It Doesn't Have to Be This Way explained

It Doesn't Have to Be This Way
Type:	single
Artist:	The Blow Monkeys
Album:	She Was Only a Grocer's Daughter
Released:	1987
Recorded:	1986
Length:	4:00
Label:	RCA/Ariola
Producer:	Michael Baker for Simple Simon Inc. with help from The Axeman
Prev Title:	Don't Be Scared
Prev Year:	1986
Next Title:	Out with Her
Next Year:	1987

"It Doesn't Have to Be this Way" is a single released by British band the Blow Monkeys in early 1987. It is one of the band's best known singles, and hit the top 5 on the UK Singles Chart. The song was featured in the 1987 comedy film .

Chart performance

Chart (1987)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)	82
Canada (RPM) https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.0826&URLjpg=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f4/nlc008388.0826.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.0826	92
Finland (The Official Finnish Charts)	18
Ireland (Irish Singles Chart)	6
Italy	44
Netherlands https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Blow+Monkeys&titel=It+Doesn%27t+Have+To+Be+This+Way&cat=s	30
New Zealand https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Blow+Monkeys&titel=It+Doesn%27t+Have+To+Be+This+Way&cat=s	6
South Africa (Springbok) http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(B).html	8
Spain (AFYVE)^[1]	7
UK Singles Chart	5

Year-end charts

Notes and References

1. Book: Salaverri, Fernando . Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 . 1st . September 2005 . Fundación Autor-SGAE . Spain . 84-8048-639-2 . es.
2. Web site: END OF YEAR CHARTS 1987. Official New Zealand Music Chart. April 22, 2021.