It Doesn't Have to Be This Way
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"It Doesn't Have to Be this Way" is a single released by English New Wave
band The Blow Monkeys
in early 1987. It is probably the band's best known single, and hit the top 5 on the UK charts.
New Wave music
New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...
band The Blow Monkeys
The Blow Monkeys
The Blow Monkeys are a British new wave band that formed in 1981 as a new wave-oriented act. The first single, "Live Today Love Tomorrow" was released in 1982. They subsequently recorded more commercial pop rock hit makers, and finally became a dance group, shortly before splitting up at the...
in early 1987. It is probably the band's best known single, and hit the top 5 on the UK charts.
Chart performance
| Chart (1987) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Netherlands | 29 |
| U.K. Singles Chart | 5 |