The Riddle (Nik Kershaw song)

"The Riddle"
Cover of the 12-inch single
Single by Nik Kershaw
from the album The Riddle
Released5 November 1984 (1984-11-05)
Recorded1984
Genre
Length3:52
LabelMCA
Songwriter(s)Nik Kershaw
Producer(s)Peter Collins
Nik Kershaw singles chronology
"Human Racing"
(1984)
"The Riddle"
(1984)
"Wide Boy"
(1985)
Music video
"The Riddle" on YouTube

"The Riddle" is a song by the English singer-songwriter Nik Kershaw, released in 1984 as the lead single from his second studio album of the same name. Kershaw described the lyrical content as being nondescript to fill as a "guide vocal" for the production. It reached number three on the UK Singles Chart and peaked within the top 10 in countries like Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Australia and New Zealand. An accompanying music video was made for the song and features references to Lewis Carroll's book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865).

The song was covered by many artists, including Gigi D'Agostino (1999) and Jack Holiday and Mike Candys (2012).