(Keep Feeling) Fascination

"(Keep Feeling) Fascination"
Single by The Human League
from the album Fascination!
B-side "Total Panic"
Released 15 April 1983
Format 7", 12", 3" CD single (re-issue)
Recorded Genetic Studios, 1983
Genre Post-disco, synthpop, new wave
Length 3:45
Label Virgin, A&M
Writer(s) Jo Callis, Philip Oakey
Producer(s) Martin Rushent
The Human League singles chronology
"Mirror Man"
(1982)		 "(Keep Feeling) Fascination"
(1983)		 "The Lebanon"
(1984)

"(Keep Feeling) Fascination" is a 1983 song by the British synthpop group 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 singer Philip Oakey, female co-vocalists Susan Ann Sulley and Joanne Catherall, and a rare vocal role from keyboardist Jo Callis.

The single was designated 'Red' on the Human League’s short-lived, self-imposed labeling system of 'Blue' for pop songs and 'Red' for dance tracks.[1]

Chart performance and certifications

The single was released in the UK on 15 April 1983[2] as a non-album single, and went to number 2 in the UK Singles Chart. It was incorporated into the band's EP Fascination!. Released in the US a month after the UK release, the single reached number 1 on the US Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart (their first single to do so) and number 8 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" issue in the UK.

The 7" issue featured a new track on the B-side Total Panic.

Weekly charts

Chart (1983) Peak
Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] 8
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[4] 24
Belgium (VRT Top 30 Flanders)[5] 23
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[6] 13
Canada (CHUM)[7] 16
Ireland (IRMA)[8] 2
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[9] 3
Poland (ZPAV)[10] 24
South Africa (Springbok Radio)[11] 16
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[12] 18
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[13] 2
US Billboard Hot 100[14] 8
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[15] 14
US Dance/Disco Top 80 (Billboard)[16] 1
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[17] 56
US Cash Box Top 100[18] 7

Year-end charts

Chart (1983) Rank
Australia (Kent Music Report)[19] 73
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[20] 76
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[21] 26
UK Singles (Official Single Charts)[22] 43
US Billboard Hot 100[23] 33
US Dance/Disco Top 80 (Billboard) [24] 18
US Cash Box Top 100[25] 57

Certifications

Region Certification
Canada (Music Canada)[26] Gold
United Kingdom (BPI)[27] Silver

Music video

A screenshot from the music video for "(Keep Feeling) Fascination".
A view of the location of the "(Keep Feeling) Fascination" music video in 2014.

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 central theme of the video was based on an orange dot on a map, which in turn is a real orange dot on the ground. The orange dot highlights a single house on the apex of a street where the band is playing the song in the front room, which is painted entirely grey. In one scene, a couple of boys are playing outside in the street during the song's break; one of them kicks the ball towards the orange building, the other runs to get the ball, and both the ball and the retriever's clothes turn orange. After he kicks the ball back, the ball returns to its previous colour.

Filmed before the widespread use of CGI, the house (which was 1 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 car. The opening scenes establish the landscape from a map before zooming through the front window of the "orange" house, as the band starts the song. The video was conceived and directed by 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 says 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.

Popular culture

References

  1. ↑ "The Human League Biography Part 3 1983-89".
  2. ↑ "none". NME. London, England: IPC Media. 9 April 1983. p. 32.
  3. ↑ "Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – Top 100 End of Year AMR Charts – 1980s". Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "Ultratop.be – The Human League – (Keep Feeling) Fascination" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "Radio 2 Top 30" (in Dutch). Top 30. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  6. ↑ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 4316." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  7. ↑ "CHART NUMBER 1387 – Saturday, August 13, 1983". Archived from the original on 7 November 2006. Retrieved 9 July 2016.. CHUM.
  8. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – (Keep Feeling) Fascination". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  9. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – The Human League – (Keep Feeling) Fascination". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  10. ↑ "Lista Przebojów Programu 3". Polskie Radio. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  11. ↑ "South African Rock Lists Website SA Charts 1965 – 1989 Acts H". The South African Rock Encyclopedia. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  12. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – The Human League – (Keep Feeling) Fascination". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  13. ↑ "May 1983/ Archive Chart: 14 May 1983" UK Singles Chart. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  14. ↑ "The Human League – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for The Human League. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  15. ↑ "The Human League – Chart history" Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs for The Human League. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  16. ↑ "Billboard July 7, 1983" (PDF). Billboard. New York, NY, USA. 7 July 1983. p. 53. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  17. ↑ "Billboard Aug 13, 1983" (PDF). Billboard. New York, NY, USA. 13 August 1983. p. 35. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  18. ↑ "CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending SEPTEMBER 3, 1983". Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2016.. Cash Box magazine.
  19. ↑ "Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – Top 100 End of Year AMR Charts – 1980s". Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  20. ↑ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 6699." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  21. ↑ "Top Selling Singles of 1983 - The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  22. ↑ 1983 in British music#Best-selling singles
  23. ↑ "Billboard Dec. 24, 1983" (PDF). Billboard. New York, NY, USA. 24 December 1983. p. TA-18. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  24. ↑ "Billboard Dec. 24, 1983" (PDF). Billboard. New York, NY, USA. 24 December 1983. p. TA-26. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  25. ↑ "The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1983". Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2012.. Cash Box magazine.
  26. ↑ "Canadian single certifications – Human League – (Keep Feeling) Fascination". Music Canada.
  27. ↑ "British single certifications – Human League – Fascination". British Phonographic Industry. Enter Fascination in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select single in the field By Format. Select Silver in the field By Award. Click Search
  28. ↑ "Slow Mo". YouTube. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  29. ↑ "08. Fascination (Siete Latidos 2001) OV7". YouTube. 22 April 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2012.

External links

Preceded by
"The Safety Dance" by Men Without Hats		 Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single
9 July 1983 		Succeeded by
"I.O.U." by Freeez
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