"Times have changed, And we've often rewound the clock Since the Puritans got a shock, When they landed on Plymouth Rock If today, any shock they should try to stem, 'Stead of landing on Plymouth Rock Plymouth Rock would land on them".
The opening stanza is believed to have influenced the orations of Malcolm X, who in 1964 said "Our forefathers were not the Pilgrims, we didn't land on Plymouth Rock, the rock was landed on us."[4]
One couplet refers to Samuel Goldwyn's box-office failure Nana starring Anna Sten, whose English was said to be incomprehensible to all except Goldwyn. (Goldwyn was from Poland and Sten from Ukraine.)[2] The final stanza references an advertisement that Eleanor Roosevelt had done for a bed company.[5]
Also on the Verve labe;, Stan Getz and Gerry Mulligan released an instrumental rendition of the song in 1957 on their album Getz Meets Mulligan in Hi-Fi on which they switched instruments.[10]
Pat Suzuki recorded it on her self-titled album, Pat Suzuki in 1958.[11]
The song was recorded by Harpers Bizarre and released as a single in 1967. The group's version peaked at number forty-three on the Billboard pop singles chart and at number six on the Adult Contemporary.[14]
Almost two decades later, the song was partially translated into Mandarin for the 1984 film Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, presumably with some assistance from John Williams, who arranged the film score.[15] The song is performed by Kate Capshaw's character as the film's opening scene. The song is performed with a number of synchronized dancers in a large cabaret number set in a Shanghai night club circa 1935. The song is included on the original film soundtrack.[15]
Patti LuPone performed and recorded the song for the Lincoln Center's 1987 production of the musical, in which she played Reno Sweeney.[17] She also performed the song at the 1988 Tony Awards.
Sutton Foster, with Company, also performed the song in the 2011 Broadway revival; the performance is included Anything Goes Sondheim Theatre Broadway Cast Recording.[20] This cast recording, from the 2011 revival, debuted at number 1 on Billboard's Cast Album Chart.[21]
The recording took place over a year in New York City. Bennett's quartet was present,including Mike Renzi,Gray Sargent,Harold Jones,and Marshall Wood as well as pianist Tom Lanier. With Marion Evans,jazz trumpeter Brian Newman,a long-time friend and colleague of Gaga,played on the album. Tenor saxophonist Joe Lovano and flautist Paul Horn performed.
Release and reception
Howard Reich of Chicago Tribune gave a positive review,saying found Gaga to be in "good voice" and Bennett in "classic form".[24] Bree Jackson at V magazine called the song a "fresh take" on the original.[25]MTV News critic Gil Kaufman said,"Gaga is clearly having a blast,doing her best Broadway belting with tons of energy and enthusiasm".[26] Alexa Camp at Slant Magazine called Gaga's performance "blatantly affected,marred by shouting and clichéd phrasing."[27] Edwin McFee at Hot Press called the song "tawdry" and "stale". "Gaga attempting to out-sing Bennett was a terribly misguided decision".[28] The song received a nomination for Record Production/Single or Track at the 30th Annual TEC Awards under the category of Outstanding Creative Achievement Awards.[29]
In the United Kingdom,"Anything Goes" debuted at number 174 on the UK Singles Chart for the week ending August 9,2014. It also charted at number 132 on the sales chart of the Official Charts Company.[30] In Spain it debuted within the top-fifty of the PROMUSICAE singles chart at number 40.[31] "Anything Goes" debuted outside the top 100 of the French Singles Chart,at number 178.[32] On the Billboard Jazz Digital Songs chart,the track debuted at the top,becoming Gaga's second entry on that chart,following "The Lady is a Tramp". The song was Bennett's 15th entry on the Jazz Digital Songs chart,and his third number-one single.[33][34] According to Nielsen SoundScan,"Anything Goes" sold 16,000 digital downloads in the US up to the week ending August 3,2014.[35] The song dropped to number three on Jazz Digital Songs chart the next week but moved back to number two the week after.[36][37]
"Anything Goes" is played on Galaxy News Radio,a fictional radio station,in the post-apocalyptic video game Fallout 3,as well as Diamond City Radio in the next installment,Fallout 4, and Appalachia Radio in the game Fallout 76.[46][47]
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