Nik Kershaw ‘I Won’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me’

byMat Smith
September 9, 2021

Synthpop legend Nik Kershaw talks us through his 1984 smash hit ‘I Won’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me’

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The Flying Lizards ‘Money’

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Nik Kershaw ‘I Won’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me’

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Mat Smith

The Flying Lizards ‘Money’

Add N To (X) ‘Metal Fingers In My Body’

Robert Hood ‘Rhythm Of Vision’

Suzanne Ciani

Cabaret Voltaire ‘Nag Nag Nag’

Timothy London ‘Hippychick’

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John L Walters ‘Einstein A Go-Go’

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Nik Kershaw ‘I Won’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me’

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