Song · The Human League
“Heart Like a Wheel” by The Human League
From the album Romantic? (1990)
“Heart Like a Wheel” by The Human League appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations in 1990. It was first released in 1990 on the album Romantic?. Its best result is #44 on the Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1990. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #102 alternative song of 1990.
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"Heart Like a Wheel" led the way for Romantic?, the Human League's 1990 album, hitting UK shops in August of that year. The song came from just outside the band: former member Jo Callis wrote it with Eugene Reynolds of the Rezillos. Martin Rushent produced and mixed it, the band recorded it at Genetic Sound during 1990, and Neil Sutton handled the synthesizer, with Philip Oakey singing lead and Joanne Catherall and Susan Ann Sulley behind him.
Record Mirror's Gary Crossing heard a return to form built for the radio, praising a sing-along chorus with barbs on it and a gap in the middle that took him straight back to the "Mirror Man" era. Andy Morahan directed the video, and the single reached 29 in the UK and 32 in the US.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 89 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1990 | 107 |
| 1990 | 44 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1990 | 105 |
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