Human Racing is Nik Kershaw's

Nik Kershaw

Nik Kershaw is an English singer-songwriter. The one time jazz-funk guitarist was a mid-1980s teen idol. His 50 weeks on the UK Singles Chart in 1984 beat all other soloists...

 first album. It was released in 1984 by MCA Records. The title track was a top 20 hit in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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, 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

Wouldn't It Be Good

"Wouldn't It Be Good" is a song written and recorded by singer Nik Kershaw for his 1984 studio album Human Racing. The song has been covered by numerous artists since, including Placebo, Danny Hutton Hitters, Cascada, and Soulwax.-Song information:...

" 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.

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1. "Dancing Girls" – 3:46
2. "Wouldn't It Be Good
   Wouldn't It Be Good
   "Wouldn't It Be Good" is a song written and recorded by singer Nik Kershaw for his 1984 studio album Human Racing. The song has been covered by numerous artists since, including Placebo, Danny Hutton Hitters, Cascada, and Soulwax.-Song information:...
   
   " – 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
   I Won't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
   The song was released by Jonas Ekfeldt as Robin Cook under the name "I Won't Let the Sun Go Down" and later formed part of the album Land of Sunshine in 1997. The song charted in Sweden for 19 weeks in 1996 peaking at no. 3 and in Finland for 2 week peaking at no...
   
   " – 3:23
10. "Human Racing
    Human Racing (song)
    "Human Racing" is a song written and recorded by the British singer, Nik Kershaw.It was the title track for his hit debut album, Human Racing, released in 1984. It was the fourth hit single from the album, reaching #19 in the UK Singles Chart. It spent seven weeks in that chart, first entering in...
    
    " – 4:26

Chart performance

Chart (1983)	Peak position	Total weeks
Canadian Albums Chart	19	23
German Albums Chart	8	?
New Zealand Albums Chart	32	11
Norwegian Albums Chart	7	10
Swedish Albums Chart	38	3
Swiss Albums Chart	12	24
UK Albums Chart	5	61
U.S. Billboard Hot 200	70	17

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)