One Thing Leads to Another

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"One Thing Leads to Another"
Single by the Fixx
from the album Reach the Beach
B-side
  • "Opinions" (7")
  • "Reach the Beach" (Dub) (12")
ReleasedAugust 9, 1983 (US)
23 September 1983 (UK)[1]
GenreNew wave
Length
  • 3:23 (remixed edited version)
  • 3:18 (album version)
LabelMCA
Songwriters
  • Cy Curnin
  • Adam Woods
  • Jamie West-Oram
  • Rupert Greenall
ProducerRupert Hine
The Fixx singles chronology
"Saved by Zero"
(1983) 		"One Thing Leads to Another"
(1983) 		"The Sign of Fire"
(1983)
Music video
"One Thing Leads to Another" on YouTube

"One Thing Leads to Another" is a song by English new wave band the Fixx, from their album Reach the Beach. It is one of the band's most successful singles, reaching number four on the US Billboard Hot 100 in November 1983. It also peaked at number two on the Billboard Rock Top Tracks chart and became a number-one hit in Canada. Vocalist Cy Curnin has described the song as an indictment of dishonest politicians.[2]

Reception

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Cash Box said that the "uptempo, almost poppy feel is balanced by Cy Curnin’s strong vocalizing and the sobriety of the subject matter."[3]

Music video

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The video, co-produced and directed by Jeannette Obstoj, begins at a science lab where Adam Woods is looking into a microscope observing a new dimension (the wrist shackle in the video on the wall is seen on the cover of Reach the Beach). It shows a dimension in a black tunnel with lights on top where Cy Curnin is dancing in a classy navy blue double-breasted suit and open-necked white shirt. He is then in a bright tube, wearing a gray sleeveless shirt with his arms and shoulders exposed. Then, in a blue tunnel, he is running with a Doberman pinscher. It ends with the tunnel in a three-dimensional angle to see throughout the tube with the band members singing the rest of the song.

Personnel

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Additional musicians

  • Alfie Agius – bass

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Chart (1983) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] 38
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[5] 1
UK Singles (OCC)[6] 86
US Billboard Hot 100[7] 4
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[8] 14
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[9] 2

Year-end charts

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Chart (1983) Position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[10] 27

See also

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References

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  6. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  7. ^ "The Fixx Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  8. ^ "The Fixx Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  9. ^ "The Fixx Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
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