One Step Closer to You

"One Step Closer to You"
Single by Gavin Christopher
from the album One Step Closer
Released	1986
Genre	Dance-pop[1]
Length	5:06 (album version) 4:27 (single version)
Label	EMI Manhattan
Songwriter(s)	Evan Rogers, Carl Sturken, Jeff Pescetto, David Grant[2]
Producer(s)	Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers, Gavin Christopher
Gavin Christopher singles chronology
"One Step Closer to You" (1986) "Back in Your Arms" (1986)

"One Step Closer to You" is a 1986 hit written by the then-budding songwriting/production team of Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers, along with singer/musician – and later noted soundtrack songwriter – Jeff Pescetto and former Linx frontman David Grant. The song became the only Top 40 Pop hit for noted R&B/Hip hop singer-songwriter/producer Gavin Christopher, peaking at #22.

The song first appeared (titled simply "One Step Closer") as an album track on the self-titled debut album from singer Marilyn Martin, released in early 1986.^[3] Later in 1986, Christopher released his own version of the song.

Christopher's version soon cracked the top-ten on the Dance charts and the top 25 on both the Pop (#22) and R&B charts (#25).^[4] It was the biggest hit of his career.

The basic rhythm structure, bass-line, and tempo of Christopher's version bear a striking similarity to that of Michael Jackson's hit, "The Way You Make Me Feel" from his Bad album, which was released the following year.