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"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.
Music video by Nik Kershaw performing The Riddle. (C) 1984 Universal Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limitedhttp://vevo.ly/Aw8Rdp.
“The Riddle” is a song by the English singer-songwriter Nik Kershaw. It was released in 1984 as the lead single from the album of the same name.
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The Riddle is about war, specifically, war fought over oil. I think the problem with The Riddle arose from people assuming that the song itself is a riddle (partly the fault of record promoters). I think the title was meant to describe the overall theme of the original album: Why fight over oil?
The Riddle by Nik Kershaw song meaning, lyric interpretation, video and chart position