{{Short description|1994 single by SWV}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2025}} {{Infobox song | name = Anything | cover = SWV-Anything.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = SWV | album = It's About Time ''and'' Above the Rim (soundtrack) | B-side = You're Always on My Mind | released = 1994 | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = | length = * 2:48 (album version) * 4:06 (soundtrack version) | label = RCA | writer = Brian Alexander Morgan | producer = Brian Alexander Morgan | prev_title = You're Always on My Mind | prev_year = 1993 | next_title = You're the One | next_year = 1996 }}
"'''Anything'''" is a song by American R&B vocal trio SWV from their debut studio album, ''It's About Time'' (1992), and the soundtrack to the 1994 film ''Above the Rim''. It was written and produced by Brian Alexander Morgan.
Originally included on ''It's About Time,'' the song was later remixed for the ''Above the Rim'' soundtrack. This resulted in the song shifting from a slow, R&B ballad to a faster, new jack swing record (which is labelled the "Old Skool Mix") and features U-God, Ol' Dirty Bastard, and Method Man from the Wu-Tang Clan. Method Man's final verse incorporates a brief sample of Wu-Tang Clan's 1994 single "C.R.E.A.M.". Released as a single in 1994, the song became a top-20 hit on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, peaking at number 18 whilst also peaking at number four on the ''Billboard'' Hot R&B Singles chart, becoming the group's fifth top-40 hit on the pop charts and their sixth top-10 hit on the R&B charts. The single also found success on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number 30, becoming the group's fifth top-40 hit.
== Critical reception == James Hamilton from ''Music Week'''s ''RM'' Dance Update described the song as a "EnVogue-ishly wailed jolting funky roller".<ref>{{cite magazine|first= James |last= Hamilton |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1994/Music-Week-1994-05-28.pdf |title= Dj directory |magazine= Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert) |date= May 28, 1994 |page= 5 |accessdate= April 17, 2021 |author-link= James Hamilton (DJ and journalist)}}</ref>
== Track listings == * '''US 7-inch single''' # "Anything" – 4:20 # "You're Always on My Mind" – 4:36
* '''US 12-inch single''' # "Anything" (12-inch Old Skool version) – 5:00 # "Anything" (Old Skool Party mix) – 5:15 # "Anything" (Bonus) – 3:37 # "Anything" (LP remix version featuring Joe) – 5:02
* '''UK CD maxi single''' # "Anything" (Old Skool mix featuring Wu-Tang Clan) – 4:57 # "Anything" (album remix) – 5:04 # "Anything" (Old Skool Party mix) – 5:17 # "Anything" (album instrumental) – 5:34
* '''US cassette single''' # "Anything" (Old Skool radio) – 4:20 # "Anything" (LP remix) – 5:02
== Charts == {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}
=== Weekly charts === {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" !Chart (1994) !Peak<br />position |- !scope="row"|Australia (ARIA)<ref name="ARIA history pages">{{cite web|url=https://imgur.com/a/u5ytqU8 | title=SWV ARIA Chart history (complete) to 2024|publisher=ARIA|via=Imgur|access-date= July 28, 2024}} N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.</ref> |align="center"|156 |- {{single chart|New Zealand|49|artist=SWV|song=Anything|rowheader=true|access-date=July 8, 2019|refname=}} |- {{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|30|artist=SWV|artistid=28807|rowheader=true|access-date=July 8, 2019|refname=}} |- !scope="row"|UK Dance (''Music Week'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1994/Music-Week-1994-06-11.pdf |title= Dance Singles |magazine= Music Week |date= June 11, 1994 |page= 26 |access-date= April 25, 2021}}</ref> |align="center"|4 |- !scope="row"|UK Club Chart (''Music Week'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1994/Music-Week-1994-05-21.pdf|title=The ''RM'' Club Chart|magazine=Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert)|date=May 21, 1994|page=4|access-date=May 15, 2023}}</ref> |align="center"|21 |- {{single chart|Billboardhot100|18|artist=SWV|rowheader=true|access-date=July 8, 2019|refname=}} |- {{single chart|Billboarddancesales|1|artist=SWV|rowheader=true|access-date=May 19, 2022}} |- {{single chart|Billboardrandbhiphop|4|artist=SWV|rowheader=true|access-date=July 8, 2019|refname=}} |- {{single chart|Billboardrhythmic|4|artist=SWV|rowheader=true|access-date=July 8, 2019|refname=}} |} {{col-2}}
=== Year-end charts === {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" !Chart (1994) !Position |- !scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref name="usyearend">{{cite web|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1994/BB-1994-12-24.pdf|title=The Year in Music: 1994|work=Billboard|date=December 24, 1994|access-date=May 22, 2015}}</ref> |align="center"|78 |- !scope="row"|US Maxi-Singles Sales (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZAgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA50|title=The Year in Music: Hot Dance Music Maxi-Singles Sales|magazine=Billboard|volume=106|issue=52|page=YE-76|date=December 24, 1994|access-date=June 3, 2025}}</ref> |align="center"|36 |} {{col-end}}
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