- One Step Ahead (Split Enz song)
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This article is about Split Enz song. For Aretha Franklin song, see One Step Ahead (Aretha Franklin song).
"One Step Ahead" 
Single by Split Enz from the album Waiata (aka Coroborree) B-side - "In the Wars"
Released November 1980 Format 7" vinyl Recorded AAV Studios, Melbourne, 1980 Genre New Wave, Rock Length 2:52 Label Mushroom Records Writer(s) Neil Finn Producer David Tickle Split Enz singles chronology "Poor Boy"
(1980)"One Step Ahead"
(1980)"History Never Repeats"
(1981)"One Step Ahead" is a 1980 song by New Zealand art rock group Split Enz from their studio album Waiata.[1] The song continued the group's success in their move towards their own version of New Wave rock music that the group had established with their release "I Got You", rating in the top ten charts both in New Zealand and Australia.
The video clip for the song was one of the first ever videos screened on MTV.
After Split Enz's dissolution in 1984, singer Neil Finn continued to perform "One Step Ahead" with his next group Crowded House, in particular, the group performed the song live at their 1987 concert in Daytona known as Spring Break '87.
The single's b-side "In the Wars" was recorded in the Waiata recording sessions, however was not originally released as a track on the album, though was later appended as track twelve in the album's 2006 re-release.
"One Step Ahead" has been covered by numerous artists, most notably Amiel and The Like (whose version was unavailable to Australasian markets until 2007 when it became available on iTunes).
The video clip to "One Step Ahead" has keyboardist Eddie Rayner performing "Marche sur place", the pantomime illusion walk created by Decroux and Barrault (seen in Children Of Paradise) that is the technique Michael Jackson would base his moonwalk on in 1983.
Contents
Track listings
- "One Step Ahead" - 2:52
- "In the Wars" - 3:32
Charts
Chart (1980) Peak
positionAustralian Singles Chart[2] #5 New Zealand Singles Chart[3] #6 Personnel
- Neil Finn - vocals and guitar
- Tim Finn - backing vocals
- Noel Crombie - Percussion
- Eddie Rayner - Keyboards
- Malcolm Green - Drums
- Nigel Griggs - Bass guitar
Notes
- ^ One Step Ahead / In the Wars by Split Enz : Reviews and Ratings. Retrieved 4 August 2007.
- ^ Kent, David. Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, N.S.W. (1993). ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "New Zealand Charts". http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Split+Enz&titel=One+Step+Ahead&cat=s. Retrieved 2010-11-11.
External resources
Categories:- Split Enz songs
- 1980 singles
- Songs written by Neil Finn
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