The Lebanon is a song by the British synthpop group The Human League. Written jointly by lead singer Philip Oakey and keyboard player Jo Callis, it was recorded at Air studios between 1983-1984. Originally an album track on Hysteria, it was released as a single in the UK and the U.S. and was the first single to be released from that album. The song was conceived, written and recorded at a time when the band was under considerable pressure to provide Virgin Records with a follow up album to equal the enormous international success of Dare.

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The lyrics were an attempt to make a political statement on the Lebanese civil war which had been exacerbated by Israeli invasion of southern Lebanon of 1982.

It was suggested that The Human League were too 'lightweight' to make heavy political comment and "should stick to pop and love songs". They were criticized at the time for being banal and "out of their depth". 

-giorgio, antiwarsongs.org