) `` Do n't You Want Me Baby '' ( 1989 ) `` I Just Ca n't Wait ( 92 ' Remixes ) '' ( 1992 ) `` Victim of Pleasure '' ( 1988 ) `` Do n't You Want Me Baby '' ( 1989 ) `` I Just Ca n't Wait ( 92 ' Remixes ) '' ( 1992 ) In 1989 English pop singer Mandy covered this song under the title of `` Do n't You Want Me Baby ''. Released as a standalone single after her only album Mandy, it was also Smith 's final single and became her only single to hit the UK top 75, peaking at # 59. The B - side, `` If It Makes You Feel Good '', featured on the album. The song was included as a bonus track on the 2009 reissue of her album. Formats and track listings CD Single `` Do n't You Want Me Baby '' `` If It Makes You Feel Good '' `` Do n't You Want Me Baby '' ( Cocktail Mix ) `` If It Makes You Feel Good '' ( Extended Version ) 7 '' Single `` Do n't You Want Me Baby '' `` If It Makes You Feel Good '' 12 '' Single `` Do n't You Want Me Baby '' ( Cocktail Mix ) `` If It Makes You Feel Good '' ( Extended Version ) Charts Chart ( 1989 ) Peak Position UK Singles Chart 59 Irish Singles Chart 30 Italian Singles Chart 13 The Farm version `` Do n't You Want Me '' Single by The Farm from the album ' Love See No Colour ' B - side `` Obviously '' Released October 1992 Recorded Length 4 : 12 Label End Product Songwriter ( s ) Jo Callis Philip Oakey Philip Adrian Wright Producer ( s ) Mark Saunders The Farm singles chronology `` Rising Sun '' ( 1992 ) `` Do n't You Want Me '' ( 1992 ) `` Love See No Colour '' ( re-mix ) '' ( 1992 ) `` Rising Sun '' ( 1992 ) `` Do n't You Want Me '' ( 1992 ) `` Love See No Colour '' ( re-mix ) '' ( 1992 ) British band The Farm released a cover of The Human League version of Do n't You Want Me in October 1992 which got to no. 18 in the UK charts, making it their third most successful single after 1990 's All Together Now and Groovy Train. An uncredited female singer features as lead vocal on the second verse, as sung by Susanne Sulley on the original version. Formats and track listings CD Single `` Do n't You Want Me '' `` Do n't You Want Me ( Premier Mix ) '' `` Obviously '' `` Groovy Train ( Alternative Mix ) '' 7 '' Single `` Do n't You Want Me '' `` Obviously '' 12 '' Single `` Do n't You Want Me ( Premier Mix ) '' `` Do n't You Want Me ( 20K Mix ) '' `` Do n't You Want Me ( Pickles Keef Mix ) '' `` Groovy Train ( Alternative Mix ) '' Alcazar version `` Do n't You Want Me '' Single by Alcazar from the album Casino Released May 2002 Recorded Genre Eurodance Length 3 : 27 Label RCA Records BMG Songwriter ( s ) Jo Callis Philip Oakey Philip Adrian Wright Alcazar singles chronology `` Sexual Guarantee '' ( 2001 ) `` Do n't You Want Me '' ( 2002 ) `` Not a Sinner Nor a Saint '' ( 2003 ) `` Sexual Guarantee '' ( 2001 ) `` Do n't You Want Me '' ( 2002 ) `` Not a Sinner Nor a Saint '' ( 2003 ) Casino ( International Edition ) track listing `` Breaking Free '' ( 10 ) `` Do n't You Want Me '' ( 11 ) `` Shine On '' ( 12 ) Do n't You Want Me is a Eurodance song performed by Swedish band Alcazar and released internationally in 2002. The song was included to the European version of Casino together with a few other, and was recorded in Stockholm at first, but when they wanted it for a new pan-European single, a whole new version was made. The single was released in Australia as a follow up to the successful single `` Crying at the Discoteque '' and the release includes the `` Ivan 's X Mix '' of CATD as a bonus. The white 12 inch was released in Europe and distributed to DJs to get maximum airplay at the disco arenas. So far `` Do n't You Want Me '' is the biggest hit for the group in United States, climbing to No. 30 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and staying on the chart for 15 weeks. The Human League themselves have said that they like this version, as it is fairly true to the original ; and Alcazar still performs this track at their live shows around the world. The song is playable on the Karaoke Revolution games. Music video The video was filmed at Filmhuset in Stockholm, and once again Jesper Ganslandt directed it all. As always in Alcazar videos the storyline takes place in `` Alcazar world '' -- and this time it all took place in `` Circus Alcazar ''. The video is filled with horses, ducks, an evil parrot, acrobats and the Alcazar ballet. The whole video shoot took almost 23 hours, and actually includes Annikafiore 's boyfriend juggling with fire in the background The Alcazar dog Selma was styled in a pink ballerina dress and waited the whole day for the filming of her scene where she would perform jumps in the circus arena. Formats and track listings These are the formats and track listings of promotional single releases of `` Do n't You Want Me ''. CD single `` Almighty Radio Edit '' -- 3 : 27 `` Almighty Club Mix '' -- 7 : 25 `` Project Eden Remix '' -- 7 : 34 `` Earth Club Anthem '' -- 10 : 24 `` Wild Cowboys Radio Mix '' -- 3 : 38 Chart performance Chart ( 2002 ) Peak position Australian ARIA Singles Chart 37 Belgian Singles Chart ( Flanders ) 21 Dutch Singles Chart 83 Finnish Singles Chart 18 Swedish Singles Chart 30 Swiss Singles Chart 76 Hot Dance Club Play 30 Japan Other versions A cover of the song was released on 5 October 1992, and it was the last successful single by Liverpool - based pop group The Farm, reaching No. 18 in the UK Singles Chart in late 1992. It was originally recorded for the NME charity album Ruby Trax. Tatjana released a version in 1992. Stephin Merritt project Future Bible Heroes recorded a cover of `` Do n't You Want Me '' which is featured on Reproductions : Songs of The Human League. Electronica band Hyper Crush recorded a cover version of the song for their Mixtape Volume 2 CD. A cover of the song was recorded by Atomic Tom for the soundtrack of the 2011 Michael Dowse film Take Me Home Tonight. The music video featured members of the film 's cast. American singer - songwriter Rocky Votolato and New York - based band Matt Pond PA performed a version of the song in May 2011 for The A.V. Club 's A.V. Undercover series. A cover of the song was composed by the Electronic artist Leæther Strip which was featured on Yes, I 'm Limited IV. The cover featured Unter Null. A cover of this song appears on the album Picture Show by Neon Trees. Information Society recorded a cover on the album Orders of Magnitude ( 2016 ). See also List of Billboard Hot 100 number - one singles of 1982 References ^ Jump up to : Lane, Daniel ( 27 June 2013 ). `` Daft Punk 's Get Lucky becomes one of the UK 's biggest selling singles of all - time ! ''. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 January 2014. 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External links `` Do n't You Want Me '' at Discogs ( list of releases ) `` Do n't You Want Me '' at The Black Hit of Space.dk Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Preceded by `` Do n't Stand So Close to Me '' by The Police Top selling single of the year ( UK ) 1981 Succeeded by `` Come on Eileen '' by Dexy 's Midnight Runners Preceded by `` Begin the Beguine '' by Julio Iglesias UK number - one single 12 December 1981 -- 9 January 1982 Succeeded by `` The Land of Make Believe '' by Bucks Fizz Preceded by `` There 's No - one Quite Like Grandma '' by St Winifred 's School Choir UK Christmas number - one single 1981 Succeeded by `` Save Your Love '' by Renée and Renato Preceded by `` I Love Rock ' n ' Roll '' by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts Canadian RPM number - one single 15 May 1982 Succeeded by `` Ebony and Ivory '' by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder Preceded by `` Ebony and Ivory '' by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder US Billboard Hot 100 number - one single 3 July 1982 -- 23 July 1982 Succeeded by `` Eye of the Tiger '' by Survivor The Human League Philip Oakey Joanne Catherall Susan Ann Sulley Ian Craig Marsh Martyn Ware Philip Adrian Wright Ian Burden Jo Callis Jim Russell Albums Reproduction Travelogue Dare Love and Dancing Hysteria Crash Romantic ? Octopus Secrets Credo Compilation albums Greatest Hits Soundtrack to a Generation The Very Best of The Human League ( 1998 ) The Golden Hour of the Future The Very Best of The Human League ( 2003 ) Live at the Dome Original Remixes & Rarities EPs The Dignity of Labour Holiday ' 80 The Sound of the Crowd Fascination ! Dance Like a Star Singles `` Being Boiled '' `` I Do n't Depend on You '' `` Empire State Human '' `` Only After Dark '' `` Boys and Girls '' `` The Sound of the Crowd '' `` Love Action ( I Believe in Love ) '' `` Open Your Heart '' `` Do n't You Want Me '' `` Mirror Man '' `` ( Keep Feeling ) Fascination '' `` The Lebanon '' `` Life on Your Own '' `` Louise '' `` Human '' `` I Need Your Loving '' `` Love Is All That Matters '' `` Heart Like a Wheel '' `` Soundtrack to a Generation '' `` Tell Me When '' `` One Man in My Heart '' `` Filling Up with Heaven '' `` Stay with Me Tonight '' `` All I Ever Wanted '' `` Love Me Madly ? '' `` The Things That Dreams Are Made Of '' `` Night People '' Video and DVDs Video Single ( 1983 ) The Human League Greatest Hits The Very Best of The Human League Live at the Dome Related articles Discography Heaven 17 British Electric Foundation Reproductions Together in Electric Dreams ( album ) YMO Versus The Human League The Farm Peter Hooton Steve Grimes Carl Hunter Roy Boulter Keith Mullin Ben Leach Phil Strongman Andy McVann Anthony Evans Steve Levy George Maher John Melvin Studio albums Spartacus Love See No Colour Hullabaloo Compilation albums Best of The Farm The Very Best of The Farm Singles `` Stepping Stone '' `` Groovy Train '' `` All Together Now '' `` Do n't Let Me Down '' `` Mind '' `` Do n't You Want Me '' Alcazar Tess Merkel Lina Hedlund Andreas Lundstedt Annika Kjærgaard Magnus Carlsson Studio albums Casino Alcazarized Disco Defenders Other albums Dancefloor Deluxe A Tribute to ABBA Disco Defenders : Greatest Hits Singles `` Shine On '' `` Ritmo Del Amor '' `` Crying at the Discoteque '' `` Sexual Guarantee '' `` Do n't You Want Me '' `` Not a Sinner nor a Saint '' `` Ménage à Trois '' `` Someday '' `` Love Life '' `` This Is the World We Live In '' `` Physical '' `` Here I Am '' `` Alcastar '' `` Start the Fire '' `` We Keep on Rockin ' '' `` Inhibitions '' `` Stay the Night '' `` Burning '' `` From Brazil with Love '' `` Last Christmas '' `` Headlines '' `` Blame It on the Disco '' `` Good Lovin '' `` Young Guns ( Go for It ) '' Featured singles `` Feel 4 U '' Related articles Discography Melodifestivalen 2003 Melodifestivalen 2005 Melodifestivalen 2009 Melodifestivalen 2010 Melodifestivalen 2014 UK Christmas number - one singles in the 1980s `` There 's No One Quite Like Grandma '' ( St Winifred 's School Choir, 1980 ) `` Do n't You Want Me '' ( The Human League, 1981 ) `` Save Your Love '' ( Renée and Renato, 1982 ) `` Only You '' ( The Flying Pickets, 1983 ) `` Do They Know It 's Christmas ? 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Question: when was human league don't you want me released
Answer: 27 November 1981