Dare (or Dare! in the U.S.) is the third studio album from British synthpop band The Human League.
The album was recorded between March and September 1981 and first released in the UK on 20 October 1981, then subsequently in the U.S. in mid-1982.
The style of the album is the result of the rapid evolution of The Human League from experimental avant-garde electronic group into a commercial pop group under Philip Oakey's creative direction following the departure of fellow founding members Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh. Dare became critically acclaimed and has proved to be a genre-defining album, whose influence can be felt in many areas of pop music today.[2] The album and its four singles were hugely successful commercially, with the album reaching #1 in the UK and being certified Triple Platinum by the BPI.
In 1981 the Human League considered themselves a "song based group"; this was a deliberate distinction differentiating the band from other electronic artists who specialized in principally instrumental work.[6] The writing style of the lyrics is deliberately obscure; Oakey says this is because he wanted the band's lyrics to provoke thought and get people talking about their songs. Often the meanings behind the songs have only been disclosed by Oakey in various interviews given since the albums release. An important point is that the album essentially evolved during 1981 and wasn't written from a single conceptual starting point.[7]
The original album comprised ten tracks (others were added on re-releases):
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The track list on the original album
"The Things That Dreams Are Made Of" (Oakey, Wright) -- 4:14
"Open Your Heart" (Callis, Oakey) -- 3:53
"The Sound of the Crowd" (Burden, Oakey) -- 3:56
"Darkness" (Callis, Wright) -- 3:56
"Do or Die" (Burden, Oakey) -- 5:25
"Get Carter" (Budd) -- 1:02
"I Am the Law" (Oakey, Wright) -- 4:09
"Seconds" (Callis, Oakey, Wright) -- 4:58
"Love Action (I Believe in Love)" (Burden, Oakey) -- 4:58
"Don't You Want Me" (Callis, Oakey, Wright) -- 3:56
original date release october 20th 1981
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Don't you want me
You were working as a waitress
In a cocktail bar
When I met you
I picked you out
I shook you up
And turned you around
Turned you into someone new
Now five years later on
you've got the world at your feet
Success has been so easy for you
But don't forget
It's me who put you where you are now
And I can put you back down too
Don't, don't you want me
You know I can't believe it
When I hear that you won't see me
Don't, don't you want me
You know I don't believe you
When you say that you don't need me
It's much too late to find
You think you've changed your mind
You'd better change it back
Or we will both be sorry
Don't you want me, baby
Don't you want me, oh
Don't you want me, baby
Don't you want me, oh
I was working as a waitress
In a cocktail bar
That much is true
But even then I knew I'd find
A much better place
Either with or without you
The five years we have had
Have been such good times
I still love you
But now I think it's time
I lived my life on my own
I guess it's just what I must do
Don't, don't you want me
You know I can't believe it
When I hear that you won't see me
Don't, don't you want me
You know I don't believe you
When you say that you don't need me
It's much too late to find
You think you've changed your mind
You'd better change it back
Or we will both be sorry
Don't you want me, baby
Don't you want me, oh
Don't you want me, baby
Don't you want me, oh
Don't you want me, baby
Don't you want me, oh
Don't you
THE SOUND OF THE CROWD
- TOP OF THE POPS 30 APRIL 1981
the human league - dare (full album)