One Way Or Another

Album: Parallel Lines (1978)
Charted: 24
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  • Lyrics currently unavailable Writer/s: Deborah Harry, Nigel Harrison
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

Comments: 10

  • AnonymousThey need to release a version of blondies song for Covid 19 one way or another it’s going to get ya get ya get ya
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn May 27th 1979, "One Way or Another" by Blondie entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #69; and on July 29th it peaked at #24 (for 2 weeks) and spent 14 weeks on the Top 100...
    It reached #7 on the Canadian RPM Top Singles chart...
    Between 1979 and 1999 the band had nine Top 100 records; with four making the Top 10 and all four peaked at #1, they were "Heart of Glass" (for 1 week in 1979,) "Call Me" (for 6 weeks in 1980), "The Tide Is High" (for 1 week in 1981), and "Rapture" (for 2 weeks in 1981)...
    Lead singer Deborah Harry will celebrate her 69th birthday in thirty four days on July 1st, 2014.
  • Jack from Mesa, AzThere was a movie called "Little Darlings" i think where theyh stole a bus and this song was playing. Every time I hear this song I see a freakin bus now wtf. Song is awesome.
  • Kate from Burnaby, CanadaEEEE, another stalker song to add to my list!
  • Steve from Kettering, EnglandThis song is used as the theme tune for a comedy drama about a teenage lesbian set in Brighton called Sugar Rush. Dont think this was ever a single origanaly in Britain.Though I think it was in the 90s...Top Tune
  • Ian from Norwich, EnglandDebbie talks about her stalker ex-boyfriend in Platinum Blonde "He worked at a job where he was inhaling chemical fumes all day, and then would drink at night, so he'd get really insane and then he'd start after me. You mean call you every hour on the hour or physically come after you? Both, I mean, everything. He was so wild, I had to move out of New Jersey!
  • Arka from Tokyo, JapanMore like about a girl with evil intentions, no?
  • Zach from Kerrville, TxI have never heard the full song .but i will one way or another
  • Jammie from Deckerville, MiThis song is in Coyote Ugly. I think it's a good song.
  • Deana from Indianapolis, InRecorded before stalking became illegal?
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