Any Way You Want It

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"Any Way You Want It"
Single by Journey
from the album Departure
B-side "When You're Alone (It Ain't Easy)" (US, JPN)
  • "Do You Recall" (UK 12")
  • "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'" (UK 12")
Released 1980
Format 7" single 12" single
Recorded 1979
Genre Hard rock
Length 3:21
Label Columbia
Writer(s) Steve Perry
Neal Schon
Producer Geoff Workman
Kevin Elson
Journey singles chronology
"Too Late"
(1980)		 "Any Way You Want It" "Walks Like a Lady"
(1980)

"Any Way You Want It" is a popular song performed by Journey released on the album Departure as the opening track, as a single in 1980 and was rerecorded with Arnel Pineda and Deen Castronovo for their 2008 album Revelation. The song was written by frontman Steve Perry and guitarist Neal Schon. It peaked at #23 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. With its catchy lyrics and rhythm (including Schon's guitar solo for the bridge), the song proved to be an instant classic and the band would indeed often play it to close their concerts. It appears on all four live albums released by Journey up to now (Captured, Greatest Hits Live, Live in Houston 1981: The Escape Tour, and Revelation on DVD). The song was named the 80th best hard rock song of all time by VH1.[1]

[edit] Genesis

According to cowriter Steve Perry, the song was heavily influenced by Irish rock band Thin Lizzy and more particularly by bassist leader Phil Lynott. In July 1979, Journey was touring with Thin Lizzy across the United States when Lynott, Perry and Schon decided to share rhyme scheme exercises during a hanging out in Miami. The "basic" work on "the guitar-vocal-guitar-vocal interchange thing that happened between Phil and his lyrics and the guitarist and his arrangements, inspired the Any Way You Want It sorta give and take thing. It’s guitar-voice, guitar-voice, more guitar-guitar-guitar-voice. It be voice-voice and back and forth and that’s something that Neal and I think just instinctually picked up by hanging out with him"[2] commented Perry. Schon and Perry would then rework on the song in the band bus, with Schon on acoustic guitar and Perry for vocals[3]. Lynott's contribution was eventually quite decisive for Journey since it also influenced other songs built on the same scheme such as 'Stone In Love'.

For the studio version, keyboardist Gregg Rolie originally used a mellotron but since it was defective, co-producer Geoff Workman decided to fix the sound by doubling it with Rolie's regular organ in the final mixing, creating then the unique sounding background support for the song.[4]

[edit] Personnel

[edit] References

  1. ^ "spreadit.org music". http://music.spreadit.org/vh1-top-100-hard-rock-songs/. Retrieved February 5, 2009. 
  2. ^ Off the Record (December 30, 2006): http://www.steveperryfanclub.homestead.com/OTRDecember2006.html
  3. ^ Steve Perry Fanclub, liner notes excerpts on Time3 : http://www.steveperryfanclub.homestead.com/Time3.html
  4. ^ Steve Perry Fanclub, ibid.
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Journey
Neal Schon • Ross Valory • Jonathan Cain • Deen Castronovo • Arnel Pineda
Gregg Rolie • George Tickner • Aynsley Dunbar • Robert Fleischman • Steve Perry • Steve Smith • Randy Jackson • Steve Augeri
Studio musicians: Stevie Roseman • Larrie Londin • Bob Glaub / Touring musicians: Prairie Prince • Mike Baird • Jeff Scott Soto
Studio albums
Live albums
Compilations
In the Beginning • Greatest Hits • The Ballade • Time³ • The Essential Journey • Open Arms~Greatest Hits
Soundtrack
Videos
Documentaries
Frontiers and Beyond  • Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey
Tours
Early Years Tour  • Look into the Future Tour (1976)  • Next Tour (1977)  • Infinity Tour (1978)  • Evolution Tour (1979)  • Departure Tour (1980)  • Escape Tour (1981)  • Frontiers Tour (1983)  • Raised on Radio Tour (1986)  • Arrival Tour (2001)  • Under the Radar Tour (2002)  • 30th Anniversary Tour (2005)  • Revelation Tour (2008-9)
Related articles
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Journey singles discography
1970s
1975: "Of a Lifetime" · "In My Lonely Feeling" · "Mystery Mountain"
1976: "Midnight Dreamer" · "On a Saturday Nite" · "I'm Gonna Leave You" · "Anyway"
1977: "Look into the Future" · "Spaceman" · "People" · "Nickel and Dime" · "I Would Find You"
1978: "Wheel in the Sky" · "Feeling That Way" / "Anytime" · "Lights"
1979: "Just the Same Way" · "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'" · "Lovin' You is Easy"
1980s
1980: "Too Late"  · "Any Way You Want It" · "Walks Like a Lady" · "Good Morning Girl" / "Stay Awhile"
1981: "The Party's Over (Hopelessly in Love)" · "Dixie Highway" · "Who's Crying Now" · "Stone in Love" · "Don't Stop Believin'"
1982: "Open Arms" · "Still They Ride" · "Only Solutions"
1983: "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)" · "Faithfully" · "Send Her My Love" · "After the Fall" · "Ask the Lonely"
1984: "Chain Reaction"
1985: "Only the Young"
1986: "Be Good to Yourself" · "Suzanne" · "Girl Can't Help It"
1987: "I'll Be Alright Without You" · "Why Can't This Night Go on Forever"
1989: "Who's Crying Now" (re-issue)
1990s
1993: "Lights" (live) · "Natural Thing"
1996: "When You Love a Woman" · "Message of Love" · "Can't Tame the Lion" · "If He Should Break Your Heart"
2000s
2001:"Higher Place" · "All the Way" · "With Your Love"
2005: "The Place in Your Heart" · "After All These Years"
2008: "Never Walk Away" · "Where Did I Lose Your Love"
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