Anyway You Want Me (Rednex song)

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"Anyway You Want Me"
Rednex-anyway you want me s.jpg
Single by Rednex
from the album The Cotton Eye Joe Show
Released7 March 2007
Recorded2007
Genre Country
Length3:02
Label Universal Records
Songwriter(s) Aleena Gibson, Bobby Ljunggren
Producer(s) Annika Ljungberg
Rednex singles chronology
"Well-O-Wee"
(2007)
"Anyway You Want Me"
(2007)
"Looking for a Star"
(2007)

"Anyway You Want Me" is a country-dance song by the Swedish band Rednex, released on March 7, 2007 via Universal Records, as the third single of their independently released third studio album The Cotton Eye Joe Show .

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Anyway You Want Me" (Single Version) - 3:03
  2. "Anyway You Want Me" (Instrumental Version) - 3:01

Charts

Chart (2007)Peak
position
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [1] 8

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References

  1. "Rednex – Anyway You Want Me". Singles Top 100. Retrieved February 1, 2024.