"Don Quixote" is a song by English singer-songwriter Nik Kershaw from his 1984 studio album The Riddle.

[2] 9 days before "Don Quixote" was released as a single, it was the second of four songs played by Kershaw at Live Aid.

The others were previous singles "The Riddle", "Wouldn't It Be Good" and "Wide Boy".

[3] While discussing his method of writing lyrics, Kershaw explained the song's origins in the January 1986 issue of music technology magazine Sound on Sound.

Basically the music was a sort of Samba thing, which reminded me of Spain, and Don Quixote happened to come to mind so I thought, 'Why not write a song about Don Quixote ?'.