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Wide Boy (song)

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"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

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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

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  1. "News". Record Mirror. 23 February 1985. p. 4.
  2. Cite error: The named reference SDE was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
  3. Discogs 7".
  4. Discogs 12".