# Secret Separation

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{{Infobox song
| name       = Secret Separation
| cover      = The Fixx - Secret Separation.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [the Fixx](/source/the_Fixx)
| album      = '''[Walkabout](/source/Walkabout_(The_Fixx_album))'''
| 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](/source/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](/source/New_wave_music)
| length     = 3:51
| label      = [MCA](/source/MCA_Records)
| writer     = Dan K. Brown, [Cy Curnin](/source/Cy_Curnin), Rupert Greenall, [Jeannette Obstoj](/source/Jeannette_Obstoj), Jamie West-Oram, Adam Woods
| producer   = [Rupert Hine](/source/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](/source/New_wave_music) [rock](/source/Rock_music) group [the Fixx](/source/the_Fixx), released by [MCA Records](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Walkabout_(The_Fixx_album))''. The single peaked at #19 on the US [''Billboard'' Hot 100](/source/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](/source/Hot_Mainstream_Rock_Tracks) chart.<ref>
{{cite book
| last=Whitburn
| first=Joel
| title=Joel Whitburn Presents Rock Tracks (1981-2008)
| edition=
| publisher=[Record Research](/source/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](/source/Canada) and #83 in the [United Kingdom](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Billboard_Hot_100)
|align="center"|19
|-
|U.S. ''Billboard'' [Album Rock Tracks](/source/Mainstream_Rock_(chart))
|align="center"|1
|-
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{The Fixx}}
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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

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