Anyway (CeeLo Green song)

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"Anyway"
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Single by CeeLo Green
from the album The Lady Killer: The Platinum Edition
ReleasedDecember 11, 2011
Recorded2011
Genre Dance-pop, R&B
Length3:34
Label Elektra
Songwriter(s) Callaway, Eric Frederic, Ross Golan, Rivers Cuomo, Josh Alexander
Producer(s) Wallpaper., Daniel Ledinsky
CeeLo Green singles chronology
"Cry Baby"
(2011)
"Anyway"
(2011)
"Fight to Win"
(2012)

"Anyway" is the seventh official single and first single from The Platinum Edition of American soul singer CeeLo Green's third studio album, The Lady Killer . The single was released via digital download on December 11, 2011. The lyric video for the song was premiered on November 8, 2011 through Cee Lo Green's official YouTube channel. [1]

Contents

Background

The song will be released as part of The Platinum Edition of The Lady Killer, which contains a total of seventeen tracks. It was written by Green alongside Eric Frederic, Ross Golan, Rivers Cuomo and Josh Alexander and produced by Wallpaper and Daniel Ledinsky. "Anyway" will be released alongside three other previously unreleased songs in the UK.

Music video

The official music video was released on November 24, 2011, and features bright lights and scantily-clad dancers. [2]

Track listing

Digital Download [3] [4]
  1. "Anyway" (Explicit Version) - 3:34
  2. "Bright Lights, Bigger City" (BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge Session) - 3:46
  3. "Inhaler" (BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge Session) - 3:12
  4. "Anyway" (Rhythm Shed Remix) - 3:45
UK Promotional CD Single [5]
  1. "Anyway" (Clean Version) - 3:33
  2. "Anyway" (Instrumental Version) - 3:33

Credits and personnel

Charts

Charts (2011)Peak
position
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40) [6] 8
UK R&B (OCC) [7] 12
UK Singles (OCC) [8] 52

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
HungaryNovember 11, 2011Digital download, radio airplay Elektra
United KingdomDecember 11, 2011 Digital download

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