Don't You Want Me Don't You Want Me "Don't You Want Me" is a single by British synthpop group The Human League, released on 27 November 1981 as the fourth single from their third studio album "Dare" (1981). It is the band's best known and most commercially successful recording and was the 1981 Christmas number one in the UK, where it has since sold over 1,560,000 copies, making it the 23rd most successful single in UK Singles Chart history. It later topped the "Billboard" Hot 100 in the US on 3 July 1982 where it stayed for three weeks. In 2015 the song was
Don't You Want Me first song featuring the revolutionary Linn LM-1 drum machine to hit No. 1 on the UK charts and also the first LM-1 track to top the "Billboard" Hot 100. The song was re-released in October 1995 as CD, cassette and 12" single featuring new remixes by Snap! and Red Jerry, peaking at No. 16 on the UK chart. The release coincided with the issue of the group's second "Greatest Hits" compilation album shortly afterwards, which featured the Snap 7" remix. As of November 2012, "Don't You Want Me" is the 23rd best-selling single in the UK with 1.55 million copies