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{{short description|1991 song by Tony Banks and Nik Kershaw}}
{{Infobox song
| name = I Wanna Change the Score
| cover = Tony Banks Nik Kershaw I Wanna Change the Score 1991 single cover.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = [[Tony Banks (musician)|Tony Banks]] featuring [[Nik Kershaw]]
| album = [[Still (Tony Banks album)|Still]]
| B-side = Hero for an Hour
| released = 7 May 1991<ref>{{cite magazine |title=New Releases: Singles |magazine=[[Music Week]] |date=4 May 1991 |page=31 |issn=0265-1548}}</ref>
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre =
| length = 4:29
| label = [[Virgin Records|Virgin]]
| writer = * Tony Banks
* Nik Kershaw
| producer = * Tony Banks
* [[Nick Davis (record producer)|Nick Davis]]
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title =
| next_year =
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Tony Banks
| type = single
| prev_title = [[Shortcut to Somewhere]]
| prev_year = 1986
| title = I Wanna Change the Score
| year = 1991
| next_title = The Gift
| next_year = 1991
}}
{{Extra chronology
| artist = Nik Kershaw
| type = single
| prev_title = [[Elisabeth's Eyes]]
| prev_year = 1989
| title = I Wanna Change the Score
| year = 1991
| next_title = [[Wouldn't It Be Good]]
| next_year = 1991
}}
}}
"'''I Wanna Change the Score'''" is a song by English musician [[Tony Banks (musician)|Tony Banks]] featuring English singer [[Nik Kershaw]]. It was released by [[Virgin Records|Virgin]] on 7 May 1991 as the lead single from Banks' third solo studio album, ''[[Still (Tony Banks album)|Still]]''. The song was written by Banks and Kershaw, and produced by Banks and [[Nick Davis (record producer)|Nick Davis]]. It failed to reach the top 75 of the [[UK Singles Chart]], but did reach number 32 in ''[[Music Week]]'' magazine's Playlist Chart.
==Background==
Tony Banks collaborated with Nik Kershaw after getting in contact with him by phone.<ref name="Nottingham Evening Post">{{cite news |last=Mayo |first=Simon |title=Nik, Nik, Gone! |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003894/19910607/014/0014 |newspaper=[[Nottingham Post|Nottingham Evening Post]] |date=7 June 1991 |page=14 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |url-access=subscription |access-date=9 May 2024}}</ref> Banks became an admirer of Kershaw after getting a copy of his 1989 album ''[[The Works (Nik Kershaw album)|The Works]]''.<ref name="Sound on Sound">{{cite magazine |last=Wrightson |first=Kendall |title=Still Life |magazine=[[Sound on Sound]] |date=July 1991 |issn=0951-6816}}</ref> He later recalled the album had "some wonderful stuff on it" and liked Kershaw's voice.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hewitt |first=Alan |url=https://www.twronline.net/issues/twr105/twr105_tb_interview.htm |title=One for the vault |publisher=The Waiting Room Online |date=25 June 2019 |access-date=9 May 2024}}</ref> 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."<ref name="Sound on Sound"/> 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".<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Still |others=[[Tony Banks (musician)|Tony Banks]] |year=1991 |type=UK and European CD album liner notes |publisher=[[Virgin Records]] |id=CDV 2658, 261 638}}</ref>
==Release==
Although Kershaw's name appeared alongside Banks' 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!"<ref name="Nottingham Evening Post"/>
==Music video==
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.<ref>{{cite news |last=Downing |first=Jane |title=Banks a Million! |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001723/19910609/020/0020 |newspaper=[[Sunday Sun]] |date=9 June 1991 |page=20 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |url-access=subscription |access-date=9 May 2024}}</ref>
==Critical reception==
Upon its release as a single, ''[[Music & Media]]'' called "I Wanna Change the Score" a "catchy track".<ref>{{cite magazine |title=New Releases: Singles |magazine=[[Music & Media]] |date=8 June 1991 |volume=8 |issue=23 |page=12 |oclc=29800226}}</ref> Andrew Hirst of the [[Huddersfield Daily Examiner]] noted that the "artful chorus is badly let down by the bland bits inbetween".<ref>{{cite news |last=Hirst |first=Andrew |title=Beyond the Beat - Reviews: Singles |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000901/19910518/029/0029 |newspaper=[[Huddersfield Daily Examiner]] |date=18 May 1991 |page=29 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |url-access=subscription |access-date=9 May 2024}}</ref> 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."<ref>{{cite news |last=Hodge |first=Marcus |title=Pop: Singles |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003740/19910520/009/0009 |newspaper=[[Cambridge Evening News]] |date=20 May 1991 |page=9 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |url-access=subscription |access-date=9 May 2024}}</ref>
==Track listing==
'''7–inch single (UK and Europe) and cassette single (UK)'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=I Wanna Change the Score |others=[[Tony Banks (musician)|Tony Banks]], [[Nik Kershaw]] |year=1991 |type=UK and European 7-inch single sleeve |publisher=[[Virgin Records]] |id=VS 1347, 114 296}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=I Wanna Change the Score |others=[[Tony Banks (musician)|Tony Banks]], [[Nik Kershaw]] |year=1991 |type=UK cassette single sleeve |publisher=[[Virgin Records]] |id=VSC 1347}}</ref>
#"I Wanna Change the Score" – 4:29
#"Hero for an Hour" – 4:41
'''12–inch single (UK and Europe)'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=I Wanna Change the Score |others=[[Tony Banks (musician)|Tony Banks]], [[Nik Kershaw]] |year=1991 |type=UK and European 12-inch single sleeve |publisher=[[Virgin Records]] |id=VST 1347, 614 296}}</ref>
#"I Wanna Change the Score" – 4:29
#"Hero for an Hour" – 4:41
#"Big Man" – 4:10
'''CD single (UK)'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=I Wanna Change the Score |others=[[Tony Banks (musician)|Tony Banks]], [[Nik Kershaw]] |year=1991 |type=UK CD single sleeve |publisher=[[Virgin Records]] |id=VSCDT 1347}}</ref>
#"I Wanna Change the Score" – 4:29
#"Hero for an Hour" – 4:41
#"Big Man" – 4:10
#"The Waters of Lethe" – 6:31
'''CD single (Japan)'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=I Wanna Change the Score |others=[[Tony Banks (musician)|Tony Banks]], [[Nik Kershaw]] |year=1991 |type=Japanese CD single sleeve |publisher=[[Virgin Records]] |id=VJDP-10160}}</ref>
#"I Wanna Change the Score" – 4:29
#"Hero for an Hour" – 4:41
==Personnel==
'''"I Wanna Change the Score"'''
* [[Nik Kershaw]] – vocals
* [[Daryl Stuermer]] – guitar
* [[Tony Banks (musician)|Tony Banks]] – keyboards
* James Eller – bass
* [[Graham Broad]] – drums
* [[Luís Jardim]] – percussion
'''"Hero for an Hour"'''
* Tony Banks – vocals, keyboards, bass synth
* Daryl Stuermer – guitar
* Martin Robertson – saxophone
* [[Vinnie Colaiuta]] – drums
* Luís Jardim – percussion
'''Production'''
* Tony Banks – production (all tracks)
* [[Nick Davis (record producer)|Nick Davis]] – production and engineering ("I Wanna Change the Score", "Hero for an Hour")
* Mark Robinson – assistant engineering ("I Wanna Change the Score", "Hero for an Hour")
* [[Steve Hillage]] – production ("Big Man")
* Steve Chase – engineering ("Big Man")
* [[David Hentschel]] – production and engineering ("The Waters of Lethe")
* David Bascombe – engineering ("The Waters of Lethe")
'''Other'''
* Carl Studna – photography
* Wherefore Art – design
==Charts==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Chart (1991)
!Peak<br>position
|-
!scope="row"|UK ''[[Music Week]]'' Playlist Chart<ref name="Music Week">{{cite magazine |title=Playlist Chart |magazine=[[Music Week]] |date=1 June 1991 |page=16 |issn=0265-1548}}</ref>
|32
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Tony Banks}}
{{Nik Kershaw}}
{{authority control}}
[[Category:1991 songs]]
[[Category:1991 singles]]
[[Category:Virgin Records singles]]
[[Category:Songs written by Tony Banks (musician)]]
[[Category:Songs written by Nik Kershaw]]
[[Category:Nik Kershaw songs]]
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{{short description|1991 song by Tony Banks and Nik Kershaw}}
{{Infobox song
| name = I Wanna Change the Score
| cover = Tony Banks Nik Kershaw I Wanna Change the Score 1991 single cover.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = [[Tony Banks (musician)|Tony Banks]] featuring [[Nik Kershaw]]
| album = [[Still (Tony Banks album)|Still]]
| B-side = Hero for an Hour
| released = 7 May 1991<ref>{{cite magazine |title=New Releases: Singles |magazine=[[Music Week]] |date=4 May 1991 |page=31 |issn=0265-1548}}</ref>
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre =
| length = 4:29
| label = [[Virgin Records|Virgin]]
| writer = * Tony Banks
* Nik Kershaw
| producer = * Tony Banks
* [[Nick Davis (record producer)|Nick Davis]]
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title =
| next_year =
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Tony Banks
| type = single
| prev_title = [[Shortcut to Somewhere]]
| prev_year = 1986
| title = I Wanna Change the Score
| year = 1991
| next_title = The Gift
| next_year = 1991
}}
{{Extra chronology
| artist = Nik Kershaw
| type = single
| prev_title = [[Elisabeth's Eyes]]
| prev_year = 1989
| title = I Wanna Change the Score
| year = 1991
| next_title = [[Wouldn't It Be Good]]
| next_year = 1991
}}
}}
"'''I Wanna Change the Score'''" is a song by English musician [[Tony Banks (musician)|Tony Banks]] featuring English singer [[Nik Kershaw]]. It was released by [[Virgin Records|Virgin]] on 7 May 1991 as the lead single from Banks' third solo studio album, ''[[Still (Tony Banks album)|Still]]''. The song was written by Banks and Kershaw, and produced by Banks and [[Nick Davis (record producer)|Nick Davis]]. It failed to reach the top 75 of the [[UK Singles Chart]], but did reach number 32 in ''[[Music Week]]'' magazine's Playlist Chart.
==Background==
Tony Banks collaborated with Nik Kershaw after getting in contact with him by phone.<ref name="Nottingham Evening Post">{{cite news |last=Mayo |first=Simon |title=Nik, Nik, Gone! |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003894/19910607/014/0014 |newspaper=[[Nottingham Post|Nottingham Evening Post]] |date=7 June 1991 |page=14 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |url-access=subscription |access-date=9 May 2024}}</ref> Banks became an admirer of Kershaw after getting a copy of his 1989 album ''[[The Works (Nik Kershaw album)|The Works]]''.<ref name="Sound on Sound">{{cite magazine |last=Wrightson |first=Kendall |title=Still Life |magazine=[[Sound on Sound]] |date=July 1991 |issn=0951-6816}}</ref> He later recalled the album had "some wonderful stuff on it" and liked Kershaw's voice.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hewitt |first=Alan |url=https://www.twronline.net/issues/twr105/twr105_tb_interview.htm |title=One for the vault |publisher=The Waiting Room Online |date=25 June 2019 |access-date=9 May 2024}}</ref> 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."<ref name="Sound on Sound"/> 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".<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Still |others=[[Tony Banks (musician)|Tony Banks]] |year=1991 |type=UK and European CD album liner notes |publisher=[[Virgin Records]] |id=CDV 2658, 261 638}}</ref>
==Release==
Although Kershaw's name appeared alongside Banks' 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!"<ref name="Nottingham Evening Post"/>
==Music video==
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.<ref>{{cite news |last=Downing |first=Jane |title=Banks a Million! |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001723/19910609/020/0020 |newspaper=[[Sunday Sun]] |date=9 June 1991 |page=20 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |url-access=subscription |access-date=9 May 2024}}</ref>
==Critical reception==
Upon its release as a single, ''[[Music & Media]]'' called "I Wanna Change the Score" a "catchy track".<ref>{{cite magazine |title=New Releases: Singles |magazine=[[Music & Media]] |date=8 June 1991 |volume=8 |issue=23 |page=12 |oclc=29800226}}</ref> Andrew Hirst of the [[Huddersfield Daily Examiner]] noted that the "artful chorus is badly let down by the bland bits inbetween".<ref>{{cite news |last=Hirst |first=Andrew |title=Beyond the Beat - Reviews: Singles |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000901/19910518/029/0029 |newspaper=[[Huddersfield Daily Examiner]] |date=18 May 1991 |page=29 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |url-access=subscription |access-date=9 May 2024}}</ref> 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."<ref>{{cite news |last=Hodge |first=Marcus |title=Pop: Singles |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003740/19910520/009/0009 |newspaper=[[Cambridge Evening News]] |date=20 May 1991 |page=9 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |url-access=subscription |access-date=9 May 2024}}</ref>
==Track listing==
'''7–inch single (UK and Europe) and cassette single (UK)'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=I Wanna Change the Score |others=[[Tony Banks (musician)|Tony Banks]], [[Nik Kershaw]] |year=1991 |type=UK and European 7-inch single sleeve |publisher=[[Virgin Records]] |id=VS 1347, 114 296}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=I Wanna Change the Score |others=[[Tony Banks (musician)|Tony Banks]], [[Nik Kershaw]] |year=1991 |type=UK cassette single sleeve |publisher=[[Virgin Records]] |id=VSC 1347}}</ref>
#"I Wanna Change the Score" – 4:29
#"Hero for an Hour" – 4:41
'''12–inch single (UK and Europe)'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=I Wanna Change the Score |others=[[Tony Banks (musician)|Tony Banks]], [[Nik Kershaw]] |year=1991 |type=UK and European 12-inch single sleeve |publisher=[[Virgin Records]] |id=VST 1347, 614 296}}</ref>
#"I Wanna Change the Score" – 4:29
#"Hero for an Hour" – 4:41
#"Big Man" – 4:10
'''CD single (UK)'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=I Wanna Change the Score |others=[[Tony Banks (musician)|Tony Banks]], [[Nik Kershaw]] |year=1991 |type=UK CD single sleeve |publisher=[[Virgin Records]] |id=VSCDT 1347}}</ref>
#"I Wanna Change the Score" – 4:29
#"Hero for an Hour" – 4:41
#"Big Man" – 4:10
#"The Waters of Lethe" – 6:31
'''CD single (Japan)'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=I Wanna Change the Score |others=[[Tony Banks (musician)|Tony Banks]], [[Nik Kershaw]] |year=1991 |type=Japanese CD single sleeve |publisher=[[Virgin Records]] |id=VJDP-10160}}</ref>
#"I Wanna Change the Score" – 4:29
#"Hero for an Hour" – 4:41
==Personnel==
'''"I Wanna Change the Score"'''
* [[Nik Kershaw]] – vocals
* [[Daryl Stuermer]] – guitar
* [[Tony Banks (musician)|Tony Banks]] – keyboards
* James Eller – bass
* [[Graham Broad]] – drums
* [[Luís Jardim]] – percussion
'''"Hero for an Hour"'''
* Tony Banks – vocals, keyboards, bass synth
* Daryl Stuermer – guitar
* Martin Robertson – saxophone
* [[Vinnie Colaiuta]] – drums
* Luís Jardim – percussion
'''Production'''
* Tony Banks – production (all tracks)
* [[Nick Davis (record producer)|Nick Davis]] – production and engineering ("I Wanna Change the Score", "Hero for an Hour")
* Mark Robinson – assistant engineering ("I Wanna Change the Score", "Hero for an Hour")
* [[Steve Hillage]] – production ("Big Man")
* Steve Chase – engineering ("Big Man")
* [[David Hentschel]] – production and engineering ("The Waters of Lethe")
* David Bascombe – engineering ("The Waters of Lethe")
'''Other'''
* Carl Studna – photography
* Wherefore Art – design
==Charts==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Chart (1991)
!Peak<br>position
|-
!scope="row"|UK ''[[Music Week]]'' Playlist Chart<ref name="Music Week">{{cite magazine |title=Playlist Chart |magazine=[[Music Week]] |date=1 June 1991 |page=16 |issn=0265-1548}}</ref>
|32
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Tony Banks}}
{{Nik Kershaw}}
{{authority control}}
[[Category:1991 songs]]
[[Category:1991 singles]]
[[Category:Virgin Records singles]]
[[Category:Songs written by Tony Banks (musician)]]
[[Category:Songs written by Nik Kershaw]]
[[Category:Nik Kershaw songs]]
Okumaya devam et...