One Way or Another

"One Way or Another"

Side-A label of U.S. vinyl single
Single by Blondie
from the album Parallel Lines
B-side "Just Go Away"
Released May 14, 1979
Format 7-inch single
Recorded June–July 1978
Genre
Length 3:31
Label Chrysalis (US)
Writer(s)
Producer(s) Mike Chapman
Blondie singles chronology
"Sunday Girl"
(1979)		 "One Way or Another"
(1979)		 "Dreaming"
(1979)
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"One Way or Another" is a song by American new wave band Blondie from the album Parallel Lines. The song was released as the fourth single in the US and Canada as the follow-up to the no. 1 hit "Heart of Glass". "One Way or Another" reached No. 24 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 7 on the RPM 100 Singles.

Song information

Written by Debbie Harry and Nigel Harrison for the band's third studio album, Parallel Lines (1978), the song was inspired by one of Harry's ex-boyfriends who stalked her after their breakup.[4]

The song was included on the US and Canadian versions of the band's first hits compilation, The Best of Blondie (1981), as it was released as a single there, but not on the international releases. Although never officially released as a single in the United Kingdom, the song charted there from download sales in February 2013 due to the success of One Direction's cover/mashup "One Way or Another (Teenage Kicks)".

Blondie released a manipulated live version of the song (with the audience noise removed) as the theme for the 1999 US television series Snoops. This version was released in the US as a bonus track on the Live live album.[5] The original un-edited live version was later included on the European edition of Live, which was re-titled Livid, instead of the manipulated one.[6]

Rolling Stone ranked the song #298 on its list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.[7]

Track listing

US 7" (CHS 2336)
  1. "One Way or Another" (Nigel Harrison, Debbie Harry) – 3:31
  2. "Just Go Away" (Harry) – 3:21
US 12" promo (CHS 10 PDJ)
  1. "One Way or Another" (Harrison, Harry) – 3:31

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1979) Peak
position
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[8] 8
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[9] 7
US Billboard Hot 100[10] 24
Chart (2013) Peak
position
UK (Official Charts Company)[11] 98

Year-end charts

Chart (1979) Peak
position
Canada (RPM Top 200 Singles)[12] 61

Cover versions

In popular culture

The song is featured in Driver: Parallel Lines.[18] It was also lip synced by Hayden Panettiere in Lip Sync Battle.

References

  1. ↑ Metzer, Greg (2008). Rock Band Name Origins: The Stories of 240 Groups and Performers. McFarland. p. 35. ISBN 978-0-7864-5531-7.
  2. ↑ "Mandy Says". Spin. 19 (11): 28. November 2003. ISSN 0006-2510.
  3. ↑ Cateforis, Theo (2011). Are We Not New Wave? : Modern Pop at the Turn of the 1980s. University of Michigan Press. p. 139. ISBN 0-472-03470-7.
  4. ↑ Che, Cathy (1999). Deborah Harry: Platinum Blonde. Cornwall: MPG Books Ltd. p. 83.
  5. ↑ "Blondie – Live (CD, Album)". Discogs. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Blondie – Live (CD, Album)". Discogs. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
  7. ↑ The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (1-500) at the Wayback Machine (archived October 25, 2006). Rolling Stone.
  8. ↑ "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 4408." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved June 26, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 4725a." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved June 26, 2013.
  10. ↑ "Parallel Lines – Awards". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved June 26, 2013.
  11. ↑ "Chart Log UK – Weekly Update Sales 2013". Zobbel.de. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
  12. ↑ "Top Singles – Volume 32, No. 13, December 22, 1979". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved January 24, 2014.
  13. ↑ Phares, Heather. "Original Soundtrack – The Guru [Universal]". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
  14. ↑ "Aquamarine (2006) – Soundtracks". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
  15. ↑ "One Direction to record Red Nose Day 2013 single". Metro. December 9, 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  16. ↑ "Must Be The Music 6, odc. 2: Terra Bite dali czadu! Posłuchaj!" (in Polish). Hotplota.pl. September 9, 2013. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
  17. ↑ "One Way Or Another – Single by Until The Ribbon Breaks". iTunes. Apple Inc. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
  18. ↑ "Driver Parallel Lines Goes 1970s". IGN. February 14, 2006. Retrieved July 13, 2014.

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