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")
Released	18 August 1983 (1983-08-18) (US) [1]
Genre	New wave
Length	3:23 (remixed edited version) 3:18 (album version)
Label	MCA
Songwriters	Cy Curnin Adam Woods Jamie West-Oram Rupert Greenall
Producer	Rupert 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, released by MCA Records in the US on 18 August 1983, followed by a UK release on 23 September 1983. ^{[2] [3]} It was the second of three singles taken from the group's second studio album, Reach the Beach , and is one of their 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. ^[4]

Reception

Cash Box said that the "uptempo, almost poppy feel is balanced by Cy Curnin’s strong vocalizing and the sobriety of the subject matter." ^[5]

Music video

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

• Cy Curnin – vocals
• Adam Woods – percussion, drums
• Rupert Greenall – keyboards
• Jamie West-Oram – guitar

Additional musicians

• Alfie Agius – bass

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1983)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [6]	38
Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [7]	1
UK Singles (OCC) [8]	86
US Billboard Hot 100 [9]	4
US Dance Club Songs ( Billboard ) [10]	14
US Mainstream Rock ( Billboard ) [11]	2

Year-end charts

Chart (1983)	Position
Canada Top Singles (RPM) [12]	27

See also

• List of number-one singles of 1983 (Canada)

References

1. Ultimate Collection (Media notes). The Fixx. US: Hip-O. 1999. p. 8. 088 112 117 2.
2. "New Singles" (PDF). Music Week . London, UK: Morgan-Grampian plc. 17 September 1983. p. 16. ISSN   0265-1548 . Retrieved 14 January 2026– via World Radio History.
3. "Record News" (PDF). Sounds . London, UK: Spotlight Productions Ltd/Morgan Grampian plc. 17 September 1983. p. 6. ISSN   0144-5774 . Retrieved 14 January 2026– via World Radio History.
4. Chance, Todd (28 July 2013). "The Fixx talks politics, new album and upcoming concert at The Pyramid Scheme". MLive . Retrieved 28 October 2019.
5. "Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. 27 August 1983. p. 8. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
6. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 . St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
7. "Top RPM Singles: Issue 4367". RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
8. "Official Singles Chart on 8/10/1983 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
9. "The Fixx Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard . Retrieved 15 April 2020.
10. "The Fixx Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard . Retrieved 15 April 2020.
11. "The Fixx Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard . Retrieved 15 April 2020.
12. "The Top Singles of 1983". RPM . Library and Archives Canada . Retrieved 15 April 2020.