1983 was such a great year for top 40 pop music. This jam came out in summer of 83. That summer you could hear great pop songs on the radio such as...


***Eddy Grant-Electric Avenue

***Thomas Dolby- She Blinded Me Science

***Sergio Mendes-Never Gonna Let You Go

***Culture Club-Time (Clock Of The Heart)

***Michael Jackson- Wanna Be Starting Something

But this one was a great track too. This song reminds me of Beyonce's "Crazy In Love", in the sense that the horn riff on this track is sampled to great effect. I also dig that nice bass lick on this track as well.

One of those great tunes that really makes you feel good.

"Keep feeling fascination
Passion burning
Love so strong
Keep feeling fascination
Looking learning
Moving on"


Lead singer Phillip Oakey and the crew served up a nifty pop tune here. It went to number #8 on the US pop charts in summer of 1983.
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Heard it at Old Navy; was compelled to buy new shirt.

BRO915 said:

There is a 12" collection that has an instrumentral "orchestral" version of this song and it's back in my personal rotation this month.
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I have to admit,I don't really like that Human League song

It was cool in 1983,but when I hear it these days,it just makes me cringe.Many of those New Wave songs don't really age that well,do they? LOL

But I agree with you,1983 was a GREAT year for pop music.Remember these songs?

***"Love Is A Battlefield" by Pat Benatar

***"Juicy Fruit" by Mtume

***"Is This The End?" by New Edition

***"Come On Eileen" by Dexy's Midnight Runners

***"Maneater" by Hall and Oates

***"She Works Hard For The Money" by Donna Summer

***"Candy Man" by the Mary Jane Girls

***"She's A Beauty" by The Tubes

***"Human Touch" by Rick Springfield

***"Just Be Good To Me" by the SOS Band

***"Fo-Fi-Fo" by Pieces Of A Dream

***"All Night Long (All Night)" by Lionel Ritchie

***"Break My Stride" by Mathew Wilder

***"Joanna" by Kool and The Gang

***"Angel" by Anita Baker

***"Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?" by Culture Club

***"Just Got Lucky" by Jo Boxers

***"Promises,Promises" by Naked Eyes

***"Cold Blooded" by Rick James

I certainly concur. In high school I made a 4 hour (two 120 minute tapes) mix of songs only from 1983.

DavidEye said:

Ahhhh Dave...get out of the box and take another listen . Man that song has aged well IMO. That bass groove is NIIICE!!!!

I'm stunned to hear you don't like this one.

BRO915 said:

(grabbing my "Liiving In Oblivion: New Wave Hits Of the 80s" CD to give this song another listen...)

is now compelled 2 dig in 80's crate and do 80's mixshow

TheRealFiness said:

YEEEEES.....You should!

Love this song! I need to make myself an 80s compilation.

Promises Promises rules as well.

Gosh, I loved "Fascination."

I do love "You're Only Human", but for me, this is the quintessential Human League song. I love it. Yeah, it sounds like it was made in 1983, and the video sure looks like it too- but it's still great and a lot of fun to hear.

I saw them in concert with sassy britches like 6 years ago -they were on tour with culture club...it was a great night-they sounded aweseome!

when keep feeling fascination came on, sassy and i wnet into the aisle and danced - he kept spinning me around-we created quite a stir....

human league rocks...remember their song "Eletric dreams???" very 80s!

Yes, this was the jam back in the day!!!! The video was pretty cool too, in that cheezy 80's kinda way. Y'all gotta hunt doen that Fascination EP. It's very good. It's got cool tracks like "Hard Times, "Mirror Man", "You Remind Me of Gold", and of course the title track.

I saw them last year at B.B. King's Club. They were awesome.

DavidEye said:

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You have got to hear the 12 inch extended version. This version rocks. I can remember RnB station playing this back in the day.

NWF said:

I was wondering where I could get "Hard Times"! Right on, NWF.

this is my FAVORITE Human League track. I like the original version & the "remix" version too.

DavidEye said:

if this track were any cheesier, it would be sold by the kilo in the dairy compartment of my local supermarket.

Seriously, I dunno wot these ppl see in it either

laurarichardson said:

I remember hearing the 12 inch version of this song and loving it....I got to track that one down.....lot of people talking about it here on this thread.....

The video is on RIGHT NOW on vh-1 classic. love it!