"We Are Detective" is a 1983 song by the British pop band Thompson Twins.

It was the third single from the band's third studio album, Quick Step & Side Kick (1983).

It was the band's second single to reach the UK Top Ten, peaking at no.

48 in Alannah Currie's native New Zealand.

[1] A limited number of copies of the 12" single came with a free 12" of the tracks "Love Lies Fierce" and "Frozen in Time", both remixes of the songs "Love Lies Bleeding" and "Kamikaze" from the album.