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adv. (context idiomatic English) maintaining a slight advantage; continuing to lead
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"One Step Ahead" ( Atlantic 87677; Atlantic UK A7677; Atlantic Japan AMDY-5054) is the fourth single from the 1990 album Anything Is Possible (LP 82167) by American singer-songwriter- actress Deborah Gibson. The LP Version (4:52) was co-written with Lamont Dozier and co-produced with John "Jellybean" Benitez. This song was remixed for both the single and maxi single by "Little" Louie Vega and Kenny "Dope" Gonzales for Masters At Work Productions, Inc., rendering the Hot Radio Mix (4:18) for 87677, A7677 and AMDY-5054, and at least the Masters At Work Mix (5:50) for 86025.
Although this single failed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, it scored on the Billboard Hot Maxi Singles and Hot Dance chart, peaking at #21 and #18 respectively.
"One Step Ahead" is a 1980 song by New Zealand art rock group Split Enz from their studio album Waiata. The song continued the group's success in their move towards their own version of new wave rock music that the group had established with their release " I Got You", rating in the top ten charts both in New Zealand and Australia.
The video clip for the song was one of the first ever videos screened on MTV. In a documentary for Radio New Zealand, Neil Finn expressed surprise at the song's success, stating that it "hasn't got a proper chorus".
After Split Enz's dissolution in 1984, singer Neil Finn continued to perform "One Step Ahead" with his next group Crowded House, in particular, the group performed the song live at their 1987 concert in Daytona known as Spring Break '87.
The single's b-side "In the Wars" was recorded in the Waiata recording sessions, however was not originally released as a track on the album, though was later appended as track twelve in the album's 2006 re-release.
"One Step Ahead" has been covered by numerous artists, most notably Amiel and The Like (whose version was unavailable to Australasian markets until 2007 when it became available on iTunes).
The video clip to "One Step Ahead" has keyboardist Eddie Rayner performing "Marche sur place", the pantomime illusion walk created by Decroux and Barrault (seen in the 1945 French film Children of Paradise) that is the technique Michael Jackson would base his moonwalk on in 1983.
One Step Ahead may refer to:
- "One Step Ahead" (Aretha Franklin song), 1965
- "One Step Ahead" (Split Enz song), 1980
- "One Step Ahead" (Nik Kershaw song), 1989
- "One Step Ahead" (Debbie Gibson song), 1990
"One Step Ahead" is a song by American soul singer Aretha Franklin. The single containing the song was released by Columbia Records in 1965. "One Step Ahead" was the A-side of the single, and peaked at #18 on the Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles chart. The B-side, "I Can't Wait Until I See My Baby's Face," was taken from her 1964 album Runnin' Out Of Fools. The single was released two years before Aretha achieved stardom when she joined Atlantic Records.
"One Step Ahead" was not included on any of her Columbia studio albums, and remains one of her rarest releases
In 1999, hip-hop producer Ayatollah sampled its chorus for the " Ms. Fat Booty" single he produced for Mos Def.
The same vocal part was sampled by Clutchy Hopkins for his "Sleepers Never Dig, Diggers Never Sleep Bootleg".
"One Step Ahead" is a song by English singer-songwriter Nik Kershaw, released as the lead single in 1989 from his fourth album The Works.
Usage examples of "one step ahead".
They have been one step ahead of us throughout this entire pursuit.
His knowledge of the constantly shifting tide of crosscurrents would keep him one step ahead.
There is little point in my searching the house if the knife is being constantly taken one step ahead of me.
She and Seven had been working overtime for weeks now, trying to keep one step ahead of what appeared to be the complete and total meltdown of the Warsaw Pact.
Despite his anger, Connor now understood what was the true difference between them, understood even why Dawson would always be one rung up the ladder, one step ahead.
It was all he could do to keep one step ahead of Zellerbach as he led the distant cracker through a maze of phony positive results to keep him online while the police up north in Long Lake village traced Zellerbach through the maze of relays across the world.
When Wong Fu saw her birds flying in all directions across the farmyard she chased after them but the birds were not willing to give up their freedom and with the help of the ghost they always kept one step ahead of her.
By continuing to develop new technologies and add features onto their products they can keep one step ahead of the fossilization process, but on certain days they must feel like mammoths caught at La Brea, using all their energies to pull their feet, over and over again, out of the sucking hot tar that wants to cover and envelop them.
Hopped a ship one step ahead of 'em, and worked my way to Turkey and back.
They had run as far and as fast as they could, trying to keep one step ahead of the howling hordes.
It might help him stay one step ahead of those who would like to see people like him come to harm.
M'lewis had enlisted one step ahead of the noose, having made Bufford Parish—.
But he was a methodical man, who knew the value of patience, and was willing to take one step ahead of the other.