One Step Ahead (Split Enz song)

"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. In a documentary for Radio New Zealand, Neil Finn expressed surprise at the song's success, stating that it "hasn't got a proper chorus".

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 the 1945 French film Children of Paradise) that is the technique Michael Jackson would base his moonwalk on in 1983.

Track listings

"One Step Ahead" - 2:52
"In the Wars" - 3:32

Charts

Chart (1980)	Peak position
Australian Singles Chart^[2]	#5
New Zealand Singles Chart^[3]	#6

Personnel

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". Retrieved 2010-11-11.

External resources

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Split Enz

Tim Finn Phil Judd Neil Finn Eddie Rayner Nigel Griggs Noel Crombie Mike Chunn Miles Golding Mike Howard Wally Wilkinson Robert Gillies Geoff Chunn Emlyn Crowther Malcolm Green Paul Hester

Lineup chronology	List of Split Enz band members

Studio albums	Mental Notes Second Thoughts Dizrythmia Frenzy True Colours Waiata / Corroboree Time and Tide Conflicting Emotions See Ya 'Round

Compilations	The Beginning of the Enz Enz of an Era The Split Enz Collection 1973 – 1984 History Never Repeats – The Best of Split Enz Oddz and Enz Rear Enz The Best of Split Enz The Gold Collection Spellbound The Collection: The Best of the Early Years Rootin Tootin Luton Tapes

Live albums	The Living Enz Anniversary Extravagenza

DVDs	Split Enz One Out of the Bag

Singles	"For You" "Sweet Talkin' Spoon Song" "No Bother to Me" "Maybe" "Late Last Night" "Matinee Idyll" "Another Great Divide" "My Mistake" "Bold as Brass" "I See Red" "Give It a Whirl" "Things" "I Got You" "I Hope I Never" "Nobody Takes Me Seriously" "What's The Matter With You" "Poor Boy" "One Step Ahead" "History Never Repeats" "I Don't Wanna Dance" "Hard Act To Follow" "Iris" "Dirty Creature" "Six Months in a Leaky Boat" "Never Ceases to Amaze Me" "Hello Sandy Allen" "Next Exit" "Strait Old Line" "Message to My Girl" "I Wake Up Every Night" "I Walk Away" "One Mouth Is Fed"

Related articles	ENZSO Crowded House The Finn Brothers Schnell Fenster She Will Have Her Way

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