The Sound of the Crowd

"Sound of the Crowd"
Single by The Human League
from the album Dare
B-side"The Sound of the Crowd (Add Your Voice), Dancevision (Canadian release only)"
Released24 April 1981[1]
Recorded1981
Genre
Length3.58
LabelVirgin
Songwriter(s)Philip Oakey
Ian Burden
Producer(s)Martin Rushent
The Human League singles chronology
"Boys and Girls"
(1981)
"Sound of the Crowd"
(1981)
"Love Action (I Believe in Love)"
(1981)

"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]

  1. ^ "New Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 25 April 1981. p. 22. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Official singles Chart results matching: the sound of the crowd". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 December 2016.