Following the disbanding of
Yazoo, Clarke went on to form the music project
the Assembly with
Eric Radcliffe. Hiring
Feargal Sharkey as guest vocalist for their 1983 debut single, "
Never Never" reached No. 4 in the UK. The duo intended to record a full album using a variety of different singers, however no further collaborations were negotiated, and Clarke and Radcliffe eventually agreed to pursue their own projects. During 1984, Clarke approached two singers for a possible collaboration, but nothing materialised, while a session with Jamie Morgan and Cameron McVey resulted in the writing of "One Day". Clarke recorded the backing track of "One Day" with producer Flood in 1985. An unnamed reggae singer was then hired to record the vocals, however when he proved unable to comfortably match his vocals to the style of the song, Quinn was hired instead. Flood, who had previously worked with Quinn's band
Bourgie Bourgie, had suggested to Clarke that the singer's voice would be a better match. Speaking to
New Musical Express in 1985, Quinn said of the song: "At first I thought the song was a bit too low-key, but the more I hear it the better it sounds. Even after I'd gone in and sung it for the first time, I didn't think too much of it. But it worked out well, so I decided to do the single." ==Critical reception==