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)
Format 7" vinyl, 12" vinyl
Recorded 1985
Genre New wave
Length 3:51
Label MCA
Writer(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[1] and peaked at No. 1 on the US Album Rock Tracks chart.[2] The single also peaked at #39 in Canada and #83 in the United Kingdom. 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

References

  1. ↑ The Billboard Hot 100 Chart Listing For The Fixx
  2. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Joel Whitburn Presents Rock Tracks (1981-2008). Menomonee Falls, Wis.: Record Research. p. 93. ISBN 978-0-89820-174-1.