TV & Film Music—Blondie's One Way Or Another

In naming the album #140 on their list of 500 Greatest Albums, Rolling Stone called the song "Harry's ode to obsessive lust, mixing the girl-group sound of the Ronettes with the punk attack of the Ramones."

"...Blondie emerged as the great pop icons of New York's celebrated late '70s new wave punk scene by defying easy categorization. They scored their first major hits with reggae, rock/disco and hip-hop songs. They wrote great rock hooks and brilliant ironic lyrics. They had the hippest clothes and the coolest hair. Debbie went from the pages of Punk magazine to being on the cover of just about every mainstream publication on the newsstands.

The original Blondie was formed in 1974 by art student/guitarist Chris Stein and ex-folkie and ex-Max's Kansas City waitress, vocalist/songwriter Deborah Harry. Drummer Clem Burke and keyboard player Jimmy Destri joined in 1975. The band played the fabled New York downtown circuit of CBGB's, Max's Kansas City and Mothers, amassing a major following before recording their first album Blondie in 1976 for the Private Stock label. It was released in 1977 and was well received as the band toured in support of Iggy Pop and David Bowie.

In the summer of 1977, they released their second album, Plastic Letters, and toured Europe and Asia. In March '78, the single 'Denis' hit #2 in the U.K. That summer, the band worked with producer Mike Chapman to hone their radio sound and create the album Parallel Lines, with the single 'Picture This' going #12 in the U.K. and the follow-up, 'Hanging on the Telephone,' hitting #5. At the end of the year, Debbie made her first film, the indie production Union City.

Blondie had their first #1 record in the U.S. with 'Heart of Glass,' which also sold over a million copies in the U.K., with the album moving more than 20 million copies worldwide. The fourth single from Parallel Lines, 'Sunday Girl,' also hit #1 in the U.K. In September 1979, the band's fourth album, Eat to the Beat, was released, along with the first-ever album-length video. Before year's end, Blondie continued their chart presence in the U.K. with the #2 hit 'Dreaming.' By February 1980, they landed another #1 U.K. single in 'Atomic' and two months later scaled the U.S. charts a second time with 'Call Me,' from the Paul Schrader film, American Gigolo. Before the end of the year, Eat to the Beat was certified platinum and Debbie appeared on TV's The Muppet Show.... —Blondie.net

Blondie was inducted into the Rock Hall of Fame in 2006 (along with Black Sabbath, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Miles Davis, the Sex Pistols, Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss).

One Way Or Another Lyrics
(Words and Music by Deborah Harry and Nigel Harrison)

One way or another, I'm gonna find ya.
I'm gonna getcha, getcha, getcha, getcha.
One way or another, I'm gonna win ya.
I'll getcha, I'll getcha.

One way or another, I'm gonna see ya.
I'm gonna meetcha, meetcha, meetcha, meetcha.
One day, maybe next week, I'm gonna meetcha.
I'm gonna meetcha, I'll meetcha.

I will drive past your house,
and if the lights are all down
I'll see who's around.

One way or another, I'm gonna find ya.
I'm gonna getcha, getcha, getcha, getcha.
One way or another, I'm gonna win ya.
I'll getcha, I'll getcha.
One way or another, I'm gonna see ya.
I'm gonna meetcha, meetcha, meetcha, meetcha.
One day, maybe next week, I'm gonna meetcha.
I'll meetcha, ah.

And if the lights are all out,
I'll follow your bus downtown,
see who's hangin' out.

One way or another I'm gonna lose ya.
I'm gonna give you the slip.
A slip of the hip, or another, I'm gonna lose ya.
I'm gonna trick ya, I'll trick ya.

One way or another I'm gonna lose ya.
I'm gonna trick ya, trick ya, trick ya, trick ya.
One way or another, I'm gonna lose ya.
I'm gonna give you the slip.

I'll walk down the mall, stand over by the wall,
where I can see it all, find out who ya call.
Lead you to the supermarket,
check out some specials and rat food.
Get lost in the crowd.

One way or another, I'm gonna getcha.
I'll getcha.
I'll getcha getcha getcha getcha.