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1986 single by The Damned

"Anything"

Single by The Damned

from the album Anything

B-side

"The Year of the Jackal"

Released

10 November 1986

Recorded

1986

Studio

Puk Recording Studios (Gjerlev, Denmark)

Length

4:48

Label

MCA
GRIM 5

Songwriter(s)

Jugg
Scabies
Vanian
Merrick

Producer(s)

Joe Sierocinski

The Damned singles chronology

"Eloise"
(1986)

"Anything"
(1986)

"Gigolo"
(1987)

"Anything" is a single by English rock band the Damned, released on 10 November 1986 by MCA Records.

Previewing the group's new album of the same name, the song saw a slight move away from the Goth rock of Phantasmagoria, to a more mainstream rock sound. The single received lukewarm reviews, and considering the success of the previous album and "Eloise", its UK Singles Chart peak of No. 32 was seen as a disappointment.

MCA also issued the single in Ireland and Australia.

Track listing

"Anything" (Jugg, Scabies, Vanian, Merrick) – 4:48
"The Year of the Jackal" (Jugg, Scabies, Vanian, Merrick)

12" single: -

"Anything (Another Mix)" (Jugg, Scabies, Vanian, Merrick)
"The Year of the Jackal" (Jugg, Scabies, Vanian, Merrick)
"Thanks for the Night (Rat Mix)" (Sensible)

10" single: -

"Anything (Yet Another Mix)" (Jugg, Scabies, Vanian, Merrick)
"Anything (Instrumental)" (Jugg, Scabies, Vanian, Merrick) – 4:48
"Anything (And Yet Another Mix)" (Jugg, Scabies, Vanian, Merrick)
"The Year of the Jackal" (Jugg, Scabies, Vanian, Merrick)

Production credits

Producer:
- Jon Kelly ("Anything")
- The Damned ("Year of the Jackal")
- Hein Hoven ("Thanks for the Night")
Musicians:
- Dave Vanian − vocals
- Rat Scabies − drums
- Roman Jugg − guitar, keyboards
- Bryn Merrick − bass

References

"Music Week" (PDF). p. 12.
"30 Years Ago: The Damned End a 10-Year Run with 'Anything'".

External links

"Anything" at Discogs (list of releases)

v t e The Damned
Dave Vanian Captain Sensible Monty Oxymoron Rat Scabies Paul Gray Brian James Lu Edmonds Algy Ward Roman Jugg Bryn Merrick Moose Harris Patricia Morrison Stu West Henry Badowski Jon Moss Lemmy Gary Holton Garrie Dreadful Spike Smith Pinch William Granville-Taylor
Studio albums	Damned Damned Damned Music for Pleasure Machine Gun Etiquette The Black Album Strawberries Phantasmagoria Anything Not of This Earth Grave Disorder So, Who's Paranoid? Evil Spirits Darkadelic
Live albums	Live Shepperton 1980 Live at Newcastle The Captain's Birthday Party Not the Captain's Birthday Party? Final Damnation Ballroom Blitz – Live at the Lyceum Molten Lager Live at the 100 Club
Compilation albums	Light at the End of the Tunnel The Radio One Sessions Smash It Up: The Anthology 1976–1987 Black Is the Night: The Definitive Anthology
EPs	Friday 13th Testify The Rockfield Files
Singles	"New Rose" "Neat Neat Neat" "Stretcher Case Baby" "Problem Child" "Don't Cry Wolf" "Love Song" "Smash It Up" "I Just Can't Be Happy Today" "White Rabbit" "The History of the World (Part 1)" "There Ain't No Sanity Clause" "Wait for the Blackout" "Lovely Money" "Dozen Girls" "Lively Arts" "Generals" "Thanks for the Night" "Grimly Fiendish" "The Shadow of Love" "Is It a Dream?" "Eloise" "Anything" "Gigolo" "Alone Again Or" "In Dulce Decorum" "Fun Factory" "Prokofiev" "Shut It" "Little Miss Disaster" "Standing On the Edge of Tomorrow" "Devil in Disguise" "Look Left" "Procrastination"
Associated acts	Masters of the Backside London SS The Lords of the New Church Dave Vanian and the Phantom Chords Naz Nomad and the Nightmares
Related articles	Band members Discography "Nasty" The Damned: Don't You Wish That We Were Dead Stiff Records

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