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"Find Another Way"
Single by Captain Hollywood Project
from the album Animals or Human
B-side"Odyssey of Emotions"
Released20 March 1995 (1995-03-20)
GenreEurodance[1]
Length3:57
Label
  • Blow Up
  • Intercord
Songwriters
  • Attack II
  • Tony Dawson-Harrison
  • Tom Jacques G. Coin
  • Thorsten Adler
  • Jörg Wagner DJ
ProducerDMP
Captain Hollywood Project singles chronology
"Flying High"
(1994) 		"Find Another Way"
(1995) 		"The Way Love Is"
(1995)
Music video
"Find Another Way" on YouTube

"Find Another Way" is a song co-written and recorded by German musician Captain Hollywood Project, released in March 1995, by labels Blow Up and Intercord, as the second single from the his second album, Animals or Human (1995). It was a hit in several countries, peaking at number four in Finland and number 22 in Germany.

Critical reception

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Juha Soininen wrote in his 2020 book, Move Your Body (2 The 90s): Unlimited Eurodance, that "Find Another Way" "was weirdy perky and a little bit annoying, so it didn't fit to his more somber style".[1] James Hamilton from British magazine Music Week's RM Dance Update described it as a "catchy 'oh oh oh oh' girl warbled and 'pompin' pompin'' guy rapped ridiculously frantic 158.8bpm fierce cheesy Euro flier".[2]

Chart performance

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"Find Another Way" was a top-10 hit in Finland, peaking at number four. In Germany, the single reached number 22, spending 14 weeks inside the German Singles Chart between 17 April and 17 July 1995.[3] Additionally, it was a top-20 hit in Austria (19), Denmark (14) and Sweden (14), and a top-30 hit in Switzerland (25). In the UK, "Find Another Way" charted on the UK Singles Chart, reaching number 93 during its first week on the chart, on 2 July.[4] It was the last song by Captain Hollywood Project to chart there.

Music video

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The accompanying music video for "Find Another Way" was directed by Silver Haze of German design agency I-D Büro in Stuttgart, Germany. The computer generated video depicts Captain Hollywood in his spaceship, flying through narrow streets between tall skyscrapers in a futuristic city setting. In between, male and female robots appears in or outside of the buildings. The video was B-listed on German music television channel VIVA in May 1995, and later same month, MTV Europe put it on prime break out rotation.[5][6]

Track listings

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  • CD maxi
  1. "Find Another Way" (single mix) (3:57)
  2. "Find Another Way" (extended mix) (6:09)
  3. "Odyssey of Emotions" (6:06)

Charts

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Chart (1995) Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[7] 19
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[7] 37
Denmark (IFPI)[8] 14
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[9] 38
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[10] 4
Germany (GfK)[3] 22
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[7] 31
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[11] 40
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[7] 14
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[7] 25
UK Singles (OCC)[4] 93

Release history

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Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
Germany 20 March 1995 CD
  • Blow Up
  • Intercord
 [3]
United Kingdom 19 June 1995
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
 Pulse-8 [12]

References

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  1. ^ a b Soininen, Juha (26 August 2020). Move Your Body (2 The 90's): Unlimited Eurodance. BoD - Books on Demand. p. 53. ISBN 9789528026303. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  2. ^ Hamilton, James (8 July 1995). "Dj directory" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). p. 11. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "Captain Hollywood Project – Find Another Way" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Official Singles Chart Top 100 02 July 1995 – 08 July 1995". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  5. ^ "M&M Airplay Station Reports: VIVA" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 12, no. 19. 13 May 1995. p. 31. Retrieved 12 December 2025.
  6. ^ "M&M Airplay Station Reports: MTV Europe" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 12, no. 21. 27 May 1995. p. 39. Retrieved 12 December 2025.
  7. ^ a b c d e "Flying High", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved 9 February 2008)
  8. ^ Danish Singles Chart. 21 April 1995.
  9. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. 6 May 1995. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  10. ^ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 9789511210535.
  11. ^ "Captain Hollywood Project – Find Another Way" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  12. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 17 June 1995. p. 31.