Date: July 6th, 2023 6:03 PM Author: aqua sandwich school cafeteria
Yeah, it's because it wasn't even written by the band, but by American R&B producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, who wrote a lot of hits for Janet Jackson and other black R&B acts. They produced that album for the Human League which came a few years after their other main hits.
Date: July 6th, 2023 6:06 PM Author: aqua sandwich school cafeteria
Also the original Human League lineup was him and two other dudes doing obscure dorky electronic music. The other guys left the band right before a tour, and the singer just went out to a club, found these two chicks (who were still in high school at the time), recruited them into the band as backup singers, and did the tour. Then they made a #1 album.