Love Action

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About Love Action

"Love Action (I Believe in Love)" is a song by the British synthpop group The Human League, released as a single in the UK in July 1981. It became the band's first Top 10 success, peaking at number three in the UK Singles Chart. The song was written jointly by lead singer Philip Oakey and keyboard player Ian Burden. It features lead vocal by Oakey, female backing vocals by Susanne Sulley and Joanne Catherall, and analogue synthesizers by Jo Callis, Philip Adrian Wright and Ian Burden. Drum machines, sequencing and programming were provided by producer Martin Rushent and his then engineer and programmer David M. Allen. One of the most notable synth sounds on the recording makes use of the pitch-to-voltage converter and envelope shaper on the Roland System 700 modular synth. Jo Callis' guitar strumming was fed into the synth and used to shape and trigger the sounds, producing an unusual choppy, strumming synth patch. Some copies of the single were mispressed, with Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark's "Souvenir" as the A-side. 


Year:
2002
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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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The Human League

The Human League are an English electronic New Wave band formed in Sheffield in 1977. The band had an early hit with "Being Boiled", but achieved stardom after a key change in line-up in 1980, releasing multiple international hits from the early 1980s to the mid 1990s. Dare (1981), the band's most popular album, yielded the single "Don't You Want Me", a No. 1 hit in the pop charts of UK, US and many other countries. Other international hits include: "Love Action", "Open Your Heart", "Mirror Man", "Fascination", "The Lebanon", "Human" (a US No. 1) and "Tell Me When". more »

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Written by: Burden Oakey

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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.
Album Inclusion
The song was part of the album "Dare", which is considered one of The Human League's biggest commercial and critical successes.
Song Structure
Unlike typical pop songs, "Love Action" doesn't have a verse-chorus-verse structure but instead consists of several different sections.
Sampling
The spoken-word intro was sampled from a computer program and this is considered one of the earliest examples of sampling in a pop song.
Lyrics
The 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.
Music Video
The 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.
Songwriting
Although Phil Oakey is the main vocalist, "Love Action" was written by him along with fellow band members Philip Adrian Wright and Jo Callis.
Influence on Electronica
The 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.
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".
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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