The Sound of the Crowd

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Name = Sound of the Crowd

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Artist = The Human League
from Album = Dare
Released = 1981
Format = 7" single, 12" single
Recorded = 1981
Genre = Synthpop
Length = 3.58
Label = Virgin
Writer = Philip Oakey
Ian Burden
Producer = Martin Rushent
Last single = "Boys And Girls" (1981)
This single = Sound of the Crowd (1981)
Next single = Love Action (I Believe in Love) (1981)

"The Sound Of The Crowd" is a song by the British synthpop group The Human League. It became the band's commercial breakthrough, reaching #12 on the UK singles chart in May 1981.

Written jointly by lead singer Philip Oakey and keyboard player Ian Burden, the song was recorded at Genetic Sound Studios, Reading, in March 1981. Originally released as a stand-alone single in April 1981, it was subsequently re-recorded and incorporated into the studio album "Dare", later in the year.

"The Sound Of The Crowd" was the first Human League song to feature female vocals from new band members Susan Ann Sulley and Joanne Catherall, interacting with Philip Oakey's baritone lead. [ [http://www.the-black-hit-of-space.dk/sound_of_the_crowd.htm The Human League ] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.the-black-hit-of-space.dk/sound_of_the_crowd.htm Unofficial Human League Archive]