Anything (Eric Burdon and The Animals song)

"Anything"
Single by Eric Burdon & The Animals
from the album Winds of Change
B-side It's All Meat
Released 1967
Format 7 in (178 mm) single
Genre Progressive rock
Length 2:51 (single version),
3:19 (album version)
Label MGM
Writer(s) Briggs, Burdon, Jenkins, McCulloch, Weider
Producer Tom Wilson
Eric Burdon & The Animals singles chronology
"Good Times"
(1967)
"Anything"
(1967)
"Monterey
(1967)

"Anything" is a song performed by Eric Burdon & The Animals in 1967. It was featured on their psychedelic rock album Winds of Change. While the singles "San Franciscan Nights", "Good Times" and the album were released, "Anything" was also released as a single, peaking #80 on the US pop singles chart.

The song is credited to Vic Briggs, Eric Burdon, Barry Jenkins, Danny McCulloch and John Weider. This song is the one Burdon is most proud of writing. He described it to Songfacts as a : "Iove-Generation song". He explained; "It's more than just a song about a love for your woman; it's about love for everything, from the Earth, to your friends, and even your enemies."[1] In 1995, Burdon re-recorded the song. It was featured on Absolutely the Best (1999).

References

  1. ^ "Anything". Songfacts.com. http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=20856. Retrieved 2010-12-24.