The first single from "Tyranny" was "One Simple Thing," which peaked at number 21 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in 1986 and number 93 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 in 1987, helped by the band's performance of the song on "American Bandstand". The song peaked at number 100 in Australia. Two music videos were released to promote the album: "One Simple Thing", which was directed by David Fincher - who would go on to greater success directing the feature films "Alien 3", "Se7en" and "Fight Club" - and "Tyranny", directed by David Hogan. The "Tyranny" single failed to chart, and for the next five years, The Stabilizers disappeared from view.