Wide Boy (song)

"Wide Boy"
Single by Nik Kershaw
from the album The Riddle
B-side
  • "Shame on You"
  • "So Quiet"
Released4 March 1985[1]
Recorded1983-1984[2]
Genre
Length
  • 3:28 (album version)
  • 3:19 (single remix)
  • 5:07 (extended version)
LabelMCA
Songwriter(s)Nik Kershaw
Producer(s)Peter Collins
Nik Kershaw singles chronology
"The Riddle"
(1984)
"Wide Boy"
(1985)
"Don Quixote"
(1985)

"Wide Boy" is a 1985 song by English singer-songwriter Nik Kershaw and is the second single from his second studio album The Riddle. It went to number 9 in the United Kingdom, number 5 in Ireland, number 21 in New Zealand, number 27 in South Africa and number 7 in Australia.

Track listings

7" single (WEA NIK 7)[3]
A. "Wide Boy" (Remix) – 3:19
B. "So Quiet" – 3:12

12" single (WEA NIKT 7)[4]
A. "Wide Boy" (Extended Mix) – 5:07
B1. "Shame on You" (Remix) – 3:39
B2. "So Quiet" – 3:07

References

  1. "News". Record Mirror. 23 February 1985. p. 4.
  2. Sinclair, Paul (March 2, 2013). "Nik Kershaw talks 80s pop and Human Racing 28 years on". superdeluxeedition. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
  3. Discogs 7".
  4. Discogs 12".