About The Song
“Don’t You Want Me” is a song by British synth-pop group The Human League, released on November 27, 1981, as the fourth single from their third studio album, Dare. The song was written by the band’s lead singer, Philip Oakey, and tells the story of a man who meets a waitress in a cocktail bar and turns her into a star. The song was a commercial success, reaching number one in the UK and the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. The music video for the song, directed by Steve Barron, features the band performing the song in a nightclub, with Oakey singing to a female performer. The song has been remastered several times, including a 2012 remaster.