Secret Separation

"Secret Separation"
Single by the Fixx
from the album Walkabout
B-side "Sense the Adventure"
Released May 22, 1986 (US)
June 1986 (UK)
Recorded 1985
Genre New wave
Length 3:51
Label MCA
Songwriter(s) Dan K. Brown, Cy Curnin, Rupert Greenall, Jeannette Obstoj, Jamie West-Oram, Adam Woods
Producer(s) Rupert Hine
The Fixx singles chronology
"Less Cities, More Moving People"
(1985)
"Secret Separation"
(1986)
"Built For the Future"
(1986)

"Secret Separation" is a song by British new wave rock group the Fixx, from their fourth studio album Walkabout. The single peaked at #19 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in July 1986 and peaked at No. 1 on the US Album Rock Tracks chart. The single also peaked at #39 in Canada and #83 in the United Kingdom.

Music video

The music video features an actor sitting at a control panel observing the band playing in an abandoned building filled with random items.

Track listing

7" vinyl
  1. "Secret Separation" — 3:51
  2. "Sense the Adventure" — 3:42
12" vinyl
  1. "Secret Separation" — 7:00
  2. "Sense the Adventure" — 3:42
  3. "Rediscover" - 4:03

Chart performance

Chart (1986) Peak
position
Canadian Singles Chart 39
UK Singles (Official Charts Company) 83
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 19
U.S. Billboard Album Rock Tracks 1