Love Action
The Human League
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When you're in love You know you're in love No matter what you try to do You might as well resign yourself To what you're going through If you're a hard man or if you're a child It still might get to you Don't kid yourself you've seen it all before A million mouths have said that too I've had my hard times (hard times) in the past I've been a husband and a lover too I've lain alone and cried at night Over what love made me do And the loved ones who let me down And couldn't share my point of view But this is Phil talking I want to tell you What I've found to be true [Chorus] I love your love action Lust's just a distraction No talking, just looking Watching your love action I believe, I believe what the old man said Though I know that there's no lord above I believe in me, I believe in you And you know I believe in love I believe in truth though I lie a lot I feel the pain from the push and shove No matter what you put me through I'll still believe in love And I say [Chorus; x 3]
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10 facts about this song
Release & Ranking"Love Action (I Believe in Love)" by The Human League was released in the UK in July 1981 as a single and peaked at number 3 in the UK Singles Charts, making it one of the band's most successful releases.
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Album InclusionThe song was part of the album "Dare", which is considered one of The Human League's biggest commercial and critical successes.
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Song StructureUnlike typical pop songs, "Love Action" doesn't have a verse-chorus-verse structure but instead consists of several different sections.
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SamplingThe spoken-word intro was sampled from a computer program and this is considered one of the earliest examples of sampling in a pop song.
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LyricsThe song deals with issues of love and romance but it is not a straightforward love song. Its lyrics examine the concept of love from different perspectives and often in a critical or cynical way.
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Music VideoThe music video for "Love Action" was one of the first to use the technique of rotoscoping, where animators trace over footage, frame by frame, for use in live-action and animated films.
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SongwritingAlthough Phil Oakey is the main vocalist, "Love Action" was written by him along with fellow band members Philip Adrian Wright and Jo Callis.
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Influence on ElectronicaThe album "Dare" and including "Love Action", played a significant role in shaping the emerging genre of synthpop, which paved the way for the rise of electronic music in the 1980s.
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Cover Versions"Love Action" has been covered by various artists, including indie rock band Alt-J who included a version on their debut album "An Awesome Wave".
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Commercial Success"Love Action" was one of six hit singles from the "Dare" album, and helped The Human League to firmly establish their place in the mainstream music scene.
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