Don Quixote (Nik Kershaw song)

"Don Quixote"
Single by Nik Kershaw
from the album The Riddle
B-side "Don't Lie"
Released August 1985
Format 7", 12"
Recorded 1984
Genre Pop rock, new wave
Label MCA Records
Writer(s) Nik Kershaw
Producer(s) Peter Collins
Nik Kershaw singles chronology
"Wide Boy" (1985) "Don Quixote"
(1985)		 "When a Heart Beats"
(1985)
The Riddle (album) track listing
-- "Don Quixote"
(1)		 "Know How"
(2)

"Don Quixote" was written and recorded by 1980s pop singer Nik Kershaw for his 1984 studio album The Riddle. Released in August 1985 as the final single from that album, it reached #10 on the UK Singles Chart in September 1985, and became Kershaw's seventh (and last) consecutive UK Top 20 hit single.[1]

A month before "Don Quixote" was released as a single, it was the last of four songs played by Kershaw at Live Aid. The others were previous singles "The Riddle", "Wouldn't It Be Good" and "Wide Boy".[2]

Chart performance

Chart (1985) Peak
position
German Media Control Charts[3] 39
Irish Singles Chart[4] 9
New Zealand Singles Chart[5] 36
UK Singles Chart[6] 10

References

  1. ↑ "www.nikkershaw.it". www.nikkershaw.it. 2005. Retrieved 2012-12-28.
  2. ↑ "www.setlist.fm". www.setlist.fm. Retrieved 2012-12-29.
  3. ↑ "charts.de". charts.de. Retrieved 2013-01-07.
  4. ↑ Jaclyn Ward - Fireball Media Group - http://www.fireballmedia.ie. "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". Irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 2013-01-07.
  5. ↑ Steffen Hung. "Nik Kershaw - Don Quixote". charts.org.nz. Retrieved 2013-01-07.
  6. ↑ "The Official Charts Company - Don Quixote by Nik Kershaw Search". The Official Charts Company. 6 May 2013.