I Won't Let the Sun Go Down on Me

"I Won't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
Original release cover
Single by Nik Kershaw
from the album Human Racing
B-side	"Dark Glasses"
Released	9 September 1983 (1983-09-09)[1]
Genre	Synth-pop new wave
Length	3:23 (album version) 3:19 (single version) 6:00 (extended version)
Label	MCA
Songwriter(s)	Nik Kershaw
Producer(s)	Peter Collins
Nik Kershaw singles chronology
"I Won't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" (1983) "Wouldn't It Be Good" (1984)
"Dancing Girls" (1984) "I Won't Let the Sun Go Down on Me (re-issue)" (1984) "Human Racing" (1984)

"I Won't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" is a song by English singer-songwriter Nik Kershaw from his debut studio album, Human Racing (1984). It was his first single, released on 9 September 1983 to limited success. When re-released on 4 June 1984, the song became Kershaw's highest-charting single on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number two. It features the non-album track "Dark Glasses" as the B-side, which was also released as a bonus track on the 2012 re-release of the album.