Night People (The Human League song)

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"Night People"
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Single by the Human League
from the album Credo
Released22 November 2010
Recorded2010
Studio Human League (Sheffield, England)
Genre Synth-pop
Length5:29
Label Wall of Sound
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) I Monster
The Human League singles chronology
"The Things That Dreams Are Made Of"
(2008)
"Night People"
(2010)
"Never Let Me Go"
(2011)
Music video
"Night People" on YouTube

"Night People" is a song by English synth-pop band the Human League, released on 22 November 2010. The track failed to chart.

The single features remixes from Cerrone, Mylo, Emperor Machine and Villa. [1] The single reached No. 25 in the BBC Radio 1 Top 30 Indie Singles Chart.

Dave Simpson of The Guardian said of the song, "Stark synthesisers, an instantly memorable hookline and lyrics about nightclubbing make for their best track in more than 20 years." [2]

Simon Price of The Independent described "Night People" as "an exuberantly anthemic Human League classic". [3]

Phil Oakey stated in a February 2011 interview that "Night People" "was not designed to go on the radio; it was designed to go into clubs, to have remixes but suddenly it's a single and it got played on Radio 2." [4]

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References

  1. "The Human League To Premiere New Music Video". Popinstereo.com. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
  2. "F&M Playlist". London: Guardian.co.uk. 18 November 2010. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
  3. Price, Simon (20 March 2011). "The Human League Credo Review". London: Independent.co.uk. Archived from the original on 22 March 2011. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
  4. "Night People was 'not designed to go on the radio'". The Quietus. Retrieved 21 February 2011.