One Way or Another
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- For the CactusCactus (band)Cactus is an American hard rock supergroup, formed in 1970.-Biography:Cactus was initially conceived as early as late 1969 by the Vanilla Fudge rhythm section of bassist Tim Bogert and drummer Carmine Appice with guitarist Jeff Beck and Xylophone player Adele Smitchell acted as the counterpart and...
album, see One Way...Or AnotherOne Way...Or AnotherOne Way...Or Another is the second album by American hard rock supergroup Cactus, released in 1971 under the Atco label. It includes the original songs as well as 2 covers: Little Richard's 1956 big hit "Long Tall Sally" and Chuck Willis' "I Feel So Bad" .-Track listing:All titles by...
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"One Way or Another" is a song by American
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New Wave
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band Blondie
Blondie (band)
Blondie is an American rock band, founded by singer Deborah Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. The band was a pioneer in the early American New Wave and punk scenes of the mid-1970s...
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Song information
Written by Debbie HarryDebbie Harry
Deborah Ann "Debbie" Harry is an American singer-songwriter and actress, best known for being the lead singer of the punk rock and new wave band Blondie. She has also had success as a solo artist, and in the mid-1990s she performed and recorded as part of The Jazz Passengers...
and Nigel Harrison
Nigel Harrison
Nigel Harrison is an English musician, and best known as the bass player of the rock band Blondie....
for the band's third studio album, Parallel Lines
Parallel Lines
Parallel Lines is the third studio album by American New Wave band Blondie, released in 1978 by Chrysalis Records. Their most popular and best-selling effort, Parallel Lines was the first Blondie album to be produced by Mike Chapman. The album reached number one in the United Kingdom in February 1979...
(1978), the song was inspired by one of Harry's ex-boyfriends who stalked her after their break up. The song was released as a single in the US as the follow-up to "Heart of Glass
Heart of Glass (song)
"Heart of Glass" is a song by American New Wave band Blondie, written by singer Deborah Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. Featured on the band's third studio album, Parallel Lines, it was released as a single in January 1979 and topped the charts in several countries, including the US and UK.Rolling...
". "One Way or Another" reached number twenty-four in the Billboard Hot 100
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. Although never officially released as a single in the United Kingdom
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and other countries, the song remains one of the group's most popular songs worldwide. Rolling Stone
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ranked the song #298 on its list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
The song was included on the US and Canadian versions of the band's first hits compilation, The Best of Blondie
The Best of Blondie
- Chart positions :- References :# [ Allmusic]...
(1981), but not on international releases.
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 US Live version of their album Livid (Live)
Livid (Live)
Livid a.k.a. Live is the title of a live album by the band Blondie released in 2000. The album was recorded after their successful 1999 comeback album No Exit and includes all their best-known songs, including "Atomic", "The Tide Is High", "Call Me" and "Heart of Glass", as well as the 1999 UK...
. The original un-edited live version was included on the European / non-US Livid version.
The song is featured in the films Little Darlings
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(1980), Carpool
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(1996), Beverly Hills Ninja
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(1997), Donnie Brasco
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(1997), Coyote Ugly
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(2000), and Mean Girls
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(2004), monte carlo (2011) as well as the television series Veronica Mars
Veronica Mars
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. It also plays in the end credits of the film Seed of Chucky
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. It is also heard in the opening moments of The A-Team
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episode, "Incident at Crystal Lake" and Puss in Boots
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Kitty Softpaws, Humpty Dumpty and Puss in Boots Riding in a Wagon chasing the knights.
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Alvin and the Chipmunks
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covered this song for the episode "The Incredible Shrinking Dave" from their TV series
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The song is the title track for Channel 4
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's drama "Sugar Rush
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" set in Brighton
Brighton
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that was broadcast from 2005-2006.
The song is a playable track on Rock Band 2
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, Guitar Hero World Tour
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and Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades. The song is also featured in Driver: Parallel Lines
Driver: Parallel Lines
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This song is also featured in several 2004 Swiffer
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commercials.
UK singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
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did a cover version for The Guru movie soundtrack in 2001.
Actress Kristen Bell
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did a karaoke version of this song in one episode of the TV series Veronica Mars
Veronica Mars
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Singer Mandy Moore
Mandy Moore
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recorded a cover for the film "Aquamarine
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" (2006). The song was also covered in 1998 by actress Melissa Joan Hart
Melissa Joan Hart
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for an episode of her TV series, Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
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. It was released later that year on the show's soundtrack album
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In The Rugrats Movie
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Angelica sings her own version of the song with different lyrics (written by Eryk Casemiro), the soundtrack album includes a longer version of the song not heard in the movie.
Rapper G-Dep interpolates this song on his song called "One Way" on his album, Child of the Ghetto
Child of the Ghetto
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Jada will perform that song from their new studio album.
Play will perform that song from their new studio album Under My Skin.
In "My Heart Will Go On", a 2010 episode of Supernatural
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, the Winchesters meeting The Destiny.
The song was featured in the third season of Glee
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in an episode entitled "Pot O' Gold
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" where the character Santana Lopez
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sang the song as part of a mash up of One Way Or Another/Hit Me With Your Best Shot.
Track listing
US 7" (CHS 2336)- "One Way or Another" (Nigel HarrisonNigel HarrisonNigel Harrison is an English musician, and best known as the bass player of the rock band Blondie....
, Debbie HarryDebbie HarryDeborah Ann "Debbie" Harry is an American singer-songwriter and actress, best known for being the lead singer of the punk rock and new wave band Blondie. She has also had success as a solo artist, and in the mid-1990s she performed and recorded as part of The Jazz Passengers...
) – 3:31 - "Just Go Away" (Harry) – 3:21
US 12" Promo (CHS 10 PDJ)
- "One Way or Another" (Nigel HarrisonNigel HarrisonNigel Harrison is an English musician, and best known as the bass player of the rock band Blondie....
, Debbie HarryDebbie HarryDeborah Ann "Debbie" Harry is an American singer-songwriter and actress, best known for being the lead singer of the punk rock and new wave band Blondie. She has also had success as a solo artist, and in the mid-1990s she performed and recorded as part of The Jazz Passengers...
) – 3:31 - "One Way or Another" (Nigel HarrisonNigel HarrisonNigel Harrison is an English musician, and best known as the bass player of the rock band Blondie....
, Debbie HarryDebbie HarryDeborah Ann "Debbie" Harry is an American singer-songwriter and actress, best known for being the lead singer of the punk rock and new wave band Blondie. She has also had success as a solo artist, and in the mid-1990s she performed and recorded as part of The Jazz Passengers...
) – 3:31
Chart peaks
| Chart (1979) | Peak Position |
|---|---|
| Canada | 14 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
24 |