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The Human League

Don’t You Want Me

1981 · via Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

The Human League’s 1981 recording of “Don’t You Want Me” is the earliest on file. Jo Callis, Philip Oakey and Philip Adrian Wright are credited as its writers. Also recorded by The Farm (1992), Alcazar (2000) and Tatjana (1993), among 183 recordings on MusicBrainz.

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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.

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Credited writers: Jo Callis, Philip Oakey and Philip Adrian Wright.

Earliest recording on file: this one, 1981.

Other recordings on file

183 recordings of “Don’t You Want Me” on MusicBrainz in all.

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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark slipped a piece of "Don’t You Want Me" into their "80s Disco Hits Megamix." Which act recorded that song first?The Human League
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