Another video exists which is a live performance during the Departure Tour. At this point the man at the jukebox is revealed to actually be lead singer Steve Perry who turns and smiles at the camera. The band's performance comprises most of the video until the song ends.
This dissolves into a shot of a studio tape spinning which leads to the group performing the song in the studio. He then selects the song and we see a record being flipped over and beginning to spin. He then reaches into his pocket and pulls out a coin which he inserts into the jukebox. He scrolls his finger up a list of songs and stops at "Any Way You Want It". It opens with a man standing in front of a jukebox, his face unseen by the camera. The music video was directed by Kim Paul Friedman and premiered in March 1980. Reception Ĭash Box said that Journey has "tightened up the rhythm section" and that this song is paced by "short, smart drum shots and quick, choppy guitar licks." Music video 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, thus creating the unique sounding background support for the song. Lynott's contribution later influenced other songs built on the same scheme such as " Stone In Love".įor the studio version, keyboardist Gregg Rolie originally used a mellotron. Schon and Perry would then rework on the song in the band bus, with Schon on acoustic guitar and Perry on vocals. 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" commented Perry. It's guitar-voice, guitar-voice, more guitar-guitar-guitar-voice. 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. In July 1979, Journey were touring with Thin Lizzy across the United States when Lynott, Perry and Schon decided to share rhyme scheme exercises while they were hanging out in Miami. Īccording to Perry, the song was heavily influenced by Irish hard rock band Thin Lizzy and more particularly by bassist, Phil Lynott. It remains a live staple for the band as well as a heavily rotated song on classic rock radio and a signature song for the band.
The song also appears on all four of the band's live albums Captured, Greatest Hits Live, Live in Houston 1981: The Escape Tour, and Revelation on DVD. Written by lead singer Steve Perry and guitarist Neal Schon, it peaked at number 23 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. " Any Way You Want It" is a song by American rock band Journey, released in February 1980 as the lead single from the band's sixth album Departure (1980). The Automatt, San Francisco, California, November 1979
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