THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
986-The Human League-Sound of the Crowd.
1981-Number 12 single.
Best Bit-At 2.52.There are certain songs which don’t have an official dance, or actions relating to that song, but because you’ve seen the video, you find yourself subconsciously copying the girls in The Human League.
The Human League were formed in Sheffield, England in 1977 by Phil Oakey, Martin Ware, and Ian Craig Marsh, as an experimental electronic outfit. Ware, and Marsh both left to form Heaven 17 in 1980, leaving Oakey to pursue a more commercial sound. In 1981 Ian Burden joined the band full time, alongside the female vocalists Joanne Catherall, and Susan Sully, who had joined in 1980, and Philip Wright, who had been part of the group since 1978 (see also best songs 1009.)
‘The Sound of the Crowd’ was co-written by Oakey, and Burden. Some of the lyrics appear to make no sense, such as,’Stroke a pocket with a print of a laughing sound.’ Burden has explained,’I scribbled down some stream-of-consciousness words, so that I could demonstrate the vocal parts to him (Oakey,) without having to do the naff la-la-la-hum-hum-hum type of explanation. He went off and wrote a new chorus vocal, but surprisingly kept my verse lyrics.’
‘Make a shroud, pulling combs through a backwash frame.’
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