caption current_members associated_acts years_active alias label image_size article_title landscape past_members background genre image origin name
the human league in 2008 philip oakey joanne catherall susan ann sulley bef jam & terry lewis , heaven 17 , giorgio moroder , jimmy 1977 -- present the the league , the league unlimited orchestra -lrb- 1982 -rrb- future -lrb- 1977 -rrb- , the men , fast virgin , a & m , east west , caroline product , emi , wall of sound , 270 the human league
 yes ian burden jo callis jim russell craig marsh martyn ware philip adrian wright ian group_or_band electronic , synthpop , new wave , avant-garde the human league 2007.jpg sheffield , england the human league
the human league

the human league are an english electronic new wave band formed in sheffield in 1977 .
`` dare '' -lrb- 1981 -rrb- , the band 's most popular album , yielded the single `` do n't you want me '' , a no. 1 hit in the pop charts of uk , us and many other countries .
after its uk success , their first single , `` being boiled '' was reissued and became a top ten hit at the beginning of 1982 .
they received the brit award for best british breakthrough act in 1982 .
the success of `` do n't you want me '' is seen as the beginning of the mtv-driven second british invasion of the us .
other international hits include : `` love action '' , `` open your heart '' , `` mirror man '' , `` fascination '' , `` the lebanon '' , `` human '' -lrb- a us no. 1 -rrb- and `` tell me when '' .
the only constant band member since 1977 is vocalist and songwriter philip oakey .
originally an avant-garde all-male synthesizer-based group , the human league evolved into a commercially successful synthpop band under oakey 's leadership .
since 1987 , the band has essentially been a trio of oakey and long-serving female vocalists joanne catherall and susan ann sulley -lrb- both of whom joined the ensemble in 1980 -rrb- , with various sidemen .
since 1978 , the human league have released nine studio albums , four eps , 30 singles and several compilation albums .
they have had five albums and eight singles in the uk top 10 and have sold more than 20 million records .
