"One Step Ahead" is a song by English singer-songwriter Nik Kershaw, released on 23 January 1989 as the lead single from his fourth studio album The Works (1989).

A music video was filmed to promote the single,[2] and Kershaw also performed it on the Dutch TV show POP Formule.

[3] Kershaw began writing material for his fourth studio album in early 1987 and went to Los Angeles later in the year to record with producer Peter Wolf.

"[5] On its release, Music & Media described "One Step Ahead" as "well crafted pop with funky overtones" and added, "Check out the extended up-beat chorus on the end".

[6] Tony Beard of Record Mirror commented, "Nik now makes adult pop for people with a Level 42 fixation.