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Above: cover of the Human League's first single released in 1978
However, they recruited bass player Ian Burden, and famously fronted the band with two singers, Susan Ann Sulley and Joanne Catherall, whom they had met dancing in a club. Apparently re-energized by the split, the band went on to record their breakthrough album Dare, and have many chart successes.
The band achieved a brief spell of success in the early 1980s with their style of Synth pop music, their first single to chart was 'Empire State Human', which managed to chart in the UK peaking at number 62 on the charts and their most famous single "Don't You Want Me" reached number one in the UK charts during the Christmas of 1981 and was one of the biggest selling singles of that year.
The band also had a number of other hits but their success faded towards the middle of the 1980s. Four CDs attribute songs by The Human League under different names, on 'The Golden Hour Of The Future' there are songs credited to The Human League when they were still The Future, on the single 'I Don't Depend On You' where they call themselves The Men, on the 'Dance Like A Star' Ep, there are also songs attributed to The Future and on 'Love And Dancing', they pay homage to Barry White 's Love Unlimited Orchestra by calling themselves League Unlimited Orchestra
The Human Leagues catalouge:
'Being Boiled' (single) 'Human League Cassette' (not a commercial release) 'The Dignity Of Labour Pts 1-4' (EP) 'Taverner Tape' (not a commercial release) 'I Don't Depend On You' (single, released under the name of The Men) 'Reproduction' (rereleased with the 'The Dignity Of Labour Pts 1-4' Ep, the b-side of the 'Empire State Human' single (called 'Introducing'), the Fast Product label 'Being Boiled' single and a conversation with a small bit of music at the end entitled 'Flexi Disc') 'Empire State Human' (single) 'Holiday '80' (Ep) 'Holiday '80' (Ep, this differs in that it is not a double, but a single and has an edited track) 'Travelouge' (reeissued with the 'Only After Dark' single, 'Holiday '80' Ep (the first one I think), 'I Don't Depend On You') 'Only After Dark' (single) 'In Darkness' (a bootleg demo album) 'The Future Tapes' (unreleased) 'Dance Like A Star' (Ep) 'The Golden Hour Of The Future' 'Dare' 'Love And Dancing' 'Hysteria' 'Crash' 'Romatic?' 'Octopus' 'Secrets' (The Japanese version has three bonus tracks') 'Fascination!'(Ep) 'Mirror Man' (Ep)) 'Heart Like A Wheel #1' (single) 'Heart Like A Wheel #2\' (single) 'Don't You Want Me Baby' (single) 'Tell Me When #1' (single) 'Tell Me When #2' (single) 'One Man In My Heart' (single) 'Tell Me When' (Ep) 'All I Ever Wanted #1' (single) 'All I Ever Wanted #2' (single) 'All I Ever Wanted #3' (single) 'All I Ever Wanted [Alter Ego Remixes]' (Ep) 'The Very Best Of' (EMI, 2 CDs, CD2 is all remixes) 'Greatest Hits' (video) 'The Very Best Of' (DVD) 'League Live' (DVD) 'The Human League Promo Mix CD' (not available) 'Dare/Love And Dancing' 'Greatest Hits' 'The Human Leahue Interview' 'Greatest Hits' (a different one) 'Soundtrack To A Generation' 'The Very Best Of' (by Ark21, not EMI)