Don’t You Want Me
The Human League’s 1981 recording of “Don’t You Want Me” is the earliest release on file. Jo Callis, Philip Oakey and Philip Adrian Wright of The Human League are credited as its writers. Also recorded by The Farm (released 1992), Alcazar (released 2000) and Tatjana (released 1993), among 183 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.
When a band tucks someone else's song into its own megamix, that's a tip of the hat worth following back to the source. Philip Oakey shares the writing credit on this one, and his band cut it first.
Three members of The Human League wrote this one, and it traveled all the way to The Smashing Pumpkins, who put it on record in 2000. Play the League first, then the Pumpkins, and listen for what survives the trip.
▶Don't You Want Me (2012 Remaster)Credited writers: Jo Callis, Philip Oakey and Philip Adrian Wright.
Earliest release on file: this one, 1981.
- Love And Music1982
- Mandy Smith1990
- The Farm1992
- Tatjana1993
- Alcazar2000
- The Smashing Pumpkins2000
- Future Bible Heroes2000
- The Bar-Steward Sons of Val Doonican2009
- Atomic Tom2011
183 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.
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