"Wouldn't It Be Good"  8)

I vote for ALL!!! Nik Kershaw is the greatest! My sister had the maddest crush on him. I recently bought his latest cd and dvd collection "Then & Now".

Out of all those I went for Human Racing... kinda dark yet so well written. But I seriously love them all.

I have to vote for "Wouldn't It Be Good?", but I also really like "The Riddle" and "Wide Boy". :)

"Wide Boy" is great too. In fact "When A Heartbeat" is too... the breakdown in the middle is class.

I've always loved Wouldn't it be Good?    :D

I chose "Wouldn't It Be Good" as that's the only one I can remember at the moment that I really, really liked.  :)

I chose "Wouldn't It Be Good" as that's the only one I can remember at the moment that I really, really liked.  :)

That's the only song of his I know, too. And I really like it. :) O0

Amazingly enough, I didn't hear it for the first time until about 1999 or so. :o

I chose 'Wide boy' but I also love 'I won't let the sun go down on me' (Why does the title make me laugh?), 'The Riddle' and 'Wouldn't it be good'.

'Human Racing' (in which 'Snood Man' sounds frighteningly similar to Stevie Wonder...I keep expecting a harmonica solo at any moment!)

Wouldn't It Be Good for me...the extended version of course  ;)

I haven't heard of this person.


If you like pop synth of the early 80s, you'll like Nik Kershaw - there were major comparisons between him and Howard Jones at the time despite being two totally different acts.

You're going to tell me you haven't heard of Howard Jones as well, aren't you?  ;) ;D

I've only heard three of those songs. I picked Wouldn't It Be Good? but I also like The Riddle.

I haven't heard of this person.


He only had 1 hit in America with the almost Top 40 Wouldn't it Be Good

1984 - I Won't Let the Sun Go Down on Me

I updated the poll, and amended the first post with a chart discography for the UK and North America :)

The only song I remember Nik Kershaw singing was Wouldn't it be good.

I join to the majority.
My favourite is "Wouldn't it be good" too
but I miss another good in the poll: "Dark glasses"

Wouldn't It Be Good

I thought that video was pretty decent for the year that it came out. Does anyone know what the reason was for the outfit that he was wearing with the images on it?

the riddle a great song    whouldnt  it be good  was great too  but  its his  known  the rest of the songs  are amazing but  the riddle stands above  the rest in my veiw

Interesting you ask this I just bought his greatest hits album last week (although it was actually intended for my mom but I listen to it as well lol).

Have to say "I wont let the sun go down on me" is my favourite.  "The Riddle" and "Wouldn't be Good" are just as good.  I also like Don Quixote as well.

It's a shame Nik didn't quite catch on over here.  I found my cassette copies of 'Human RAcing', 'The Riddle' and 'Radio Musicola' the other day and was listening to them.  I forgot how much I loved 'Nobody Knows'

It's a shame Nik didn't quite catch on over here.  I found my cassette copies of 'Human Racing', 'The Riddle' and 'Radio Musicola' the other day and was listening to them.  I forgot how much I loved 'Nobody Knows'

Seems like he didn't do so well over here (US) either, lol. :-\\ Still, "Wouldn't It Be Good" is the only song of his that I know, and apparently the only one that even touched the US charts.

Seems like he didn't do so well over here (US) either, lol. :-\\ Still, "Wouldn't It Be Good" is the only song of his that I know, and apparently the only one that even touched the US charts.


And the odd thing is that in the States, I've seen alot of people reference it as from 'Pretty in Pink.

The one heard in that movie (and on the soundtrack) is a cover version by ex-Three Dog Night singer Danny Hutton and his band the Danny Hutton Hitters.

Wouldn't it Be Good - the only one of his I know

Nobody Knows is now my favorite.

The Riddle and Wouldn't It Be Good used to be my favorite

It's a shame Nik didn't quite catch on over here.  I found my cassette copies of 'Human RAcing', 'The Riddle' and 'Radio Musicola' the other day and was listening to them.  I forgot how much I loved 'Nobody Knows'


It's quite surprising too. Kershaw was as mainstream as Duran Duran, Wham!, Human League and Thompson Twins who successfully invaded the US in the early 80s.

I really liked Wouldn't It Be Good. The end of the video with the satellite dish is so nice.