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Nik Kershaw
Solo artist Bristol United Kingdom
Nik Kershaw is an artist from Bristol. Nik Kershaw has 11 chart appearances on 11 radio countdowns from 7 stations on RockLists, spanning 1988–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Wouldn't It Be Good”, which appears on 11 lists with a best position of #182. The station that charted Nik Kershaw most often is The Colorado Sound (Fort Collins–Denver, CO), with 2 appearances.
Nik Kershaw, the singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, came out of nowhere in 1984 with "Wouldn't It Be Good", a jittery synth-pop single with a twitchy, bubbling keyboard figure and a chorus that won't leave the room. He played guitar and keyboards as well as singing, and the records have a tidy, clever craftsmanship, new wave nerves wrapped in pop polish.
It was the first of eight UK top 40 singles he scored in the decade, with "Dancing Girls", "I Won't Let the Sun Go Down on Me", "Human Racing", "The Riddle", "Wide Boy", "Don Quixote" and "When a Heart Beats" following it. Across 1984 and 1985 he spent 62 weeks on the UK singles chart, more than any other solo artist, and in 1985 he played Live Aid.
His pen kept him busy after the spotlight moved on. He wrote "The One and Only" for Chesney Hawkes, and it went to number one in Britain in 1991.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Nik Kershaw on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wouldn't It Be Good | 11 | #182 | – | – |
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