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"Any Way That You Want Me"
The Troggs Any Way That You Want Me.jpg
West German picture sleeve
Single by the Troggs
B-side "66-5-4-3-2-1"
Released9 December 1966 (1966-12-09) [1]
Genre
Length2:57
Label Page One
Songwriter(s) Chip Taylor
Producer(s) Larry Page
The Troggs singles chronology
"I Can't Control Myself"
(1966)		"Any Way That You Want Me"
(1966)		"Give It to Me"
(1967)

"Any Way That You Want Me" is a song written by Chip Taylor that was first released in September 1966 by Tina Mason as the B-side to her single "Finders Keepers". [2] It has been covered by a number of artists, with the most successful version being by English rock band the Troggs.

Contents

The Troggs version

Release and reception

Chip Taylor had previously written "Wild Thing", which had become an international hit for the Troggs earlier in 1966. After a further two hit singles, the Troggs chose to cover another of his compositions, "Any Way That You Want Me". However, it was very different from the Troggs' previous releases, as it was a gentler pop ballad compared to their garage rock songs. [3]

Released in December 1966, "Any Way That You Want Me" proved to be a success, becoming a top-ten hit in the UK in January 1967. However, it wasn't released in North America until April 1967 following the release of "Give It to Me" as a single there in February 1967. [4] It failed to be as successful as the Troggs' earlier singles there, completely missing the charts. The B-side, "66-5-4-3-2-1", was written by lead vocalist Reg Presley and was originally called "I Know What You Want", but was changed following the controversy of the band's previous single "I Can't Control Myself". [5]

Reviewing for Record Mirror , Peter Jones described "Any Way That You Want Me" as "either the best the boys have done – or the worst. Depends if you like hearing classical-style cellos behind their soft, ballady type of image. In fact, it's a very good song by Chip "Wild Thing" Taylor, and is well sung". [6] Penny Valentine for Disc and Music Echo described it as having "an insidiousness that makes it linger in your mind, not in the brash heavy-handed way of all the other Troggs successes, but in a subtle warm loving way. Which is very nice". [7] Melody Maker wrote that "although Reg Presley sings well – his vocal style seems to have undergone a startling change – and the arrangement is clever, the song isn't exactly earth shattering. In parts it sounds like a Boston Pops version of "Twist and Shout" played at half speed". [8] Cash Box described it as a "shuffling, easy-going, melodic, gentle romancer". [9]

Charts

Chart (1967)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [10] 76
Denmark (Danmarks Radio) [11] 16
Germany (GfK) [12] 13
Ireland (IRMA) [13] 11
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [14] 15
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [15] 9
South Africa (Springbok Radio) [16] 6
Sweden (Kvällstoppen) [17] 12
Sweden ( Tio i Topp ) [18] 5
UK Disc and Music Echo Top 50 [19] 4
UK Melody Maker Top 50 [20] 4
UK New Musical Express Top 30 [21] 6
UK Record Retailer Top 50 [22] 8

Other cover versions

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