It Doesn't Have to Be This Way
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{{Infobox song
| name = It Doesn't Have to Be This Way
| cover =
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = The Blow Monkeys
| album = She Was Only a Grocer's Daughter
| released = 1987
| recorded = 1986
| studio =
| venue =
| genre =
| length = 4:00
| writer = Dr. Robert
| 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 Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol.
Chart performance
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Chart (1987) ! Peak |
| Australia (ARIA)
| style="text-align:center;"|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]
| style="text-align:center;"|92 |
| Finland (The Official Finnish Charts)
| style="text-align:center;"|18 |
| Ireland (Irish Singles Chart)
| style="text-align:center;"|6 |
| Italy
| style="text-align:center;"|44 |
| Netherlands [https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Blow+Monkeys&titel=It+Doesn%27t+Have+To+Be+This+Way&cat=s]
| style="text-align:center;"|30 |
| New Zealand [https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Blow+Monkeys&titel=It+Doesn%27t+Have+To+Be+This+Way&cat=s]
| style="text-align:center;"|6 |
| South Africa (Springbok) [http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(B).html]
| style="text-align:center;"|8 |
| Spain (AFYVE){{cite book|first= Fernando |last= Salaverri |title= Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 |edition= 1st |date= September 2005 |publisher= Fundación Autor-SGAE |location= Spain |isbn= 84-8048-639-2 |language= es}}
|align="center"|7 |
| UK Singles Chart
| style="text-align:center;"|5 |
= Year-end charts =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!scope="col"|Chart (1987) !scope="col"|Position |
| scope="row"|New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ){{cite web|url= https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-singles/1987-12-31 |title= END OF YEAR CHARTS 1987|publisher=Official New Zealand Music Chart|access-date=April 22, 2021}}
| 26 |
|---|