No Way But the Hard Way

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"No Way But the Hard Way"
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Single by Airbourne
from the album No Guts. No Glory.
Released8 February 2010
Genre Hard rock
Length3:34
Label Roadrunner (US)
EMI (Australia)
Songwriter(s) Joel O'Keeffe, Ryan O'Keeffe
Producer(s) Johnny K
Airbourne singles chronology
"Diamond in the Rough"
(2007)
"No Way But the Hard Way"
(2010)
"Blonde, Bad and Beautiful"
(2010)

"No Way But the Hard Way" is a song by Australian hard rock band Airbourne and the first single from their album No Guts. No Glory.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "No Way But the Hard Way"

Music video

The music video of the song features scenes of the band in the Dinosaur Records building in Los Angeles, smashing and destroying the furniture and playing on the roof. The music video was directed by Sum 41 drummer Steve Jocz.

The video clip was shot in Sydney, Australia on the roof of the Accor Pullman Hotel, Homebush, Sydney Olympic Park, New South Wales State, Australia.

Personnel

Chart performance

Chart (2010)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks 29

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