"One Step Ahead" is a 1980 song by New Zealand art rock group Split Enz from their studio album Waiata. The song continued the group's success in their move towards their own version of New Wave rock music that the group had established with their release "I Got You", rating in the top ten charts both in New Zealand and Australia.

The video clip for the song was one of the first ever videos screened on MTV.

After Split Enz's dissolution in 1984, singer Neil Finn continued to perform "One Step Ahead" with his next group Crowded House, in particular, the group performed the song live at their 1987 concert in Daytona known as Spring Break '87.