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Written by: Deborah Harry, Nigel Harrison
Produced by: Mike Chapman
Released: Sept. '78 on Chrysalis
Charts: 14 weeks
Top spot: No. 24

By 1978, Blondie were stars in Europe and Asia, but they didn't blow up in the U.S. until Parallel Lines, their hit-packed third album. "One Way or Another" was Harry's ode to obsessive lust, mixing the girl-group sound of the Ronettes with the punk attack of the Ramones.

Appears on: Parallel Lines (Capitol)

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