Don’t You Want Me

That's this entire album.

Human League, Don't You Want Me, 1981.

The original is somebody begging not to be left out.

Michelle and Cat Power took the begging out.

Now, on her new album Synonym, Ndegeocello reimagines familiar duets with an eclectic group of artists from Chaka Khan to Brandi Carlile, creating arrangements that challenge how we hear songs we thought we knew.

Like this version of the Human League's 1981 hit, Don't You Want Me, which she records with Cat Power.

Don't, don't you want me? You know I can't believe it when you say that you don't need me.

It's much too late to find when you think you've changed your mind.

You'd better change it back.

What does it say? What does it say? Don't you want me, baby? Don't you want me?

Meshell Ndegeocello, welcome to Fresh Air.

Oh, wow.