One Way or Another (Uriah Heep song)

1976 single by Uriah Heep

"One Way or Another"

Single by Uriah Heep

from the album High and Mighty

B-side

"Misty Eyes"

Released

18 June 1976^[1]

Recorded

December 1975–March 1976^[2]

Studio

Roundhouse, London^[2]

Genre

Hard rock^[3]

Length

4:37

Label

Bronze

Songwriter(s)

Ken Hensley

Uriah Heep singles chronology

"Return to Fantasy"
(1975)

"One Way or Another"
(1976)

"Wise Man"
(1977)

"One Way or Another" is a song by English rock band Uriah Heep. It was released on their ninth studio album High and Mighty in May 1976,^[4] and became the only single from the album and the last single with the band's former vocalist, David Byron. The song was written by Ken Hensley and featured lead vocals from John Wetton and Ken Hensley. It was recorded from December 1975 to March 1976 in Roundhouse Recording Studios in London.^[2] The single did not chart, and it is the only song on the album that was not sung by David Byron.^[5]

Composition

The song is being played with seven chords and the chords are Dm7, G/D, Asus4, G, Bm, A, and Eb.^[6]

Personnel

Mick Box – guitars
David Byron – backing vocals
Ken Hensley – lead vocals, keyboards
John Wetton – lead vocals, bass
Lee Kerslake – drums

References

^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 48.
^ ^a ^b ^c "The Official Uriah Heep Discography". Heepfiles.info. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
^ Donald A. Guarisco. "High and Mighty Review by Donald A. Guarisco". AllMusic. Retrieved June 10, 2023. One Way or Another is a surging, dramatic hard rocker that features Ken Hensley trading verses with bassist John Wetton
^ Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. p. 859. ISBN 9780862415419.
^ "Uriah Heep". Vintageprog.com. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
^ "One Way Or Another | Uriah Heep | chords, MP3, lyrics". Akkords.Ru. Retrieved 2016-10-11.