One Way or Another - wikipedia One Way or Another For other uses, see One Way or Another ( disambiguation ). `` 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 14, 1979 Format 7 - inch single Recorded June -- July 1978 Genre Punk rock new wave power pop Length 3 : 31 Label Chrysalis ( US ) Songwriter ( s ) Debbie Harry Nigel Harrison Producer ( s ) Mike Chapman Blondie singles chronology `` Sunday Girl '' ( 1979 ) `` One Way or Another '' ( 1979 ) `` Dreaming '' ( 1979 ) `` Sunday Girl '' ( 1979 ) `` One Way or Another '' ( 1979 ) `` Dreaming '' ( 1979 ) 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 the album Parallel Lines. The song was released as the fourth single in the US and Canada as the follow - up to the no. 1 hit `` Heart of Glass ''. `` One Way or Another '' reached No. 24 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 7 on the RPM 100 Singles. Contents 1 Song information 2 Track listing 3 Charts 3.1 Weekly charts 3.2 Year - end charts 4 Cover versions 5 In popular culture 6 References 7 External links Song information Written by Debbie Harry and Nigel Harrison for the band 's third studio album, Parallel Lines ( 1978 ), the song was inspired by one of Harry 's ex-boyfriends who stalked her after their breakup. The song was included on the US and Canadian versions of the band 's first hits compilation, The Best of Blondie ( 1981 ), as it was released as a single there, but not on the international releases. Although never officially released as a single in the United Kingdom, the song charted there from download sales in February 2013 due to the success of One Direction 's cover / mashup `` One Way or Another ( Teenage Kicks ) ''. 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 Live live album. The original un-edited live version was later included on the European edition of Live, which was re-titled Livid, instead of the manipulated one. Rolling Stone ranked the song # 298 on its list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Track listing US 7 '' ( CHS 2336 ) `` One Way or Another '' ( Nigel Harrison, Debbie Harry ) -- 3 : 31 `` Just Go Away '' ( Harry ) -- 3 : 21 US 12 '' promo ( CHS 10 PDJ ) `` One Way or Another '' ( Harrison, Harry ) -- 3 : 31 Charts Weekly charts Chart ( 1979 ) Peak position Canada Adult Contemporary ( RPM ) 8 Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) 7 US Billboard Hot 100 24 Chart ( 2013 ) Peak position UK Singles ( Official Charts Company ) 98 Year - end charts Chart ( 1979 ) Rank Canada ( RPM Top 200 Singles ) 61 Cover versions Alvin and the Chipmunks covered this song in 1983 for the episode `` The Incredible Shrinking Dave '' from their TV series. Skate punk band Face to Face covered it as a B - side on their 7 '' `` No Authority '' in 1991. The song was covered in 1998 by the actress Melissa Joan Hart for an episode of her TV series, Sabrina, the Teenage Witch. It was released later that year on the show 's soundtrack album. The song was also sung by Kristen Bell on Veronica Mars. The song was covered in 1998 by the actress Cheryl Chase for The Rugrats Movie. American hip hop group The Black Eyed Peas interpolated this song on their 1999 single `` Karma '', from their debut album Behind the Front. In 2000, actress Piper Perabo covered this song in a scene from her breakthrough and best - known film, Coyote Ugly. Rapper G. Dep interpolated this song on the track `` One Way '' on his 2001 album, Child of the Ghetto. UK singer Sophie Ellis - Bextor recorded a cover version for the soundtrack of the 2002 film The Guru. Singer Mandy Moore recorded a cover for the 2006 film Aquamarine. British boy band One Direction covered `` One Way or Another '' as a mashup with `` Teenage Kicks '' called `` One Way or Another ( Teenage Kicks ) '' and released it as a single in support of Comic Relief in February 2013. In 2013, Polish rap rock band Terra Bite made a cover which they performed on the sixth edition of the Polish talent show Must Be the Music. Blondie re-recorded the song for their 2014 compilation album Greatest Hits Deluxe Redux. The compilation was part of a 2 - disc set called Blondie 4 ( 0 ) Ever which included their 10th studio album Ghosts of Download and marked the 40th anniversary of the forming of the band. Also in 2014, Until the Ribbon Breaks recorded a cover version of the song which was used in the fifth episode of the TV series Stalker. In popular culture The song is featured in the videogame Driver : Parallel Lines and the film Mean Girls. A variation of the song is sung on the Bob 's Burgers episode `` Dr. Yap ''. Bob 's sister - in - law, Gayle, who thinks Bob is in love with her, sings about how she is going to `` get '' him. References Jump up ^ Metzer, Greg ( 2008 ). Rock Band Name Origins : The Stories of 240 Groups and Performers. McFarland. p. 35. ISBN 978 - 0 - 7864 - 5531 - 7. Jump up ^ `` Mandy Says ''. Spin. 19 ( 11 ) : 28. November 2003. ISSN 0006 - 2510. Jump up ^ Cateforis, Theo ( 2011 ). Are We Not New Wave ? : Modern Pop at the Turn of the 1980s. University of Michigan Press. p. 139. ISBN 0 - 472 - 03470 - 7. Jump up ^ Che, Cathy ( 1999 ). Deborah Harry : Platinum Blonde. Cornwall : MPG Books Ltd. p. 83. Jump up ^ `` Blondie -- Live ( CD, Album ) ''. Discogs. Retrieved July 13, 2014. Jump up ^ `` Blondie -- Live ( CD, Album ) ''. Discogs. Retrieved July 13, 2014. Jump up ^ `` The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time ( 1 - 500 ) ''. Archived from the original on October 25, 2006... Rolling Stone. Jump up ^ `` Top RPM Adult Contemporary : Issue 4408. '' RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved June 26, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Top RPM Singles : Issue 4725a. '' RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved June 26, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Parallel Lines -- Awards ''. AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved June 26, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Official Singles Chart Top 100 ''. Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 16, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Top Singles -- Volume 32, No. 13, December 22, 1979 ''. RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved January 24, 2014. Jump up ^ Phares, Heather. `` Original Soundtrack -- The Guru ( Universal ) ''. AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved July 13, 2014. Jump up ^ `` Aquamarine ( 2006 ) -- Soundtracks ''. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved July 13, 2014. Jump up ^ `` One Direction to record Red Nose Day 2013 single ''. Metro. December 9, 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2014. Jump up ^ `` Must Be The Music 6, odc. 2 : Terra Bite dali czadu ! Posłuchaj ! '' ( in Polish ). Hotplota.pl. September 9, 2013. Retrieved July 13, 2014. Jump up ^ `` One Way Or Another -- Single by Until The Ribbon Breaks ''. iTunes. Apple Inc. Retrieved November 4, 2014. Jump up ^ `` Driver Parallel Lines Goes 1970s ''. IGN. February 14, 2006. Retrieved July 13, 2014. Jump up ^ Rohwedder, Kristie ( April 29, 2014 ). `` The Music from ' Mean Girls ' Is As Grool Now As It Was 10 Years Ago ''. Bustle. Retrieved January 26, 2018. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Blondie Debbie Harry Chris Stein Clem Burke Leigh Foxx Matt Katz - Bohen Tommy Kessler Fred Smith Billy O'Connor Gary Valentine Frank Infante Nigel Harrison Kevin Patrick Jimmy Destri Paul Carbonara Studio albums Blondie Plastic Letters Parallel Lines Eat to the Beat Autoamerican The Hunter No Exit The Curse of Blondie Panic of Girls Ghosts of Download Pollinator Compilations The Best of Blondie The Complete Picture : The Very Best of Deborah Harry and Blondie Blonde and Beyond The Platinum Collection Denis Picture This -- The Essential Blondie Collection Atomic : The Very Best of Blondie Greatest Hits Greatest Hits : Sight + Sound Greatest Hits Deluxe Redux Live albums Picture This Live Live Live by Request Remix albums Once More into the Bleach Beautiful : The Remix Album Remixed Remade Remodeled : The Remix Project Singles `` X Offender '' `` In the Flesh '' `` Rip Her to Shreds '' `` Kidnapper '' `` Denis '' `` ( I 'm Always Touched by Your ) Presence, Dear '' `` Picture This '' `` I 'm Gonna Love You Too '' `` Hanging on the Telephone '' `` Heart of Glass '' `` Sunday Girl '' `` One Way or Another '' `` Dreaming '' `` Union City Blue '' `` The Hardest Part '' `` Atomic '' `` Call Me '' `` The Tide Is High '' `` Rapture '' `` Island of Lost Souls '' `` War Child '' `` Maria '' `` Nothing Is Real but the Girl '' `` No Exit '' `` Good Boys '' `` Mother '' `` What I Heard '' `` A Rose by Any Name '' `` Sugar on the Side '' `` I Want to Drag You Around '' `` Fun '' `` Long Time '' `` Tonight '' Videos Eat to the Beat The Best of Blondie The Complete Picture : The Very Best of Deborah Harry and Blondie Live Greatest Video Hits Live by Request Tours Tracks Across America Tour ' 82 No Exit Tour Road Rage Tour Parallel Lines 30th Anniversary Tour Panic of Girls Tour Blast Off Tour No Principals Tour Rage and Rapture Tour Related Discography The Wind in the Willows The Jazz Passengers Book Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=One_Way_or_Another&oldid=822518796 '' Categories : 1978 songs 1979 singles Blondie ( band ) songs Chrysalis Records singles American power pop songs Song recordings produced by Mike Chapman Songs written by Debbie Harry Songs written by Nigel Harrison Works about stalking Hidden categories : CS1 Polish - language sources ( pl ) Use mdy dates from November 2013 Articles with hAudio microformats Singlechart usages for Canadaadultcontemporary Singlechart called without artist Singlechart called without song Singlechart usages for Canadatopsingles Singlechart usages for UK Talk Contents About Wikipedia Español فارسی Français Italiano Magyar Polski Русский Svenska Edit links This page was last edited on 26 January 2018, at 20 : 59. 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Question: when did one way or another come out
Answer: May 14, 1979