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🎤 The Human League Story: From Failure to “Don’t You Want Me”

The Twelve Inch 207 - The A-Side (Extended) : Don't You Want Me (Human League)

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Apr 03, 2026
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A few weeks ago I dedicated an episode to Homosapien, the first solo single of Pete Shelley.

It all started with producer Martin Rushent, who wanted to explore the, then new and increasingly affordable, world of synthesizers. It was an idea he shared with Shelley. So when the sessions for the fourth Buzzcocks album failed to spark anything meaningful, th…

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