Human Racing

Human Racing is Nik Kershaw's first album. It was released in 1984 by MCA Records. The title track was a top 20 hit in the United Kingdom, peaking at #19.

The album's first single in the UK was "I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me," which peaked at #47 upon its first release. "Wouldn't It Be Good" became Kershaw's first major hit, spending three weeks at the UK #4 spot and logging his longest chart run there. It is also the song Kershaw is best known for in the U.S., where he narrowly missed going Top 40, peaking at #46. Further hits from the album were "Dancing Girls" and the title track, but the album's first single would become a smash hit upon its second UK release in 1984. Kershaw's Human Racing album peaked at #70 in the U.S.

Track listing

LP, cassette, CD

1. "Dancing Girls" – 3:46
2. "Wouldn't It Be Good" – 4:32
3. "Drum Talk" – 3:10
4. "Bogart" – 4:38
5. "Gone to Pieces" – 3:11
6. "Shame on You" – 3:33
7. "Cloak and Dagger" – 4:55
8. "Faces" – 4:05
9. "I Won't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" – 3:23
10. "Human Racing" – 4:26

Chart performance

Singles

• I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me #47 (on first release in 1983), #2 (on re-release in 1984)
  • B-side - Dark Glasses
• Wouldn't It Be Good #4
  • B-side - Monkey Business
• Dancing Girls #13
  • B-side - She Cries
• Human Racing #19
  • B-side - Faces (Simon Boswell remix)

Credits

• Mastered by Greg Fulginiti US

References

External links

• Human Racing at Allmusic