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Any Way You Want It
Journey
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- Album
- Departure
- Released
- 1980
- Genres
- aor, classic rock
- Length
- 3:22
- Tempo
- 138 BPM
- Label
- Columbia/Legacy
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About this song
The song was inspired by Perry and Neal Schon hanging out with Thin Lizzy while on tour, when Thin Lizzy bassist Phil Lynott talked about writing songs with call and response between guitar and vocals. It was released as a single from Journey's third album with Steve Perry, Departure. Over time it grew in popularity, in part through its use in television shows, commercials, movies such as Caddyshack, and several episodes of The Simpsons.
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Fun facts
- Sampled in 4 other songs, like “Go Fast Die Young by David0Mario & FerroLad”.
- Covered 10 times, including “Any Way You Want It by The Beggar King”.
- Written by Neal Schon and Steve Perry.
- Produced by Kevin Elson and Geoff Workman.