Blackberry Way

Infobox Single
Name = Blackberry Way

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Artist = The Move
from Album =
B-side = Something
Released = December 13, 1968
Format = 7"
Recorded = 1968
Genre = rock music
Length =
Label = Regal Zonophone, Polydor Records
Writer = Roy Wood
Producer = Denny Cordell, Tony Viscanti, Jimmy Miller
Certification =
Last single = "Wild Tiger Woman" (1968)
This single = Blackberry Way (1969)
Next single = "Curly" (1969)

"Blackberry Way" is a single by The Move.

Written by Roy Wood and produced by Jimmy Miller, "Blackberry Way" was a bleak counterpoint to the sunny psychedelia of earlier recordings. It nevertheless became the band's most successful single reaching #1 on the UK singles chart. Richard Tandy who would later play keyboards with Roy Wood's next band ELO, played harpsichord. Despite the success of the single, the style of psychedelically tinged pop sat uneasily with bassist Trevor Burton. He left the group shortly after. The bridge of "Blackberry Way" is taken from the intro of Harry Nilsson's "Good Old Desk."

The song's sound, which is reminiscent of The Beatles' "Penny Lane", off-set by its bleak lyrics ("Absolutely pouring down with rain / It's a terrible day . . . Goodbye blackberry way / I can't see you, I don't need you" ") make it a dark answer song to the Lennon-McCartney tune.

Italian band Equipe 84 produced in 1969 a cover version (with Italian lyrics by writer Mogol), named "Tutta mia la città", which became a hit in Italy.The song was re-covered in 2007 by Italian band Giuliano Palma & The Bluebeaters.