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The Human League

The Human League is a British electronic music band that emerged from the Sheffield synth-pop scene. Known for blending synthesizers with pop sensibilities, the group became influential figures in electronic and new wave music. Their work spans decades of synthesizer-driven compositions and remains central to the development of electronic pop.

25 tracksElectronica· 1977–2002
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Sound profile

EnergyDriveGrooveBrightnessWarmthVocal

The Human League is a moderate-energy and a warm production artist.

This artistTypical Electronica
Signature sound

Unusually high warmth for Electronica.

↑warmth
How this compares to Electronica

Across 25 analysed tracks, The Human League averages 40% energy — gentler than 65% of individual Electronica tracks — and 43% groove, straighter than 59%.

Measured against 14,430 Electronica tracks on 11 August 2026.

Key & BPM profile

Most tracks sit between 78–170 BPM with a median of 121 · predominantly minor keys (56% minor) · most common key: 8A (A Minor) with 6 tracks.

BPM spread
75–79
2
80–84
2
90–94
1
100–104
2
105–109
1
110–114
2
120–124
4
125–129
2
135–139
2
140–144
2
145–149
2
155–159
1
170–174
1
Key distribution
1A31B22A2B3A33B14A4B5A5B6A16B17A7B18A68B29A9B10A110B211A11B12A12B2

Sound profile evolution

How The Human League’s production has shifted across their catalog. The radar overlays earlier and recent eras as one shape, the year-by-year chart shows every metric move, and the tempo trend tracks the BPM migration against the typical Electronica tempo.

Sound profile shift
EnergyDriveGrooveBrightnessWarmthVocal
1977–1990·6 tracks
1991–2002·16 tracks
Year-by-year sound · scale 0–100
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Tempo migration · yearly average
This artistTypical Electronica
What changed

Across The Human League's catalog, tempos have climbed from ~107 to ~130 BPM; warmth has lifted; vocal content has increased.

Release volume by decade

1
1970s
5
1980s
1
1990s
15
2000s

Tracks in catalog

25 total · sortable
Don't You Want Me - Purple Disco Machine Remix - Short Edit album art
Don't You Want Me - Purple Disco Machine Remix - Short Edit
The Human League
121 BPM · 8B · Nu Disco / Disco · 42% Sustainer
Nu Disco / Disco
121
8B · C maj
42%Sustainer
1983
Don't You Want Me - Purple Disco Machine Extended Mix album art
Don't You Want Me - Purple Disco Machine Extended Mix
The Human League, Purple Disco Machine
121 BPM · 8A · Dance · 44% Sustainer
Dance
121
8A · A min
44%Sustainer
1981
The Things That Dreams Are Made Of - Tiga Remix album art
The Things That Dreams Are Made Of - Tiga Remix
The Human League
126 BPM · 10A · Indie Dance · 71% Peak time
Indie Dance
126
10A · B min
71%Peak time
1981
4jg album art
4jg
The Human League, The Future
120 BPM · 3A · Electronica · 57% Builder
Electronica
120
3A · B♭ min
57%Builder
2002
Dance Like A Star album art
Dance Like A Star
The Human League, The Future
145 BPM · 7B · Electronica · 39% Sustainer
Electronica
145
7B · F maj
39%Sustainer
2002
Looking For The Black Haired Girls album art
Looking For The Black Haired Girls
The Human League, The Future
90 BPM · 6A · Electronica · 22% Warm-up
Electronica
90
6A · G min
22%Warm-up
1977
Future Religion album art
Future Religion
The Human League, The Future
136 BPM · 1B · Electronica · 46% Sustainer
Electronica
136
1B · B maj
46%Sustainer
1995
Cairo album art
Cairo
The Human League, The Future
83 BPM · 8A · Electronica · 38% Sustainer
Electronica
83
8A · A min
38%Sustainer
1984
Blank Clocks album art
Blank Clocks
The Human League, The Future
105 BPM · 8B · Electronica · 37% Sustainer
Electronica
105
8B · C maj
37%Sustainer
—
The Circus Of Dr Lao album art
The Circus Of Dr Lao
The Human League, The Future
145 BPM · 1A · Electronica · 35% Sustainer
Electronica
145
1A · A♭ min
35%Sustainer
2002
Dada Dada Duchamp Vortex album art
Dada Dada Duchamp Vortex
The Human League, The Future
111 BPM · 6B · Electronica · 45% Sustainer
Electronica
111
6B · B♭ maj
45%Sustainer
—
Disco Disaster album art
Disco Disaster
The Human League, The Future
103 BPM · 1B · Electronica · 35% Sustainer
Electronica
103
1B · B maj
35%Sustainer
2002
Once Upon A Time In The West album art
Once Upon A Time In The West
The Human League, The Future
103 BPM · 8A · Electronica · 44% Sustainer
Electronica
103
8A · A min
44%Sustainer
2002
New Pink Floyd album art
New Pink Floyd
The Human League, The Future
142 BPM · 8A · Electronica · 29% Warm-up
Electronica
142
8A · A min
29%Warm-up
2002
Interface album art
Interface
The Human League, The Future
114 BPM · 1A · Electronica · 43% Sustainer
Electronica
114
1A · A♭ min
43%Sustainer
2002
King Of Kings album art
King Of Kings
The Human League, The Future
10B · Electronica · 56% Builder
Electronica
10B · D maj
56%Builder
2002
Year Of The Jet Packs album art
Year Of The Jet Packs
The Human League, The Future
125 BPM · 1A · Electronica · 26% Warm-up
Electronica
125
1A · A♭ min
26%Warm-up
2002
Pulse Lovers album art
Pulse Lovers
The Human League, The Future
142 BPM · 12B · Electronica · 41% Sustainer
Electronica
142
12B · E maj
41%Sustainer
1986
Daz album art
Daz
The Human League, The Future
78 BPM · 12B · Electronica · 30% Warm-up
Electronica
78
12B · E maj
30%Warm-up
—
C'est Grave feat. Tim Pearce album art
C'est Grave feat. Tim Pearce
The Human League, The Future
136 BPM · 3A · Electronica · 35% Sustainer
Electronica
136
3A · B♭ min
35%Sustainer
2002
Overkill Disaster Crash (v.1) album art
Overkill Disaster Crash (v.1)
The Human League, The Future
156 BPM · 8A · Electronica · 38% Sustainer
Electronica
156
8A · A min
38%Sustainer
2002
Titled U.N album art
Titled U.N
The Human League, The Future
78 BPM · 10B · Electronica · 25% Warm-up
Electronica
78
10B · D maj
25%Warm-up
2002
Treatment album art
Treatment
The Human League, The Future
170 BPM · 8A · Electronica · 30% Warm-up
Electronica
170
8A · A min
30%Warm-up
2002
Last Man On Earth - Shoter Version album art
Last Man On Earth - Shoter Version
The Human League, The Future
81 BPM · 3B · Electronica · 41% Sustainer
Electronica
81
3B · D♭ maj
41%Sustainer
2002
Reach Out (I'll Be There) album art
Reach Out (I'll Be There)
The Human League, The Future
123 BPM · 3A · Electronica · 57% Builder
Electronica
123
3A · B♭ min
57%Builder
2002

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Artists that mix with The Human League

We scored every transition between The Human League’s 24 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 49 catalogues clear the bar — a transition counts at 80 chemistry or above, the same number you’ll see on any track page. The 8 with the widest margin over chance are below.

Chance is measured, not assumed: 0.573% of transitions between two randomly drawn tracks by different artists in this catalogue reach 80. Listed alphabetically — the set is reproducible, the order inside it is not.

Black Deer

15 of the 216 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.2. They come from 12 different The Human League tracks.

Cairo → Spinning Sky · 8A → 8A · +1 BPM · 85 chemistry

Boards Of Canada

21 of the 720 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 4.1. They come from 14 different The Human League tracks.

Dada Dada Duchamp Vortex → Into The Magic Land · 6B → 7A · −6 BPM · 84 chemistry

Federico Aubele

19 of the 288 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.6. They come from 5 different The Human League tracks.

Plaid

19 of the 648 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.7. They come from 14 different The Human League tracks.

Interface → Even Spring · 1A → 11B · +1 BPM · 81 chemistry

Section 25

29 of the 936 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 5.4. They come from 13 different The Human League tracks.

Squarepusher

16 of the 432 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.5. They come from 10 different The Human League tracks.

Thievery Corporation

33 of the 768 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 4.4. They come from 9 different The Human League tracks.

Don't You Want Me - Purple Disco Machine Extended Mix → El Pueblo Unido - Miguel Migs Deep Dub Deluxe · 8A → 8A · −1 BPM · 86 chemistry

Tosca

23 of the 480 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.8. They come from 9 different The Human League tracks.

Interface → John Lee Huber - 2025 Remaster · 1A → 12B · −2 BPM · 87 chemistry

Chemistry weighs harmonic, rhythmic, energy, groove, mood and vocal compatibility. Tempos are as analysed from the recording — where a genre is habitually detected an octave down, this is how we handle it. Different measurement from the audience-overlap list further down the page.

Related artists

Top 15 by similarity

DJs and producers closest to The Human League by audience overlap — the artists their listeners also play. It’s a taste signal, not a measured key-and-tempo match: good for shortlisting crates when you’re prepping a set around The Human League, then check the chemistry on the pair you actually mix. Eligible names link to their own page.

Heaven 17
100%
Not in our catalog yet
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
87%
2 tracks in catalog · Dance · no artist page yet
Abc
82%
1 track in catalog · Pop · no artist page yet
Blancmange
78%
1 track in catalog · Indie Dance · no artist page yet
Thompson Twins
78%
Not in our catalog yet
Howard Jones
76%
Not in our catalog yet
Ultravox
74%
Not in our catalog yet
Soft Cell
72%
3 tracks in catalog · Dance
Visage
72%
1 track in catalog · Dance · no artist page yet
Yazoo
70%
2 tracks in catalog · Dance · no artist page yet
Gary Numan
59%
1 track in catalog · Dance · no artist page yet
Erasure
56%
Not in our catalog yet
Spandau Ballet
56%
Not in our catalog yet
Tubeway Army
55%
Not in our catalog yet
Eurythmics
55%
2 tracks in catalog · Dance · no artist page yet

Similarity data from Last.fm. BPM, key and energy on this page are measured from the recordings in our catalog.

FAQ

What BPM does The Human League play at?+

The Human League's tracks in our catalog range from 78 to 170 BPM, with a median of 121 BPM. Across 25 tracks, the most common range falls in the 120–125 BPM bucket.

What key are The Human League's tracks in?+

The Human League's tracks are mostly in minor keys (56% minor across 25 tracks). The most common single key is 8A (A Minor) with 6 tracks.

What artists mix well with The Human League?+

We scored every transition between The Human League's 24 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 49 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Black Deer, Boards Of Canada, Federico Aubele are three of them — listed alphabetically, because the set is reproducible and the order inside it is not. A transition counts at 80 chemistry or above, the same number shown on a track page. One measured example: Cairo into Spinning Sky, 8A to 8A, 85 chemistry.

Which artists share an audience with The Human League?+

The Human League sits closest to Heaven 17, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, Abc in our catalog. That ranking is audience overlap — the artists their listeners also play — rather than a measured key-and-tempo match, so treat it as a shortlist worth digging through, not a promise that any two tracks will beatmatch. The full list, with track counts, is in the Related artists section above.

When was The Human League most active?+

Our catalog has The Human League releases spanning 1977 to 2002, with the most tracks from the 2000s.