[1984]
Lyrics by Philip Oakey
Music by Jo Callis
Album: Hysteria


"The Lebanon" is a song by the British synthpop group The Human League. Written jointly by lead singer Philip Oakey and keyboard player Jo Callis, it was recorded at Air studios between 1983-1984. Originally an album track on Hysteria, it was released as a single in the UK and the U.S. and was the first single to be released from that album. The song was conceived, written and recorded at a time when the band was under considerable pressure to provide Virgin Records with a follow up album to equal the enormous international success of Dare . The band had taken up residence in the £1000 a day Air Studios; they were there a full year and were agonizing (and arguing) over every note of every track.
"The Lebanon" was a radical departure from what was accepted as the soft synthpop sound of the Human League and could almost... (continuer)