I'll Try Anything

"I'll Try Anything" is a 1967 single by Dusty Springfield which reached the UK Top 20 and the US Top 40.

The track was prepped at the CBS Recording Studios in New York City on 22 January 1967 in a session produced by Herb Bernstein. Springfield's vocal was recorded later that month at Philips Studios in London with Johnny Franz acting as producer.

"I'll Try Anything" was co-written by Mark Barkan and Vic [aka Victor] Millrose. Barkan had written the hits "I'm Gonna Be Warm This Winter" for Connie Francis and "I Don't Wanna Be a Loser " for Lesley Gore, while Millrose had written the Gene Pitney hit "Last Chance to Turn Around" and would later write "This Girl Is a Woman Now" for Gary Puckett & the Union Gap.

Since making her solo debut in 1963 with the upbeat "I Only Want to Be With You" Springfield had subsequently shifted her musical focus to a softer sound as exemplified by her 1966 career record "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me".

"I'll Try Anything" was largely a return to Springfield's original upbeat sound and might have been a more substantial hit for her somewhat earlier. However by 1967 the track had a markedly out-of-date sound and in its UK release peaked at #13 breaking a Top Ten streak for Springfield which had lasted for three hits.

In the US "I'll Try Anything" peaked at #40 in April 1967 on the Billboard Hot 100 - with peaks in Cash Box and Record World of respectively #29 and #34 - making it the sixth of Springfield's ten US Top 40 solo hits.

"I'll Try Anything" reached #38 in Australia and #19 in Canada. The track had its strongest chart impact in Singapore with a #6 peak in June 1967.

Apart from Springfield's version, the only evident recordings of the song are two non-English renderings: the French-language "J'aurai mon tour de chance" recorded by Québécois singer Renée Martel and "Quero um Beatle de Presente" by Brazilian Jovem Guarda singer Maritza Fabiani with Portuguese lyrics by Carlos Wallace.