15 Minutes
15 MINUTES is Nik Kershaw's fifth solo album. It was released in 1999.
Two singles were taken from this album and featured exclusive tracks.
Hereafter, you'll find a list of all songs from the 15 MINUTES period, including their different known mixes, demos or official live versions.
More notes : Some songs have an important number of alternate versions (live, remixes, demos...).
Listing on these versions all together simply brings too much information on just one page.
Some songs (those having more than FIVE different versions) require to have their own specific pages to make every a lot clearer...
Note that unofficial bootleg live versions or TV performances won't be mentioned in this list.
B05.01 Somebody Loves You
Written by Nik Kershaw
Album version (5:02)
Available on the 1999 "15 Minutes" album (Tape, CD and online digital file).
Also available on the 2005 "Your Brave Face" double CD album (which is in fact a collection of both "15 Minutes" and "To Be Frank" albums).
Also available on the 2006 "The Riddle" CD album (which is in fact a re-issue of the "15 Minutes" album with two acoustic bonus tracks as tracks 1 and 2).
Radio Edit (3:59)
Available on both 1999 "Somebody Loves You" CD Singles and on the 2005 "Then & Now" collection.
The soundtrack of the 1999 video clip is the same Radio Edit version.
Also released as track 2 on the C side (second vinyl record) of the 2023 "Collected" vinyl collection.
Acoustic version (4:12)
This version is track 4 on the 2010 "No Frills" CD album.
Club Remix
According to Paul Double's Nik Kershaw Website (sadly no longer online), a club remix of Nik Kershaw's "Somebody Loves You" was played in Radio 1's Sanctified Dance Party on X-mas Eve 1998.
For various logistical reasons the club remixes may now never see the light of day.
Is this remix an official remix?
Was it approved by Nik Kershaw?
A mystery to be solved.
Live at the O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire 2012 (5:08)
An official live version of the song, recorded in Shepherd's Bush Empire in London (England) on September 28th 2012, can be found on the 2013 DVD release of the concert.
B05.02 Have A Nice Life
Written by Nik Kershaw.
Registered on August 31st 1999.
Registration Number: PA0000976982
Date of Publication: November 2nd 1998
Album version (3:58)
Available on the 1999 "15 Minutes" album (Tape, CD and online digital file).
Also available on the 2005 "Your Brave Face" double CD album (which is in fact a collection of both "15 Minutes" and "To Be Frank" albums).
Also available on the 2006 "The Riddle" CD album (which is in fact a re-issue of the "15 Minutes" album with two acoustic bonus tracks as tracks 1 and 2).
Acoustic version (4:05)
This version is track 2 on the 2010 "No Frills" CD album.
Live at the O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire 2012 (4:17)
An official live version of the song, recorded in Shepherd's Bush Empire in London (England) on September 28th 2012, can be found on the 2013 DVD release of the concert.
B05.03 Billy
Written by Nik Kershaw
Album version (4:20)
Available on the 1999 "15 Minutes" album (Tape, CD and online digital file).
Also available on the 2005 "Your Brave Face" double CD album (which is in fact a collection of both "15 Minutes" and "To Be Frank" albums).
Also available on the 2006 "The Riddle" CD album (which is in fact a re-issue of the "15 Minutes" album with two acoustic bonus tracks as tracks 1 and 2).
Also released as track 4 on the C side (second vinyl record) of the 2023 "Collected" vinyl collection.
Alternate version (4:22)
This unique version is available as track 2 on the B-side of the Indonesian tape release of the "15 minutes" album.
Note that the tape inlay mentions the same track list as the regular album release but has some differences.
It is unclear why this Indonesian has a different track list featuring an alternate version of "Billy" and a song that is not available on all other releases of the album ("One Day", that was later released on the 2001 "To Be Frank" album).
[Listen to it HERE. "Billy" starts at 8:25]
Acoustic version (4:01)
This version is track 13 on the "2010 No Frills" CD album.
Live at the O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire 2012 (4:58)
An official live version of the song, recorded in Shepherd's Bush Empire in London (England) on September 28th 2012, can be found on the 2013 DVD release of the concert.
B05.04 Find Me An Angel
Written by Nik Kershaw
Album version (5:55)
Available on the 1999 "15 Minutes" album (Tape, CD and online digital file).
Also available on the 2005 "Your Brave Face" double CD album (which is in fact a collection of both "15 Minutes" and "To Be Frank" albums).
Also available on the 2006 "The Riddle" CD album (which is in fact a re-issue of the "15 Minutes" album with two acoustic bonus tracks as tracks 1 and 2).
B05.05 Your Brave Face
Written by Nik Kershaw
Album version (5:50)
Available on the 1999 "15 Minutes" album (Tape, CD and online digital file).
Also available on the 2005 "Your Brave Face" double CD album (which is in fact a collection of both "15 Minutes" and "To Be Frank" albums).
Also available on the 2006 "The Riddle" CD album (which is in fact a re-issue of the "15 Minutes" album with two acoustic bonus tracks as tracks 1 and 2).
B05.06 What Do You Think Of It So Far?
Written by Nik Kershaw
Album version (3:56) (= Single version)
Available on the 1999 "15 Minutes" album (Tape, CD and online digital file).
Also released as the main track of the 1999 "What Do You Think Of It So Far?" CD single.
Also available on the 2005 "Your Brave Face" double CD album (which is in fact a collection of both "15 Minutes" and "To Be Frank" albums).
Also available on the 2006 "The Riddle" CD album (which is in fact a re-issue of the "15 Minutes" album with two acoustic bonus tracks as tracks 1 and 2).
Also released as track 3 on the C side (second vinyl record) of the 2023 "Collected" vinyl collection.
Note that "What Do You Think Of It So Far?" is NOT on the Indonesian tape release of the "15 Minutes" album.
Though the inlay mentions the track, it is in fact replaced by "One Day" (A track that is not available on any other releases of the album and that was later released on the 2001 "To be Frank" album).
B05.07 God Bless
Written by Nik Kershaw
Album version (4:24)
Available on the 1999 "15 Minutes" album (Tape, CD and online digital file).
Also available on the 2005 "Your Brave Face" double CD album (which is in fact a collection of both "15 Minutes" and "To Be Frank" albums).
Also available on the 2006 "The Riddle" CD album (which is in fact a re-issue of the "15 Minutes" album with two acoustic bonus tracks as tracks 1 and 2).
B05.08 Stick Around
Written by Nik Kershaw
Album version (3:48)
Available on the 1999 "15 Minutes" album (Tape, CD and online digital file).
Also available on the 2005 "Your Brave Face" double CD album (which is in fact a collection of both "15 Minutes" and "To Be Frank" albums).
Also available on the 2006 "The Riddle" CD album (which is in fact a re-issue of the "15 Minutes" album with two acoustic bonus tracks as tracks 1 and 2).
Note that it is NOT track 9 on the Indonesian release of the album but is the third track on the A-side of that tape.
B05.09 Fiction
Written by Nik Kershaw
Album version (4:18)
Available on the 1999 "15 Minutes" album (Tape, CD and online digital file).
Also available on the 2005 "Your Brave Face" double CD album (which is in fact a collection of both "15 Minutes" and "To Be Frank" albums).
Also available on the 2006 "The Riddle" CD album (which is in fact a re-issue of the "15 Minutes" album with two acoustic bonus tracks as tracks 1 and 2).
Acoustic version (3:34)
This version is track 8 on the 2010 "No Frills" CD album.
B05.10 Made In Heaven
Written by Nik Kershaw
Album version (5:56)
Available on the 1999 "15 Minutes" album (Tape, CD and online digital file).
Also available on the 2005 "Your Brave Face" double CD album (which is in fact a collection of both "15 Minutes" and "To Be Frank" albums).
Also available on the 2006 "The Riddle" CD album (which is in fact a re-issue of the "15 Minutes" album with two acoustic bonus tracks as tracks 1 and 2).
B05.11 Shine On
Written by Nik Kershaw
Album version (4:54)
Available on the 1999 "15 Minutes" album (Tape, CD and online digital file).
Also available on the 2005 "Your Brave Face" double CD album (which is in fact a collection of both "15 Minutes" and "To Be Frank" albums).
Also available on the 2006 "The Riddle" CD album (which is in fact a re-issue of the "15 Minutes" album with two acoustic bonus tracks as tracks 1 and 2).
B05.12 15 Minutes
Written by Nik Kershaw
Album version (4:39)
Available on the 1999 "15 Minutes" album (Tape, CD and online digital file) and on the 1999 one-track "15 Minutes" promo CD single.
Also available on the 2005 "Your Brave Face" double CD album (which is in fact a collection of both "15 Minutes" and "To Be Frank" albums).
Also available on the 2006 "The Riddle" CD album (which is in fact a re-issue of the "15 Minutes" album with two acoustic bonus tracks as tracks 1 and 2).
B05.13 Woman
Written by Nik Kershaw
Bonus track on the Somebody Loves You Single (4:25)
Available on one of the 1999 "Somebody Loves You" CD Singles.
Also available on both 1999 2-track and 3-track "What Do You Think Of It So far?" CD singles.
[Listen to it HERE]
B05.14 The Wrong Man
Written by Nik Kershaw
Bonus track on the Somebody Loves You Single (5:15)
Available on one of the 1999 "Somebody Loves You" CD Singles.
[Listen to it HERE]
B05.15 Oxygen
This song requires to have its own page.
Click HERE to discover all the official different versions.
Written by Nik Kershaw