Song · The Fixx
“Less Cities, More Moving People” by The Fixx
From the album Phantoms (1984)
“Less Cities, More Moving People” by The Fixx appears on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1984 and 2003. It was first released in 1984 on the album Phantoms. Its best result is #14 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1984. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #27 alternative song of 1984, #6,459 alternative song of all time and #381 of the '80s.
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Cy Curnin wrote the words to "Less Cities, More Moving People", and the writing credit is split five ways, between Curnin, Rupert Greenall, Jamie West-Oram, Dan K. Brown and Adam Woods. It sits on Phantoms, the Fixx's third album, which MCA put out in America on 14 August 1984, a few weeks before Britain got it on 3 September. Rupert Hine produced it, and the title has the ring of a slogan daubed on a protest placard.
The album's big noise was "Are We Ourselves?", which went all the way to number one on Billboard's Album Rock Tracks chart and sat there for several weeks, with a popular MTV video giving it a shove. George Underwood did the cover art, as he had for Reach the Beach the year before.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 14 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1984 | 106 |
| 1984 | 62 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1984 | 91 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 1614 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
Also listed as: Less Cities More Moving People.
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