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unusual facts about Philip Oakey


Michiel van Bokhorst

In late 2001 Van Bokhorst met Philip Oakey at a party in Amsterdam for "OOR magazine" and discussed working on remixing some of the tracks on The Human League album Secrets.


1st Man in Space

It features vocals by Philip Oakey of The Human League on what is essentially an update of David Bowie's "Space Oddity" and Elton John's "Rocket Man" The song was written by another Sheffield musician Jarvis Cocker of Pulp.

What Comes After Goodbye

"What Comes After Goodbye" is a song by the three piece Sheffield group, Respect, written by Walmsley/Robson/Hartley and Philip Oakey.


see also

Electric Dreams

"Together in Electric Dreams", a song by Philip Oakey and Giorgio Moroder from the soundtrack