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1991 single by Blur

"There's No Other Way" is a song by English band Blur, released on 15 April 1991 as the second single from their debut album Leisure.

The song utilises a beat and tambourine sound typical of songs of the Madchester and baggy scene.

The song was the band's first top 10 in the UK, reaching number 8 on the UK Singles Chart. The single was also a minor hit in the US, reaching number 82 on the Billboard Hot 100, Linda Ryan of the Gavin Report called it a "trippy pop song with breathy vocals set to a groovin' housebeat It's a perfect '60s meets '90s vibe with an undeniable hook that begs for another play." In Smash Hits, Miranda Sawyer said: "[The] song is fab! Lots of guitars and it sounds like the '60s, with a tune that's so catchy that it was very nearly Single Of The Fortnight."

There are two music videos for the song, both videos were released in 1991.

The UK video for the song was directed by David Balfe, the former keyboardist for The Teardrop Explodes and owner of Blur's label Food Records. The video was produced by Anita Staines through Radar Films. The video begins with a close up shot of a worm inching through the grass. A pink ball is dropped next to the worm and a young girl picks it up, throwing it to her identical twin sister nearby. The scene cuts inside the dining room/kitchen of a suburban house, with Albarn and the rest of the band sitting down at a table. A woman, assumed to be the mother (actress Karen Ford) sets out dishes on the table with the help of the girls. Soup and bread rolls are the first course, this is followed by chicken pie, carrot batons, broccoli florets, gravy and new potatoes. During the first course the family is then joined by a man assumed to be the father, and the whole group digs into the meal. During the meal, Albarn will occasionally stop eating, look up at the camera, and sing along to the lyrics. After dinner has ended, the mother gets up from the table and retrieves a trifle from a cabinet, which she holds up in front of her face. The camera then gets distorted and jerky, the view filling up with a variety of colorful, loud filters applied to the film. The family looks at the mother with a mixture of apprehension and excitement as the film gets more distorted and layered with effects. As the song ends, the camera cuts back to a clear shot of the worm crawling in the grass again.

The US video for the song was directed by Matthew Amos, the video consists of the band playing the song in a private pool, with colorful and psychedelic effects shown in the video.

A playable version of the song is available for the Rock Band video game series, and it is available to download for Guitar Hero 5. Kurt Cobain of Nirvana told NME that "There's No Other Way" was his favourite British song of 1991.