"
Open Your Heart" is a song by the British
synthpop group
The Human League. It was released as a single in the UK in September 1981 and peaked at number six in the
UK Singles Chart. It was written jointly by lead singer
Philip Oakey and keyboard player
Jo Callis. The song features a lead vocal by Oakey and female backing vocals by
Susanne Sulley and
Joanne Catherall, analogue synthesizers by Jo Callis, Philip Adrian Wright and Ian Burden. Drum machines, sequencing and programming were provided by producer
Martin Rushent.