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)
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.

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