"Night People" is a song by the British

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, released on 22 November 2010. The track failed to chart. The single features remixes from

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, Emperor Machine and Villa. The single reached No. 25 in the

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Top 30 Indie Singles Chart. Dave Simpson of ''

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'' said of the song, "Stark synthesisers, an instantly memorable hookline and lyrics about nightclubbing make for their best track in more than 20 years". Simon Price of ''

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'' described Night People as "an exuberantly anthemic Human League classic."

Phil Oakey Philip Oakey (born 2 October 1955) is a British singer, songwriter and record producer. He is best known as the lead singer, songwriter, and cofounder of British synth-pop band the Human League. Aside from the Human League, Oakey has enjoyed an e ...

stated in a February 2011 interview that Night People "was not designed to go on the radio; it was designed to go into clubs, to have remixes but suddenly it’s a single and it got played on Radio 2."

References

The Human League songs 2010 singles 2010 songs Songs written by Philip Oakey Wall of Sound (record label) singles {{2010s-electronic-song-stub