Demos from 1989-1991 sung by Nik Kershaw
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Nik Kershaw recorded a great number of demos between 1989 et 1994.
Some of these rare songs were given to other artists who recorded their own versions of the songs.
Others are still waiting to be chosen to appear on someone's next album...
A while ago, some demos from around 1989/1991 leaked for a very short time on the Internet.
And even though they were quickly removed, some fans had time to download them.
These demos were shared amongst and these songs are considered The Lost Chapter in Nik Kershaw's career.
Some of these demos were songs that had never been heard before:
Others had been recorded and released by other artists.
Yet, the demos recorded and sung by Nik Kershaw could be heard for the first time:
In the booklet of his "The Complete Picture" box, Chesney Hawkes talks about 16 demo songs... And some of them were probably songs from "The Lost Chapter": "(...) Then my dad had lunch with an old friend from Warner Chappell Music and he played him a song, asking 'What do you think?' My dad replied, ''Well it's obviously the new Nik Kershaw album, right?' The friend from Warner Chappell told him it was obviously Nik Kershaw, but he said these songs - 16 in all - weren't songs he planned but were songs he had written to try and get into songwriting for other people. Dad said, 'Well Ches is a huge Nik Kershaw fan and he'd be excited to hear this'. To his credit, my dad picked out 'The One and Only (...)".
Yet, these 16 "Lost Chapter" demos do not all share the same background story.
1 of these songs was registered on October 3rd 1990: "I'm In Love With My Television".
12 of these songs were registered six weeks later, on November 14th 1990:
"A Bad Case Of Each Other", "Do Like I Say", "I Drown In Your Tears", "It Hurts When I Laugh", "Life Is A Game Show", "Make My Day", "Oxygen", "Show Me The Way", "The Devil In Me", "The One And Only", "The Winds Of Change" and "This Is The Day".
Note that 3 more songs were registered on that same day:
"If I Were On Your Side", "The World Where I Live", "Why Give An Inch?"
The demo recordings of these three songs have not leaked yet.
1 of these song was registered two weeks after those 15 songs, on November 26th 1990: "She's Got A Hold On Me".
Note that 2 more songs were registered on that same day:
"Dreamland", "It's Easy To Love Somebody".
The demo recordings of these two songs have not leaked yet.
"Love Is A Rock" was registered on February 16th 1991
"Don't Mess With My Emotions" was registered on June 12th 1991.
"I Don't Want A World Without You", "Small World"
For some chronological obvious reasons, "Love Is A Rock" and "Don't Mess With My Emotions" couldn't be amongst the 16 demos that Chesney Hawkes talks about in the booklet of "The Complete Picture" box.
When asked about the demos that were on the tape from his father's old friend from Warner Chappell Music, Chesney Hawkes confirmed that "I'm In Love With My Television" and "Oxygen" were amongst the 16 songs.
1/ Songs that were never heard before
C01.1.01 A Bad Case Of Each Other
Written by Nik Kershaw
Tunecode: 6905374P // 120515LW
ISWC: T-011.408.634-8 // T-319.181.782-6
ICE work key: 10995131 // 20672959
PRS/MCPS - Work registered: November 14th 1990 // February 16th 1991 // February 14th 2013
Registration Number: PAu001461206
Written in 1990.
Demo (3:58)
This demo is NOT an official release and can be found on bootleg CDs such as "NK Demos Part 3 - The Lost Chapter".
NOT AVAILABLE on any official CD.
Written by Nik Kershaw
Tunecode: 6905385E // 120516AN
ISWC: T-011.408.639-3 // T-319.425.279-0
ICE work key: 10995251 // 20672961
PRS/MCPS - Work registered: November 14th 1990 // February 16th 1991 // February 14th 2013
Registration Number: PAu001461207
Written in 1989.
Demo (3:33)
This demo is NOT an official release and can be found on bootleg CDs such as "NK Demos Part 3 - The Lost Chapter".
NOT AVAILABLE on any official CD.
C01.1.03 I Drown In Your Tears
Written by Nik Kershaw
Tunecode: 6905387J // 120516AR
ISWC: T-011.408.641-7 // T-312.462.099-7
ICE work key: 10995278 //20672964
PRS/MCPS - Work registered: November 14th 1990 // February 16th 1991 // February 14th 2013
Registration Number: PAu001461212
Written in 1989.
Demo (4:52)
This demo is NOT an official release and can be found on bootleg CDs such as "NK Demos Part 3 - The Lost Chapter".
NOT AVAILABLE on any official CD.
Written by Nik Kershaw
Tunecode: 120516AU
ISWC: /
ICE work key: 20672967
PRS/MCPS - Work registered: November 14th 1990 // February 14th 2013
Registration Number: PAu001461211
Written in 1990.
Demo (3:56)
This demo is NOT an official release and can be found on bootleg CDs such as "NK Demos Part 3 - The Lost Chapter".
NOT AVAILABLE on any official CD.
Written by Nik Kershaw
Tunecode: 6905389L // 120516BM
ISWC: T-11.408.643-9 // T-309.425.280-3
ICE work key: 10995297 // 20672970
PRS/MCPS - Work registered: November 14th 1990 // February 16th 1991 // February 14th 2013
Registration Number: PAu001461201
Written in 1989.
Demo (3:55)
This demo is NOT an official release and can be found on bootleg CDs such as "NK Demos Part 3 - The Lost Chapter".
NOT AVAILABLE on any official CD.
Written by Nik Kershaw
Tunecode: 6905382F // 120516AM
ISWC: T-011.408.636-0 // T-319.425.278-9
ICE work key: 10995229 // 20672960
PRS/MCPS - Work registered: November 14th 1990 // February 16th 1991 // February 14th 2013
Registration Number: PAu001461202
Written in 1989.
Demo (4:27)
This demo is NOT an official release and can be found on bootleg CDs such as "NK Demos Part 3 - The Lost Chapter".
NOT AVAILABLE on any official CD.
Written by Nik Kershaw
Alternate title: "This Is Me Day"
Tunecode: 6905384C // 120516BQ
ISWC: T-010.103.772-2 // T-318.994.726-6
ICE work key: 10995241 // 20672973
PRS/MCPS - Work registered: November 14th 1990 // February 16th 1991 // February 14th 2013
Registration Number: PAu001461213
Probably written around 1989/1990.
Note that some similarities between the guitar solo part and the one that can be heard on "Wounded Knee" lead us to believe that "This Is The Day" may have been written around 1986-1987.
Demo (4:08)
This demo is NOT an official release and can be found on bootleg CDs such as "NK Demos Part 3 - The Lost Chapter".
This track seems to be a fans' favorite and many of them are wishing Nik Kershaw to complete the song and release it someday.
NOT AVAILABLE on any official CD.
Co-written by Nik Kershaw and Steve Ferrera
Tunecode: 6905398Z // 120516CM
ISWC: /
ICE work key: 10995386 // 20672980
PRS/MCPS - Work registered: February 16th 1991 // September 25th 1991 // February 14th 2013
Registration Number: PAu001559134
Written in 1991.
Demo (3:39)
This demo is NOT an official release and can be found on bootleg CDs such as "NK Demos Part 3 - The Lost Chapter".
NOT AVAILABLE on any official CD.
2/ Songs recorded by other artists
C01.2.06 I'm In Love With My
Television
Written by Nik Kershaw
Tunecode: 007408GV
ISWC: T-011.408.637-1
ICE work key: 740769
PRS/MCPS - Work registered: October 3rd 1990
Probably written around 1989/1990.
Demo (3:59)
This demo is NOT an official release and can be found on bootleg CDs such as "NK Demos Part 3 - The Lost Chapter".
Rumour has it that Cliff Richard recorded his own version in 1993 but it was never released.
Yet, Cliff Richard did perform the song live in 1993 during a Gospel concert.
C01.2.02 It Hurts When I Laugh
Written by Nik Kershaw
Tunecode: 6905388K
ISWC: T-011.408.642-8
ICE work key: 10995291
PRS/MCPS - Work registered: November 14th 1990 / February16th 1991
Registration Number: PAu001461208
Written in 1990.
Demo (4:17)
This demo is NOT an official release and can be found on bootleg CDs such as "NK Demos Part 3 - The Lost Chapter".
NOT AVAILABLE on any official CD.
[Listen to it HERE]
Mark Keller - Album version (4:18)
This version was released on Mark Keller's 1992 Mark Keller album.
Chesney Hawkes - Extra track on the "Missing You Already" Single version (4:21)
This version was released on Chesney Hawkes' 1993 "Missing You Already" CD single.
It was also available as track 12 on the Japanese Edition of Chesney Hawkes' 1993 Get The Picture album.
Also released as track 12 on CD2 of Chesney Hawkes' 2022 The Complete Picture Box.
Rumor has it that Nik Kershaw performed backing-vocals on this recording.
No proof found. A mystery to be solved.
[Listen to it HERE]
This song requires to have its own page.
Click HERE to discover all the official different versions.
Written by Nik Kershaw
Tunecode: 6905379X
ISWC: T-010.329.212-1
ICE work key: 10995184
PRS/MCPS - Work registered: November 14th 1990 // February16th 1991
Registration Number: PAu001461203
Written in 1990.
Written by Nik Kershaw
Tunecode: 6905392Q
ISWC: T-010.329.214-3
ICE work key: 10995324
PRS/MCPS - Work registered: November 14th 1990 // February16th 1991
Registration Number: PAu001461210
Written in 1990.
Demo (4:19)
This demo is NOT an official release and can be found on bootleg CDs such as "NK Demos Part 3 - The Lost Chapter".
NOT AVAILABLE on any official CD.
Osmond Boys / Osmonds - Album version (4:00)
This version is last track on both Osmond Boys' 1991 Boysterous and 1992 "Second Generation" albums.
[Listen to it HERE]
Osmond Boys / Osmonds - Single Remix (3:47)
A different version was released on the 1991 "Show Me The Way" single (7", Tape, CD single).
Plenty - Album version (4:00)
Another version was released as track 9 of Plenty's 1997 "A Taste Of Plenty" CD album.
[Listen to it HERE]
This song requires to have its own page.
Click HERE to discover all the official different versions.
Written by Nik Kershaw
Tunecode: 6905381Z
ISWC: T-070.242.692-3
ICE work key: 10995204
PRS/MCPS - Work registered: November 14th 1990 // February 16th 1991
Registration Number: PAu001461204
Written in 1989.
Written by Nik Kershaw
Tunecode: 6905378V // 120516BV
ISWC: T-011.408.635-9 // T-319.751.708-7
ICE work key: 10995173 // 20672978
PRS/MCPS - Work registered: November 14th 1990 // February16th 1991 // February 14th 2013
Registration Number: PAu001461205
Written in 1990.
Demo (4:32)
This demo is NOT an official release and can be found on bootleg CDs such as "NK Demos Part 3 - The Lost Chapter".
NOT AVAILABLE on any official CD.
Seven - Demo version (4:25)
Another demo version was recorded by the band Seven around 1992 and was shared on the Internet in the early 2000's.
NOT AVAILABLE on any official CD.
C01.2.07 She's Got A Hold On Me
Written by Nik Kershaw
Alternate titles: "She's Got A Hold Of Me", "He's Got A Hold On Me"
Tunecode: 6876741H
ISWC: T-011.404.077-5
ICE work key: 10701300
PRS/MCPS - Work registered: November 26th 1990 // November 29th 1990
Registration Number: PAu001452264
Written in 1990.
Demo (4:15)
This demo is NOT an official release and can be found on bootleg CDs such as "NK Demos Part 3 - The Lost Chapter".
NOT AVAILABLE on any official CD.
Seven - Demo version (4:30)
Another demo version was recorded by the band Seven around 1992 and was shared on the Internet in the early 2000's.
NOT AVAILABLE on any official CD.
Bonnie Tyler - He's Got A Hold On Me - album version (4:15)
Bonnie Tyler's version has some minor changes in the text.
Her version was released as track 7 on her 1991 "Bitterblue" album.
This version was written, produced and arranged by Nik Kershaw.
He also performed guitars and keyboard programming.
C01.2.08 Don't Mess With My Emotions
Written by Nik Kershaw
Tunecode: 6948936F // 120516CP
ISWC: T-909.821.781-3 // T-319.425.279-0
ICE work key: 11441305 // 20672982
PRS/MCPS - Work registered: June 12th 1991 // February 14th 2013
Probably written around 1989/1991.
Demo (3:52)
This demo is NOT an official release and can be found on bootleg CDs such as "NK Demos Part 3 - The Lost Chapter".
NOT AVAILABLE on any official CD.
Seven - Demo version (4:13)
Another demo version was recorded by the band Seven around 1992 and was shared on the Internet in the early 2000's.
NOT AVAILABLE on any official CD.