| Human on the Inside | |
| Cover: | Humanontheinside.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Divinyls |
| Album: | Underworld |
| Released: | August 1996 |
| Recorded: | 1995 |
| Genre: | Pop rock |
| Length: | 4:12 |
| Label: | BMG Records |
| Producer: | Charley Drayton |
| Prev Title: | Hard on Me |
| Prev Year: | 1996 |
| Next Title: | For a Good Time |
| Next Year: | 1997 |
"Human on the Inside" is a song recorded by Australian rock duo Divinyls, released in August 1996 as the fourth single from their fifth studio album Underworld. A minor hit in Australia in 1996, the song became better known after it was covered by The Pretenders in 1999 under the title "Human". In this version, the song became a 1999 chart hit in the UK, New Zealand and the US.
"Human on the Inside" was one of many tracks from the album Underworld to be produced by Divinyls drummer Charley Drayton. "Human on the Inside" peaked at #59 on the Australian ARIA singles chart. Likewise, the album Underworld proved to be unsuccessful and only just made the top fifty of the Albums Chart.[1]
This song was covered by The Pretenders (as "Human") on their 1999 album, Viva el Amor. Issued as a single, the track peaked at #33 UK and #17 New Zealand. In the US, it made #30 on the Adult top 40.
It appeared on the soundtrack of the 2000 film Saving Grace. It also appeared in the Charmed season one episode "Love Hurts" as the post credits song. It was the theme song for the American television series Cupid (1998-1999) starring Jeremy Piven and Paula Marshall.
| Chart (1999) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Germany (Media Control Charts)[5] | 90 | |
| New Zealand (Official New Zealand Music Chart)[6] | 17 | |
| UK Singles Chart[7] | 33 | |
| US Billboard Adult Pop Songs[8] | 30 |
