Nothing Ever Goes as Planned

"Nothing Ever Goes As Planned"
Single by Styx
from the album Paradise Theatre
Released 1981
Format 7"
Recorded 1980
Genre Progressive rock
Label A&M
Writer(s) Dennis DeYoung
Styx singles chronology
"Too Much Time on My Hands"
(1981)
"Nothing Ever Goes as Planned"
(1981)
"Rockin' the Paradise"
(1981)

"Nothing Ever Goes as Planned" is the third single release from Styx's 1981 triple-platinum album Paradise Theatre. A chart disappointment following the first two singles off the album, it peaked at #54 on the U.S. pop chart in late summer 1981.