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Song of the Day 9/21: Blondie, “One Way or Another”

Trump got his special master. Now will the special master get him? Donnie Two Scoops is more slippery than an eel — uglier, too. But one way or another…

Debbie Harry’s lyrics were inspired by an ex-boyfriend who turned stalker, causing her to move out of New Jersey. The music is by Nigel Harrison, Blondie’s bassist during its most successful period from 1978-82. He said it started out as “this psychedelic, Ventures-like futuristic surf song gone wrong.”

“One Way or Another,” the last of six singles from the 1978 LP “Parallel Lines,” reached only No. 27 on the Hot 100 in 1979, but quickly became one of the band’s signature tunes.

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