Are We Ourselves?

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"Are We Ourselves?"
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Single by the Fixx
from the album Phantoms
B-side "Deeper and Deeper (long version)"
ReleasedAugust 1984
Length2:27
Songwriter(s) Dan K. Brown, Cy Curnin, Rupert Greenall, Jamie West-Oram, Adam Woods
Producer(s) Rupert Hine and The Fixx

"Are We Ourselves?" is a 1984 song by English new wave band the Fixx, the first single from their third album, Phantoms . Written by the band's five members, it was the Fixx's third of four top 20 US hits, the others being "Saved By Zero","One Thing Leads to Another" and "Secret Separation". [1]

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Description

In an interview, the band stated that the song is about taking on a new persona when going somewhere in which one is unfamiliar. [2]

Chart performance

"Are We Ourselves?" debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 on the issue dated August 18, 1984, reaching #15 on the issue dated October 20 of the same year and spending a total of 15 weeks on the chart. It also reached #1 on the Mainstream Rock chart, where it spent a total of two weeks at that position. [3]

References

  1. ↑ "The Fixx Are We Ourselves? Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  2. ↑ "Are We Ourselves? by The Fixx". Songfacts. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "Are We Ourselves? (song by The Fixx)". Music VF. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
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