Any Way You Want It
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"Any Way You Want It" is a popular song performed by Journey released on the album Departure, and as a single in 1980. The song is sung by Steve Perry and Neal Schon is the guitarist.
In the 1980 movie Caddyshack, the Rodney Dangerfield character's golf bag has a stereo that plays "Any Way You Want It" at an inopportune moment.
This reference was used again in the "Simpsons" episode 'Burns, Baby Burns' (#157, 1996), where 'Any Way You Want It' is played in the final scene as Dangerfield's character, Larry Burns, proclaims 'let's party'.
In the 2003 movie Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, the song is playing during the ending credits while a switch between Drew, Cameron, and Lucy are washing a car and blooper reels are showing.
McDonalds used the song in their commercials for a period of time.
In the skateboarding video Almost Round 3, "Any Way You Want It" was used as the music for the intro credits.
The song was featured in a Toyota and the Northland Ford commercial in the summer of 2003.
The Chicago hardcore punk band Rise Against opted to cover the song on their 2003 album Revolutions Per Minute as a final, hidden track.
For the last three or four years, the song has been used as the "last chance to dance" in Liverpool's storied Krazyhouse rock club.
The song has strong social standing among teenagers, many regarding it as a classic song to dance to. This is documented here.
- On February 16 2007, the song was played on The Ray Foley Show, an afternoon broadcast on Irish radio station Today FM. Its playing cued much raucousness from the presenters Ray, JP and Adelle, who each attempted to sing along with it afterwards.
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