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      • Written by Debbie Harry and Nigel Harrison for the band's third studio album, Parallel Lines (1978), "One Way or Another" was inspired by one of Harry's ex-boyfriends who stalked her after their breakup.
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  2. "One Way or Another" is a song by American new wave band Blondie from their 1978 album Parallel Lines. Lyrically, the song was inspired by Blondie frontwoman Deborah Harry's experience with a stalker in the early 1970s, an incident which forced her to move away from New Jersey.

  3. Nov 7, 2023 · With a little help from One Way Or Another and its parent album, Blondie became one of the biggest bands of the era. They also invented a new paradigm: catchy, danceable new wave, the sort that has been unavoidable these past few years.

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  4. Apr 30, 2020 · Recorded in the summer of 1978 as Blondie were beginning to pull together the pieces of their seminal album Parallel Lines at the Record Plant studio in New York, the song was written by Harry and Nigel Harrison and inspired by an ex-boyfriend of Harry’s who, after their relationship ended, stalked the singer.

  5. May 14, 2021 · The song was written by Harry and Nigel Harrison and inspired by an ex-boyfriend of Harry’s who, after their relationship ended, stalked the singer. She later told Entertainment Weekly, “I was actually stalked by a nutjob, so it came out of a not-so-friendly personal event.

  6. Lead singer Debbie Harry wrote this song with the group's bass player, Nigel Harrison. Harry wrote the lyrics to Blondie's songs, but composer credit for the music was generally given solely to whoever made the biggest contribution.

  7. Jul 22, 2022 · Debbie Harry and former Blondie bassist Nigel Harrison, wrote the lyrics to “One Way or Another." Read about the stalker inspired lyrics here.

  8. Apr 23, 2024 · Blondie’s hit song “One Way Or Another” quickly became an iconic track from their repertoire. The song was written by Debbie Harry, Nigel Harrison, and producer Richard Gottehrer and released in 1978.