"The Riddle" is a song by the English singer-songwriter Nik Kershaw. It was released on 5 November 1984 as the lead single from the album of the same name. This song doesn't appear to make much sense when the lyrics are studied closely, so many theories have popped up regarding the meaning (many of them concerning drugs). Nik Kershaw had written the music but had no idea what the song was going to be about, so to practice the tune he added random lyrics to be used until he made the song properly