Human Nature (band)

Human Nature, 2007

Human Nature is a boy band from New South Wales , Australia that has been successful since the mid-1990s. The singles Tellin 'Everybody , Wishes and Every Time You Cry made it onto the German charts in 1997 and 1998 .

Band history

Andrew and Michael Tierney met Phillip Burton and Toby Allen while attending an agricultural high school in New South Wales and formed the first band together called 4Trax in 1989. This was followed by appearances in the clubs of Sydney . The quartet received its first three awards for the live show . Now the musicians sent demo tapes to various record companies . In the early 1990s they signed a record deal and changed the band name to Human Nature.

The debut single You Got It (Goin 'On) was released in 1996 . The first album, Telling Everybody , went platinum three times in Australia , and the singles that were released also sold very well there. This success enabled the band, which has since been compared to the Backstreet Boys and 'N Sync , appearances as opening act on the tours of Michael Jackson and Celine Dion . Together with John Farnham , Human Nature released the single Every Time You Cry in 1998 , which became one of the top hits of the year Down Under .

Counting Down was the name of the 1999 album by Human Nature, which was created with the help of international songwriters in Sydney, Los Angeles and London . Through appearances in a version of Grease and the participation in an all-star tour with Beatles songs, which was initiated by George Martin , the teen group matured into an adult band. To date, various other albums and singles have been released, with which Human Nature was mainly successful at home.

Human Nature and Julie Anthony sang the Australian national anthem at the opening ceremony of the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney .

Since 2009 Human Nature had an arrangement in their own theater named after them in the Imperial Palace in Las Vegas . This guest performance, entitled Smokey Robinson presents: Human Nature - The Ultimate Celebration of the Motown Sound , lasted three and a half years and ended at the end of November 2012.

In 2019 the four band members were awarded the Order of Australia medal. They were also inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame that same year .

Members

• Andrew James Tierney , vocals
• Michael John Tierney , vocals
• Phil Andrew Burton , vocals
• Toby Charles Allen , vocals

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		DE	UK	AU
1996	Telling everybody	DE82 (1 week) DE	-	AU7th × 4 Quadruple platinum (64 weeks)AU	First published: December 1996 Producers: Andrew Klippel, Paul Begaud
1999	Counting down	-	-	AU1 platinum (26 weeks)AU	First published: May 1999 Producers: Andrew Klippel, Paul Begaud
2000	Human Nature	-	-	AU7th platinum (10 weeks)AU	First published: December 2000 Producer: Paul Begaud, Steelworks
2004	Walk the tightrope	-	-	AU12 gold (7 weeks)AU	Double album, first published: May 2004 Producers: Andrew Tierney, Bryon Jones, Human Nature, Michael Tierney
2005	Reach Out: The Motown Record	-	-	AU1 × 6 Six-fold platinum (56 weeks)AU	First published: November 2005 Producer: Paul Wiltshire
2006	Dancing in the Streets: The Songs of Motown II	-	-	AU1 × 4 Quadruple platinum (31 weeks)AU	First published: October 2006 Producer: Paul Wiltshire
2007	Get ready	-	-	AU2 platinum (9 weeks)AU	First published: November 2007 Producer: Paul Wiltshire
2010	Vegas: Songs from Sin City	-	-	AU21st gold (7 weeks)AU	First published: November 2010 Producer: Harvey Mason Jr
2013	The Christmas Album	-	-	AU4th × 2 Double platinum (44 weeks)AU	First published: November 2013 Producers: Human Nature, Damon Thomas, Harvey Mason Jr.
2014	Jukebox	-	-	AU2 × 2 Double platinum (25 weeks)AU	First published: October 2014 Producer: Dave Pierce
2016	Gimme Some Lovin ': Jukebox Vol II	-	-	AU1 gold (31 weeks)AU	First published: July 22, 2016
2018	Romance of the Jukebox	-	-	AU2 (5 weeks) AU	First published: August 17, 2018

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		DE	UK	AU
2001	Here and Now: The Best of Human Nature	-	-	AU11 platinum (9 weeks)AU	First published: November 2001
2008	The Motor City Collection	-	-	AU18 (3 weeks) AU	Box with 3 CDs + DVD; First published: April 2008
	A symphony of hits	-	-	AU10 platinum (13 weeks)AU	First published: November 2008
2019	Still Telling Everybody: 30 Years of Hits	-	-	AU3 (6 weeks) AU	First published: November 2019

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		DE	UK	AU
1996	Got It Goin 'On Telling Everybody	-	-	AU19 (10 weeks) AU	First published: March 1996 Authors: Paul Begaud, Michael Tierney, Andrew Tierney
	Tellin 'Everybody Telling Everybody	DE82 (8 weeks) DE	-	AU30 (6 weeks) AU	First published: July 1996 Authors: Paul Begaud, Michael Tierney, Andrew Tierney
	Wishes Telling Everybody	DE68 (9 weeks) DE	UK44 (2 weeks) UK	AU6th platinum (20 weeks)AU	First published: October 1996 Authors: Alan Glass, Andrew Klippel
1997	Don't Say Goodbye Telling Everybody	-	-	AU8th gold (18 weeks)AU	First published: March 1997 Authors: Paul Begaud, Michael Tierney, Andrew Tierney
	Whisper Your Name Telling Everybody	-	UK53 (2 weeks) UK	AU18 (10 weeks) AU	First published: July 1997 Authors: Paul Begaud, Michael Tierney, Andrew Tierney
	Everytime You Cry Counting Down	DE84 (9 weeks) DE	-	AU3 (15 weeks) AU	First published: September 1997 with John Farnham Authors: Gregg Sutton, Shelly Peiken
	People Get Ready Telling Everybody	-	-	AU35 (8 weeks) AU	First published: December 1997 Author: Curtis Mayfield Original: The Impressions , 1965
1998	Cruel counting down	-	-	AU14th gold (12 weeks)AU	First published: September 1998 Authors: Andrew Klippel, Sheppard Solomon
1999	Last to know counting down	-	-	AU11 gold (12 weeks)AU	First published: March 1999 Dane DeViller, Sean Hosein, Steve Kipner Original: Color Me Badd , 1996
	Don't cry counting down	-	-	AU5 gold (9 weeks)AU	First published: July 1999 Authors: Alan Glass, Andrew Klippel
	Eternal Flame Counting Down	-	-	AU8th gold (15 weeks)AU	First published: October 1999 Authors: Billy Steinberg , Thomas Kelly , Susanna Hoffs Original: The Bangles , 1988
2000	Be There with You Counting Down	-	-	AU40 (2 weeks) AU	First published: March 2000 Authors: Paul Begaud, Michael Tierney, Andrew Tierney
	He Don't Love You Human Nature	-	UK18 (7 weeks) UK	AU4th platinum (15 weeks)AU	First published: November 2000 Authors: Steve Mac , Wayne Hector
2001	When We Were Young Human Nature	-	UK43 (2 weeks) UK	AU21 (8 weeks) AU	First published: March 2001 Authors: Michael Tierney, Andrew Tierney, Eliot Kennedy , Mike Percy, Phil Burton, Tim Lever, Tim Woodcock, Toby Allen
	Don't come back human nature	-	-	AU46 (1 week) AU	First published: July 2001 Authors: Paul Begaud, Michael Tierney, Andrew Tierney
	Always Be with You Here and Now: The Best of Human Nature	-	-	AU29 (2 weeks) AU	First published: November 2001 Authors: Michael Tierney, Andrew Tierney, Kevin Spencer, Leon Sylvers III
2004	When You Say You Love Me Walk the Tightrope	-	-	AU7th gold (14 weeks)AU	First published: April 2004 Authors: Darren Hayes , Rick Nowels Original: Clay Aiken , 2003
	Guilty Walk the tightrope	-	-	AU33 (1 week) AU	First published: August 2004 Authors: Maurice Gibb , Robin Gibb , Barry Gibb Original: Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb, 1980
	Twelve Days of Christmas	-	-	AU26 (4 weeks) AU	First published: November 2004 with Dreamtime Christmas All-Stars traditional Christmas carol, 1780

More singles

• 2009: A New Life / Christmas Flow EP

Video albums

• 2010: Reach Out: Live at the Capitol (AU:× 2Double platinum )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Human Nature To Be Inducted Into ARIA Hall Of Fame , ARIA, October 31, 2019
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: Singles Albums UK AU
3. ↑ Awards for music sales: DE UK AU

Web links

• Human Nature at Allmusic (English)
• Human Nature at Discogs (English)