{{Infobox song | name = Secret Separation | cover = The Fixx - Secret Separation.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = the Fixx | album = '''Walkabout''' | B-side = {{ubl|"Sense the Adventure"|"Rediscover" (12" only)}} | released = {{Start date|1986|05|12|df=y}}<ref>{{cite AV media notes |last=Hip-O Records |authorlink=Hip-O Records |title=Ultimate Collection |others=the Fixx |year=1999 |page=9 |publisher=Hip-O |type=CD booklet |id=088 112 117 2 |location=US}}</ref> | recorded = 1985 | studio = | genre = New wave | length = 3:51 | label = MCA | writer = Dan K. Brown, Cy Curnin, Rupert Greenall, Jeannette Obstoj, Jamie West-Oram, Adam Woods | producer = Rupert Hine | prev_title = Less Cities, More Moving People | prev_year = 1985 | next_title = Built For the Future | next_year = 1986 }}
"'''Secret Separation'''" is a song by British new wave rock group the Fixx, released by MCA Records in the US on 12 May 1986, with a later UK release on 16 June 1986.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1986/Music-Week-1986-06-14-I.pdf |magazine=Music Week |issn=0265-1548 |location=London, UK |publisher=United Magazines Ltd |volume= |issue= |date=14 June 1986 |page=34 |title=New Singles |access-date=20 January 2026 |via=World Radio History}}</ref> It was the first single from their fourth studio album ''Walkabout''. The single peaked at #19 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in July 1986<ref>[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=the fixx|chart=all}} The Billboard Hot 100 Chart Listing For The Fixx]</ref> and peaked at No. 1 on the US Album Rock Tracks chart.<ref> {{cite book | last=Whitburn | first=Joel | title=Joel Whitburn Presents Rock Tracks (1981-2008) | edition= | publisher=Record Research | page=93 | location=Menomonee Falls, Wis. | year=2008 | isbn=978-0-89820-174-1}}</ref> 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 #"Secret Separation" — 3:51 #"Sense the Adventure" — 3:42
;12" vinyl #"Secret Separation" — 7:00 #"Sense the Adventure" — 3:42 #"Rediscover" — 4:03
==Chart performance== {|class="wikitable sortable" !Chart (1986) !Peak<br />position |- |Canadian Singles Chart |align="center"|39 |- |UK Singles (Official Charts Company)<ref>{{cite web|title=officialcharts.com|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/19552/fixx/|website=officialcharts.com|accessdate=August 17, 2021}}</ref> |align="center"|83 |- |U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 |align="center"|19 |- |U.S. ''Billboard'' Album Rock Tracks |align="center"|1 |- |}
== References == {{Reflist}}
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Category:1986 singles Category:The Fixx songs Category:1986 songs Category:Song recordings produced by Rupert Hine Category:MCA Records singles Category:Songs written by Jeannette Obstoj