The Essential Nick Heyward

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Released: 27 Nov 2026

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For more than 45 years Nick Heyward has been writing, recording and performing catchy, memorable and enduring songs, initially (and again, more recently) with Haircut One Hundred. Subsequently, as a solo artist he has built a consistently brilliant body of work that makes it easy to assemble – if difficult to know what to omit from – this new collection.

In an initial burst of creativity, Haircut One Hundred released their debut single ‘Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)’ in October ’81, the first of a series of chart hits that blended upbeat power-pop with danceable grooves, setting Nick off on a career that would see him transition from teen pop idol into a respected singer-songwriter. After three more Top 10 hits (including the March ’82 No. 3 ‘Love Plus One’), Nick and the band went their separate ways, although thankfully there was more equally fine music to come from this combination.

Nick’s solo career began with the April ’83 No. 13 ‘Whistle Down The Wind’, another intelligent, melodic song displaying a well-crafted writing style that connected deeply with his loyal fanbase – a trait that continues to this day. With songs like ‘Kite’ and ‘He Doesn’t Love You Like I Do’, his ’93 album ‘From Monday To Sunday’ may have established the template for Brit Pop and saw the beginning of another credible and acclaimed phase in his career, when Nick even had a spell on the same Indie label as Oasis and Teenage Fanclub.

November 2026 will also see the publication of Nick’s long overdue autobiography ‘Fantastic Days’, a memoir brim-full of soul-searching, and contagious good humour – much like the timeless music on ‘The Essential Nick Heyward.

Both formats include the tracks ‘Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)’, ‘Love Plus One’, ‘Whistle Down The Wind’ and ‘Kite’.

2CD TRACK LISTING

Disc One

  1. Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)*
  2. Fantastic Day*
  3. Love Plus One*
  4. Nobody’s Fool*
  5. The Unloving Plum*
  6. Dynamite*
  7. Take That Situation
  8. Blue Hat For A Blue Day
  9. Whistle Down The Wind
  10. On A Sunday
  11. Atlantic Monday
  12. Love All Day (& Night)
  13. Warning Sign
  14. Laura

*with Haircut One Hundred

Disc Two

  1. Over The Weekend
  2. Goodbye Yesterday
  3. You’re My World
  4. Tell Me Why
  5. Traffic In Fleet Street
  6. Kite
  7. He Doesn’t Love You Like I Do
  8. Caravan
  9. The World
  10. Rollerblade®
  11. Carry On Loving
  12. The Man You Used To Be
  13. Today
  14. Stars in Her Eyes
  15. Baby Blue Sky
  16. Perfect Sunday Sun
  17. The Stars

LP TRACK LISTING

Side A

  1. Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)*
  2. Love Plus One*
  3. Take That Situation
  4. Blue Hat For A Blue Day
  5. Whistle Down The Wind
  6. Love All Day (Single Edit)
  7. Warning Sign

*with Haircut One Hundred

Side B

  1. Over The Weekend
  2. You’re My World
  3. Kite
  4. He Doesn’t Love You Like I Do
  5. The World
  6. The Man You Used To Be (Single Edit)
  7. Baby Blue Sky