Nikka Costa’s career as a recording artist under her own name started in 1981, when she recorded the song “(Out Here) On My Own” (from the musical Fame). The single, recorded in Milan with the conductor Victor Bach and produced by Besquet and Renis, spent fourteen weeks at number 1 in Italy, nine weeks at number 1 in Spain, and five weeks at number 1 in France. The song also reached number 7 in Switzerland and number 32 in the Netherlands.
