Are We Ourselves?
"Are We Ourselves?" | |
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Single by the Fixx | |
from the album Phantoms | |
B-side | "Deeper and Deeper (long version)" |
Released | August 1984 |
Length | 2:27 |
Songwriter(s) | Dan K. Brown, Cy Curnin, Rupert Greenall, Jamie West-Oram, Adam Woods |
Producer(s) | Rupert Hine and The Fixx |
"Are We Ourselves?" is a 1984 song by English new wave band the Fixx, the first single from their third album, Phantoms. Written by the band's five members, it was the Fixx's third of four top 20 US hits, the others being "Saved by Zero", "One Thing Leads to Another" and "Secret Separation".[1]
Description
In an interview, the band stated that the song is about taking on a new persona when going somewhere in which one is unfamiliar.[2]
Chart performance
"Are We Ourselves?" debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 on the issue dated August 18, 1984, reaching #15 on the issue dated October 20 of the same year and spending a total of 15 weeks on the chart. It also reached #1 on the Mainstream Rock chart, where it spent a total of two weeks at that position.[3]
References
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- Cy Curnin
- Adam Woods
- Rupert Greenall
- Jamie West-Oram
- Dan K. Brown
- Tony McGrail
- Russell Mckenzie
- Charlie Barrett
- Alfie Agius
- Gary Tibbs
- Shuttered Room
- Reach the Beach
- Phantoms
- Walkabout
- Calm Animals
- Ink
- Elemental
- 1011 Woodland
- Want That Life
- Beautiful Friction
- Every Five Seconds
- React
- Ultimate Collection: The Fixx
- Happy Landings and Lost Tracks
- The Twenty-fifth Anniversary Anthology
- "Stand or Fall"
- "Red Skies"
- "Saved by Zero"
- "One Thing Leads to Another"
- "Are We Ourselves?"
- "Secret Separation"