Journey - Any Way You Want It - Meaning of the song
"Any Way You Want It" is a song by American rock band Journey. It was released in February 1980 as the lead single from their sixth studio album Departure. Written by lead singer Steve Perry and guitarist Neal Schon, it peaked at number 23 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.
According to Perry, the song was heavily influenced by Irish rock band Thin Lizzy and more particularly by bassist, Phil Lynott. 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. 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. It's guitar-voice, guitar-voice, more guitar-guitar-guitar-voice.
Any Way You Want It - Lyrics
Any way you want it
That's the way you need it
Any way you want it
She loves to laugh
She loves to sing
She does everything
She loves to move
She loves to groove
She loves the loving things
Ooh, all night, all night
Oh, every night
So hold tight, hold tight
Ooh, baby, hold tight
Oh, she said
Any way you want it
That's the way you need it
Any way you want it
She said, any way you want it
That's the way you need it
Any way you want it
I was alone
I never knew
What good love could do
Ooh, then we touched
Then we sang
About the loving things
Ooh, all night, all night
Oh, every night
So hold tight, hold tight
Ooh baby, hold tight
Oh, she said
Any way you want it
That's the way you need it
Any way you want it, oh
I said, any way you want it
That's the way you need it
Any way you want it
She said hold
Hold on, hold on, hold on
Oh she said, anyway you want it
That's the way you need it
Anyway you want it, anyway
Anyway you want it
That's the way you need it
Anyway you want it, oh
She said, anyway you want it
That's the way you need it, anyway you want it
Anyway you want it
That's the way you need it, anyway you want it
Anyway you want it
That's the way you need it anyway you want it
Anyway you want it
That's the way you need it
Anyway you want it (Anyway)
Anyway you want it
That's the way you need it
Anyway you want it (Anyway)
Anyway you want it
That's the way you need it
Anyway you want it (Anyway)
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