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Seemingly out of nowhere, the Human League became one of the most visually recognizable and stylish synth pop acts of the early '80s. But the group's pop success emerged from years of blazing a trail for electronic pop, and ultimately the group reached far beyond its status as music video icons.
Top 7 Human League Songs of the '80s
Though known primarily for two of the most lasting pop tunes of the '80s in "Don't You Want Me" and "Human," Sheffield, England's Human League exerted much more influence on the era's pop music landscape than it surely seemed at the time.
Profile of Synth Pop Pioneers The Human League
Seemingly out of nowhere, the Human League became one of the most visually recognizable and stylish synth pop acts of the early '80s. But the group's pop success emerged from years of blazing a trail for electronic pop, and ultimately the group reached far beyond its status as music video icons.

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