Nik Kershaw on a meteoric rise to fame and the meaning of his song 'Wouldn't It Be Good'.
Singer songwriter Nik Kershaw burst onto the pop scene as a solo artist. In a relatively short space of time, he has captured the teen market and made it his own. Writing songs and getting a recording deal proved the turning point for the former unemployment benefit office employee.
Everything else just fell into place.
Two sell out concerts at the National Stadium in Dublin are enough proof, to even the harshest of critics, that Nik Kershaw is a popstar pure and simple.
With his highly successful debut album 'Human Racing', and the three hit singles, Nik Kershaw reflects on the past year,
It's all been a bit weird the last seven months or so.
He has come to terms with his overnight fame. From playing the guitar, writing music and recording, it was a shock to be thrust into to the promotion side of the music business. Very quickly he had to get to grips with television appearances, photo shoots and interviews.
With no idea about his image, a stylist was responsible for his fingerless gloves and snood accessories. Nik Kershaw is somewhat embarrassed by some of his earlier photoshoots but,
It's all part of growing up.
At the beginning of 1984, Nik Kershaw released his breakthrough song 'Wouldn't It Be Good'. The idea behind the song lyrics is,
Everybody always wanting it better than they've got it.
Nik Kershaw is delighted to be considered one of the most popular British acts around, alongside artists such as Wham! and Duran Duran.
The music video develops this idea further, with Nik Kershaw playing a chroma key-suited alien who can experience other people's feelings. In the end, the alien realises it is not much fun, and he decides to return to his home planet.
This first episode of 'Video File' was broadcast on 16 November 1984. The presenter is Marty Whelan.
'Video File’ was a weekly 30-minute programme featuring a different musical artist. The presenter was Marty Whelan. In 1990 Gareth O’Callaghan took over as the presenter. The programme ran until 1991.
