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| "Sound of the Crowd" | ||||
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| Single by The Human League | ||||
| from the album Dare | ||||
| B-side | "The Sound of the Crowd (Add Your Voice), Dancevision (Canadian release only)" | |||
| Released | 24 April 1981[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1981 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 3.58 | |||
| Label | Virgin | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Philip Oakey Ian Burden | |||
| Producer(s) | Martin Rushent | |||
| The Human League singles chronology | ||||
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"The Sound of the Crowd" is a song by the British synth-pop group The Human League. It became the band's commercial breakthrough, reaching #12 on the UK singles chart in May 1981.[5]
- ^ "New Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 25 April 1981. p. 22. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
- ^ Breihan, Tom (5 June 2020). "The Number Ones: The Human League's "Don't You Want Me". Stereogum. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
..."The Sound of the Crowd", peaked at #12 in the UK. The next two, "Love Action (I Believe in Love)" and "Open Your Heart", both went top-10. Suddenly, the Human League were new wave stars.
- ^ Wide, Steve (22 September 2020). "The defining albums: The Human League – Dare". A Field Guide to Post-Punk and New Wave. Smith Street Books. p. 34. ISBN 978-1-925811-76-6.
- ^ Evans, Richard (6 August 2024). "1981.3". Listening to the Music the Machines Make: Inventing Electronic Pop 1978-1983. Omnibus Press. p. 288. ISBN 978-1-915841-45-2.
- ^ "Official singles Chart results matching: the sound of the crowd". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 December 2016.