From '' Jesus Shakes My Nerves & Rattles My Brain... ''
Label: Not On Label -- TCREP-2
Format: Vinyl, 7\", EP
Country: Finland
Released: 1989
Tracklist
A1 Don't You Want Me
A2 Down Down Down
B1 Playmate
B2 Who Burned My Sideburns?
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\"Don't You Want Me\" is a single by British synthpop group The Human League, released from their third album: Dare on 27 November 1981.
It is the band's best known and most commercially successful recording to date, and was the Christmas number one in the UK where it sold over 1,400,000 copies, making it the 25th most successful single in UK Singles Chart history.
it later topped the Billboard Hot 100 in the US on July 3, 1982 where it stayed for three weeks.
The title is frequently misprinted by the media and by covering artists; the correct song title is \"Don't You Want Me\"; not \"Don't You Want Me Baby\", which is the chorus.
Use in commercials
Up until 2001, The Human League as a matter of principle, did not permit the use of their music in commercials.
However Virgin Records own the rights to the material recorded when the band were signed to them 1978--1990, and the lack of consent from the band has not been enough to prevent the use of re-recorded versions of this song in commercials.
The first such use was a 2001 parody version by Fiat in a TV Commercial for their female friendly Punto car.
In 2007 the song was used in a Super Bowl commercial for cookie brand Chips Ahoy!
In 2009, Procter & Gamble used the song in a few of their U.S. and Canadian commercials for their Swiffer range of cleaning products.
The song has also been used to promote the Cascadia Showerhead by Waterpik.
Use in films
In the movie Ocean's Thirteen (2007), the song was featured as a ringtone for Rusty's cell phone (Brad Pitt's character).
The song is used in the movie He's Just Not That into You (2009).
The song is used in the movie 1981.
John C. Reilly's character in Cyrus (2010) proclaimed this to be \"The Greatest Song Ever Recorded\".
Use in television
In the 2008 BBC drama Ashes to Ashes (set in 1981), the song is featured as one of the principal soundtrack songs.
Later Keeley Hawes's character Alex Drake uses Susan Sulley's line \"I was working as a waitress in a cocktail bar\" in the dialogue; included by the script writers as a tribute to Susan Sulley and The Human League.
In the Mighty Boosh episode \"Electro\" Vince plays the song to Howard, stating that the Human League \"invented music\" and everything before had just been tuning up.
In the US TV series Will & Grace episode \"Marry Me a Little, Marry Me a Little More\" just before Grace gets married, she and Will (he alludes earlier in the episode to being a Human League fan), sing part of the first verse on a rooftop.
In an episode of Glee, \"Blame It On the Alcohol,\" the song is featured as a duet between Rachel (Lea Michele) and Blaine (Darren Criss).
Notable covers
In 1989 Mandy Smith covered this song.
The song was released after her album Mandy (1988).
It was also Smith's final single.
This song has a B-side, \"If It Makes You Feel Good\", which appeared on Smith's debut album.
Don't You Want Me is a eurodance song performed by Swedish band Alcazar and released internationally in 2002.
The song was included to the European version of \"Casino\" together with a few other, and was recorded in Stockholm at first, but when they wanted it for a new pan-European single, a whole new version was made.
The song is playable on the Karaoke Revolution games.
A cover of the song was the last successful single by Liverpool-based pop group The Farm, reaching #18 in the UK Singles Chart in late 1992.
It was originally recorded for the NME charity album Ruby Trax.
Stephin Merritt project Future Bible Heroes recorded a cover of \"Don't You Want Me\" which is featured on Reproductions: Songs Of The Human League.
Electronica band Hyper Crush recorded a cover version of the song for their Mixtape Volume 2 CD.
A cover of the song was performed as a duet on the hit show Glee by actor/singers Lea Michele and Darren Criss in season 2, episode 14 named \"Blame It On The Alcohol\".
A cover of the song was recorded by Atomic Tom for the soundtrack of the 2011 Michael Dowse film Take Me Home Tonight. The music video featured members of the film's cast.
