(Keep Feeling) Fascination

1983 single by the Human League January 2012 June 2012 August 2025 Fascination KeepFeelingFascination.jpg single the Human League Fascination! Total Panic 1983 4 15 y9 April 1983 League leaders https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/80s/83/Record-Mirror-1983-04-09-OCR.pdf Record Mirror 4 16 July 2022 Genetic Sound (Streatley, Berkshire) Synth-popFascination! - The Human League Album AllMusic https://www.allmusic.com/album/fascination%21-mw0000837400 2025-11-08 en Treble Staff A History of Synth-Pop in 50 Essential Songs Treble 11 May 2020 https://www.treblezine.com/50-essential-synth-pop-songs-history/ 27 August 2024 synth-funk new wavehttps://www.allmusic.com/album/18-new-wave-classics-vol-2-mw0000997499 Various Artists - 18 New Wave Classics, Vol. 2 Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic AllMusic 4:59 (album version) 3:44 (single version) Virgin * Jo Callis Philip Oakey Martin Rushent Mirror Man 1982 The Lebanon 1984 QqqBs6kkzHE "(Keep Feeling) Fascination" "(Keep Feeling) Fascination" is a song by the English synth-pop band the Human League. It was composed by Jo Callis and Philip Oakey, and produced by Martin Rushent (which would be the last song he produced for the band for seven years). The song features vocals from four of the band members, including lead vocalist Philip Oakey, female co-vocalists Susan Ann Sulley and Joanne Catherall, and a rare vocal role from keyboardist and guitarist Jo Callis. Upon the song's release, it peaked at number two in the United Kingdom and entered the top 10 in Australia, Ireland, New Zealand and the United States. The single was designated 'Red' on the Human League's short-lived, self-imposed labelling system of 'Blue' for pop songs and 'Red' for dance tracks.http://www.league-online.com/biography3.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120205202949/http://www.league-online.com/biography3.html dead 5 February 2012 The Human League Biography Part 3 1983-89 Commercial performance The single was released in the UK on 15 April 1983none NME London, England 32 9 April 1983 as a non-album single, and went to number two on the UK singles chart. It was incorporated into the band's extended play (EP) Fascination!. Released in the US a month after the UK release, the single reached number one on the US Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart (their first single to do so) and number eight on the US Billboard Hot 100 that summer. The EP Fascination! contained two versions of "(Keep Feeling) Fascination": the extended mix and an improvisation, both different from the single version. These were also the tracks featured on the 12-inch issue in the UK. The 7-inch issue featured a new instrumental track on the B-side, "Total Panic". Music video thumb|200px|left|A screenshot from the music video for "(Keep Feeling) Fascination" The video for "(Keep Feeling) Fascination" was filmed in a semi-derelict area of Newham, London which was due for demolition and redevelopment as part of the widescale redevelopment of Docklands and East London which took place in the early 1980s. The video begins with an aerial view of an orange "you are here" dot on a street map, which is revealed as an actual giant orange dot on the ground as the camera zooms in. The dot highlights a single house on the apex of two streets, and the camera passes through a set of window curtains to show the band playing the song inside. The entire room is painted grey, as are the band's instruments and microphones. During the song's bridge, two boys are shown kicking a ball around in the street outside. Both the ball and one boy's clothes turn orange when they enter the dot; when he kicks the ball back, it returns to its original colour. As the song ends, the camera retreats from the room and zooms back out into the sky, the view changing back to the original map. thumb|200px|right|A view of the location of the "(Keep Feeling) Fascination" music video in 2014 Unusually for the Human League's music videos to this point, the band are all seen playing instruments as if it were a live performance. Philip Oakey said in 1983: "The aim of the video is to show that we're a group who play music together ... This should help us in America where they believe we are a manufactured item mainly because we've never been live on TV there."https://www.flickr.com/photos/51106326@N00/8605746297/in/album-72157633129324277/ Smash Hits magazine April 28 - May 11, 1983 page 8 31 March 2013 Both the house (which was First Avenue, London E13 8AP) and surrounding area (Junction of 1st Avenue and 3rd Avenue) encompassed by the orange dot were completely painted orange, including a nearby Austin 1800 car. The video was conceived and directed by the Irish-British filmmaker Steve Barron, who directed most of the Human League's early 1980s music videos. The band's scenes were all filmed in a studio; Susan Ann Sulley saidOctober 2022 that the house was still occupied by a family during the painting and filming of the external scenes. The house remained orange until being demolished in mid-1983.October 2022 Track listings 7-inch vinyl (Virgin – VS 569) "(Keep Feeling) Fascination" – 3:39 "Total Panic" – 3:23 12-inch vinyl (Virgin – VS569-12) "(Keep Feeling) Fascination" (extended version) – 5:00 "(Keep Feeling) Fascination" (improvisation) – 6:15 Mini-CD (Virgin – CDT24) "(Keep Feeling) Fascination" (extended 12-inch version) – 5:00 "(Keep Feeling) Fascination" (improvisation 12-inch dub) – 6:15 "Total Panic" – 3:23 CD released in 1988 Charts Weekly charts Chart (1983) Peakposition Australia (Kent Music Report)Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 Kent David David Kent (historian) Australian Chart Book St Ives, New South Wales 1993 0-646-11917-6 8Flanders 24 The Human League (Keep Feeling) Fascination 9 July 2016 Belgium (VRT Top 30 Flanders)http://www.radio2.be/top-30/1983/05/28 Radio 2 Top 30 Top 30 9 July 2016 nl https://web.archive.org/web/20160327082828/http://www.radio2.be/top-30/1983/05/28 27 March 2016 dead 23 Canada (CHUM)http://www.1050chum.com/index_chumcharts.aspx?chart=1387 Chart Number 1387 – Saturday, August 13, 1983 9 July 2016 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20061107215033/http://www.1050chum.com/index_chumcharts.aspx?chart=1387 7 November 2006. CHUM. 16Canada RPM 13 2675 9 July 2016 CA_Top_WeeklyIreland2 2 (Keep Feeling) Fascination 9 July 2016New Zealand 3 The Human League (Keep Feeling) Fascination 9 July 2016 South Africa (Springbok Radio)South African Rock Lists Website SA Charts 1965 – 1989 Acts H The South African Rock Encyclopedia http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(H).html 9 July 2016 16Sweden 18 The Human League (Keep Feeling) Fascination 9 July 2016UK 2 19830514 Human League Don't You Want Me 9 July 2016Billboardhot100 8 The Human League 9 July 2016 US Dance/Disco Top 80 (Billboard)7 July 1983 Billboard July 7, 1983 https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1983/BB-1983-07-09.pdf Billboard 53 New York City 9 July 2016 1 US Hot Black Singles (Billboard)13 August 1983 Billboard Aug 13, 1983 https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1983/BB-1983-soul.pdf Billboard 35 New York City 9 July 2016 56Billboardmainstreamrock 14 The Human League 9 July 2016 US Cash Box Top 100http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19830903.html Cash Box Top 100 Singles – Week ending September 3, 1983 6 May 2016 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120911042426/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19830903.html 11 September 2012. Cash Box magazine. 7 Year-end charts Chart (1983) Rank Australia (Kent Music Report)https://i.imgur.com/860ttad.jpg Kent Music Report – National Top 100 Singles for 1983 Kent Music Report Imgur.com 22 January 2023Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – Top 100 End of Year AMR Charts – 1980s http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=40275 Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien 9 July 2016 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20141006134948/http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=40275 6 October 2014 73Canada RPM 76 3041 9 July 2016 CA_YE New Zealand (RIANZ)Top Selling Singles of 1983 - The Official New Zealand Music Chart https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-singles/1983-12-31 Recorded Music NZ 9 July 2016 26 UK Singles (OCC)Top 100 Singles Music Week 6 7 January 1983 40 US Billboard Hot 10024 December 1983 Billboard Dec. 24, 1983 https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1983/BB-1983-12-24.pdf Billboard TA-18 New York City 9 July 2016 33 US Dance/Disco Top 80 (Billboard)24 December 1983 Billboard Dec. 24, 1983 https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1983/BB-1983-12-24.pdf Billboard TA-26 New York City 9 July 2016 18 US Cash Box Top 100http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/1983YESP.html The Cash Box Year-End Charts: 1983 11 September 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120911042042/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/1983YESP.html 11 September 2012. Cash Box magazine. 57 Certifications Canada single (Keep Feeling) Fascination Human League Gold 1983 4 1983 11 United Kingdom single Fascination Human League Silver 1983 4 1983 5 2226-1056-1 true In popular culture A cover version of the song recorded by the American singer Rob Crow (of Pinback), features in the 2010 commercial for Kingsford charcoal.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yyf57m46Mu8 https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/Yyf57m46Mu8 13 December 2021 live Slow Mo YouTube 6 January 2012October 2022 A cover version of the song recorded by the Mexican Latin pop group OV7 features on the album Siete Latidos (2001).https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jGqFf_7u-E https://web.archive.org/web/20120225041511/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jGqFf_7u-E 25 February 2012 dead 08. Fascination (Siete Latidos 2001) OV7 YouTube 22 April 2011 6 January 2012October 2022 The track appears briefly in the American satirical action comedy film You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008) The track is included in the soundtrack of videogame Grand Theft Auto: Vice City as part of the fictional radio station Wave 103. References External links single 53166 Category:1983 songs Category:1983 singles Category:A&M Records singles Category:The Human League songs Category:Song recordings produced by Martin Rushent Category:Songs written by Jo Callis Category:Songs written by Philip Oakey Category:Virgin Records singles Category:Music videos shot in London