One Step Further

{{Infobox song

| name = One Step Further

| cover = One step further bucks fizz.jpg

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| type = single

| artist = Bardo

| album =

| B-side = Lady of the Night

| released = 2 April 1982

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| genre = New pop{{cite book|first=Bob |last=Stanley|title=Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop|chapter= See That Girl: Abba|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9emZAAAAQBAJ&pg=PT7|date=13 September 2013|publisher=Faber & Faber|isbn=978-0-571-28198-5|page=389}}

| length = 3:00

| label = Epic

| writer = Simon Jefferis

| producer = Andy Hill

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| misc = {{Infobox song contest entry | embed=yes

| song = {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} "One Step Further"

| country = United Kingdom

| year = 1982

| artist = Sally Ann Triplett, Stephen Fischer

| as = Bardo

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| language = English

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| composer = Simon Jefferis

| conductor = Ronnie Hazlehurst

| place = 7th

| points = 76

| lyrics = [http://www.diggiloo.net/?1982uk from Diggiloo Thrush]

| prev = Making Your Mind Up

| prev_link = Making Your Mind Up

| next = I'm Never Giving Up

| next_link = I'm Never Giving Up

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"One Step Further", written by Simon Jefferis, was the {{esccnty|United Kingdom|y=1982}}'s entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1982, performed by the duo Bardo, comprising Sally Ann Triplett and Stephen Fischer.

Background

Bardo were chosen to perform at the 1982 Eurovision Song Contest in Harrogate by winning the UK national final, A Song for Europe.{{cite web|url=http://geocities.com/national_finals_70s_80s/UK1982.html |title=UK NATIONAL FINAL 1982 |date=26 October 2009 |access-date=3 November 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091026233602/http://geocities.com/national_finals_70s_80s/UK1982.html |archive-date=26 October 2009 }} On the day of the main contest, bookmakers Ladbrokes rated the song as the favourite to win at odds of 5–2. Commentator Terry Wogan also thought the song would be the "outright winner".Daily Express, 24 April 1982 DJ and well-known Eurovision fan John Peel stated in an interview that "One Step Further" was his favourite Eurovision song of all time.40 Years of Eurovision (radio documentary), 1995

At Harrogate, the song was performed fourth on the night. At the end of judging that evening, "One Step Further" finished in seventh place with 76 points. Luxembourg and Austria both awarded Bardo the maximum 12 points that night.

At the night of the contest itself, the orchestra played the tune in a retro style. The single version and subsequent live versions used many electronic musical instruments popular in the early 1980s and had more of a contemporary feel than many Eurovision entries. {{fact|date=September 2024}}

After Eurovision, the song reached No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart. No further UK Eurovision entries would chart so highly until 1996.{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/Save%20Us|title=The Official Charts Company - Bardo - One Step Further|website=Official Charts |access-date=3 November 2016}} The song was the 75th-best-selling single of 1982 in the UK, achieving a Silver disc for sales of over 250,000.[http://www.bpi.co.uk/ BPI - Statistics - Certified awards - Bardo]

The song was featured in episode one of the second series of Peter Kay's Car Share, which was first broadcast on BBC One on 11 April 2017.{{fact|date=September 2024}}