"I Wanna Change the Score" | ||||
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Single by Tony Banks featuring Nik Kershaw | ||||
from the album Still | ||||
B-side | "Hero for an Hour" | |||
Released | 7 May 1991 [1] | |||
Length | 4:29 | |||
Label | Virgin | |||
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"I Wanna Change the Score" is a song by English musician Tony Banks featuring English singer Nik Kershaw. It was released by Virgin on 7 May 1991 as the lead single from Banks's third solo studio album, Still . The song was written by Banks and Kershaw,and produced by Banks and Nick Davis. It reached number 76 in the UK Singles Chart.
Tony Banks collaborated with Nik Kershaw after getting in contact with him by phone. [2] Banks became an admirer of Kershaw after getting a copy of his 1989 album The Works . [3] He later recalled the album had "some wonderful stuff on it" and liked Kershaw's voice. [4] Banks told Sound on Sound in 1991,"He was very enthusiastic about working with me,and it was nice that he decided to sing my songs,seeing as he'd never sung for anyone else." [3] Kershaw co-wrote two tracks with Banks and provided vocals on them and another track for Banks' album Still:"Red Day on Blue Street","I Wanna Change the Score" and "The Final Curtain". [5]
Although Kershaw's name appeared alongside Banks's on the single's picture sleeve,it was omitted on the vinyl's label by Virgin Records. Banks told Simon Mayo in 1991,"I wanted to have the [single] as 'Nik Kershaw with Tony Banks' but the record company said people would probably think it was Nik's record anyway and they were worried it might not be associated with the [new] album. But they weren't supposed to go as far as leaving his name off!" [2]
The song's music video was directed by Nick Willing. It features Banks and Kershaw performing the song as the background changes to show them in different locations and settings. [6]
Upon its release as a single, Music &Media called "I Wanna Change the Score" a "catchy track". [7] Andrew Hirst of the Huddersfield Daily Examiner noted that the "artful chorus is badly let down by the bland bits inbetween". [8] Marcus Hodge of the Cambridge Evening News commented,"Kershaw sounds remarkably like his protege,Chesney Hawkes,but he seems to have given Chesney his best song as this is quite dreary." [9] South Wales Echo gave a one out of five star rating and wrote,"The score is nil-nil,both deserve the red card for taking part in this meaningless MOR friendly." [10]
7–inch single (UK and Europe) and cassette single (UK) [11] [12]
12–inch single (UK and Europe) [13]
CD single (UK) [14]
CD single (Japan) [15]
"I Wanna Change the Score"
"Hero for an Hour"
Production
Other
Chart (1991) | Peak position |
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Germany (Official German Charts) [16] | 55 |
UK Singles Chart (OCC) [17] | 76 |
UK Music Week Playlist Chart [18] | 32 |
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