One Thing Leads to Another

"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	9 August 1982 (UK) 6 September 1983 (US)
Genre	New wave, dance-rock, funk rock, art rock
Length	3:23 (remixed edited version) 3:18 (album version)
Label	MCA
Songwriter(s)	Cy Curnin Adam Woods Jamie West-Oram Rupert Greenall
Producer(s)	Rupert Hine
The Fixx singles chronology
"Saved by Zero" (1983) "One Thing Leads to Another" (1982) "The Sign of Fire" (1983)

"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.

Reception

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

Legacy

The song was used in the 2002 game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City as part of the in-game radio "Flash FM". Also it appears in a 2022 TV commercial for ADP.

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 dog. 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

Year-end charts

See also

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