One Way or Another

"One Way or Another"
Single by Blondie
from the album Parallel Lines
B-side"Just Go Away"
ReleasedMay 1979[1]
Genre
Length3:31
LabelChrysalis (US)
Songwriter(s)
  • Debbie Harry
  • Nigel Harrison
Producer(s)Mike Chapman
Blondie singles chronology
"Sunday Girl"
(1979) 		"One Way or Another"
(1979) 		"Dreaming"
(1979)
Music video
"One Way or Another" (TopPop, 1978) on YouTube

"One Way of Another" is a 1979 song by American band Blondie and is the sixth single from their third studio album Parallel Lines. It went to number 24 in the United States, number 7 in Canada and number 98 in the United Kingdom in 2013. It was covered by One Direction in 2013 and went to number 1 in the United Kingdom, Denmark, Ireland and Poland. It made number 3 in New Zealand and Australia and number 13 in the United States.

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

One Direction version

Track listing

  • Digital download[8]
  1. "One Way or Another (Teenage Kicks)" – 2:37
  2. "One Way or Another (Teenage Kicks)" (Sharoque Remix) – 3:07
  3. "One Way or Another (Teenage Kicks)" (Instrumental) – 2:37
  • Digital download (Live version)[9]
  1. "One Way or Another (Teenage Kicks)" (Live from the BRITs) – 3:20

References

  1. ↑ Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. Canongate Press. p. 71. ISBN 9780862415419.
  2. ↑ "Mandy Says". Spin. Vol. 19, no. 11. November 2003. p. 28. ISSN 0006-2510.
  3. ↑ Sendra, Tim. Various Artists - Sounds of the Seventies: 1979 - Take Two (1991) Review at AllMusic
  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.
  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.
  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.
  7. ↑ Metzer, Greg (2008). Rock Band Name Origins: The Stories of 240 Groups and Performers. McFarland. p. 35. ISBN 978-0-7864-5531-7.
  8. ↑ "One Way or Another (Teenage Kicks)". iTunes Store (Apple Inc.). February 17, 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
  9. ↑ iTunes Store