
After that, Haycock was asked by his former Climax Blues Band manager, Miles Copeland, to record an instrumental album, Guitar and Son, and the live album Night of the Guitars (from the tour of the same name) for the I.R.S. Haycock went on to record several solo projects, the first of which was the album Total Climax, with his band, Pete Haycock's Climax this band toured extensively in Europe, including Communist East Germany, and conducted a well-received tour in Australia.

A follow-up album was in the works, but Cooper bowed out, citing personal reasons. The album Sample and Hold was recorded for Virgin Records in 1983 by Haycock, Cooper, and Glover, with a rhythm section composed of the session musicians Dave Marquee and Henry Spinetti. Type Gold: Greatest Hits in the 'Search BPI Awards' field and then press Enter. Select Platinum in the Certification field. ^ 'British album certifications â Steps â Gold: Greatest Hits'.'Steps confirm comeback album, tour and ABBA-penned new song'. ^ 'The Official Charts Company > Steps'.^ 'Generation STEPS - STEPS Baby Don't Dance - STEPS Discography'.^ 'Entertainment - News, Reviews, Listings & Features - RTÃ'.^shipments figures based on certification alone *sales figures based on certification alone A release for 'Baby Don't Dance' was planned for 2002 but was scrapped due to the group's split although promotional copies surfaced before the release of The Last Dance.

The single reached number 5 in the UK charts and was their lowest-selling single to date. The single was notably Steps' first single to have an accompanying video that was almost fully animated and did not feature a dance routine like their video for 'Heartbeat'. The second single from the album, the slow ballad 'Words Are Not Enough', was released with a cover of 'I Know Him So Well', from ABBAmania.


The lead single from the album was 'Chain Reaction', a cover of the Diana Ross hit the steps version reached number 2 in the UK Singles chart and was the group's highest selling single since 'Say You'll Be Mine/Better The Devil You Know'. It was released in 2001 and reached number one on the UK Albums Chart. Gold: Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits album released by British popgroupSteps.
