Human Racing is Nik Kershaw's first album, released in February 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, reaching #2. Kershaw's Human Racing album peaked at #70 in the U.S.
In 2012, it got a re-release on Universal’s new Re-presents imprint and came packed with rare bonus content. A special 2CD package featuring the original album, digitally re-mastered from the original 1/2” mix tapes and associated 12” mixes and B-sides. Featuring a previously un-released version of Bogart, a special brass mix of Shame on You and a live version of Cloak and Dagger recorded at Hammersmith Odeon.
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