One Way or Another

"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 1979
Genre	Punk rock; new wave; power pop; pop-punk;
Length	3:31
Label	Chrysalis (US)
Songwriter(s)	Debbie Harry; Nigel Harrison;
Producer(s)	Mike Chapman
Blondie singles chronology
Audio sample
	file; help;
Music video
	"One Way or Another" (TopPop, 1978) on YouTube

"One Way or Another" is a song by American new wave band Blondie from their 1978 album Parallel Lines. Lyrically, the song was inspired by Blondie frontwoman Deborah Harry's experience with a stalker in the early 1970s, an incident which forced her to move away from New Jersey. The song's music was composed by bassist Nigel Harrison, who introduced the Ventures-influenced track to keyboardist Jimmy Destri.

"One Way or Another" was released as the fourth North American single from Parallel Lines, following the band's chart-topping "Heart of Glass" single. The song reached number 24 in the US and number 7 in Canada. It was not released as a single in the UK, but later charted in 2013, along with a cover by British band One Direction for Comic Relief, with the latter reaching number 1.

"One Way or Another" has since seen critical acclaim for Harry's aggressive vocals and the band's energetic performance. It has been ranked by many critics as one of the band's best songs, has appeared on several compilation albums, and has become a live favorite for the band.

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[1] The Great Rock Discography. 1995. p. 71. ISBN 9780862415419.

[2] Metzer, Greg (2008). Rock Band Name Origins: The Stories of 240 Groups and Performers. McFarland. p. 35. ISBN 978-0-7864-5531-7.

[3] "Mandy Says". Spin. Vol. 19, no. 11. November 2003. p. 28. ISSN 0006-2510.

[4] Cateforis, Theo (2011). Are We Not New Wave? : Modern Pop at the Turn of the 1980s. University of Michigan Press. p. 139. ISBN 978-0-472-03470-3.

[Molanphy_2023-5] Molanphy, Chris (October 14, 2023). "This Ain't No Party?! Edition". Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia (Podcast). Slate. Retrieved November 10, 2023.

[Segretto_2022-6] Segretto, Mike (2022). "1978". 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Minute - A Critical Trip Through the Rock LP Era, 1955–1999. Backbeat. pp. 344–345. ISBN 9781493064601.

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