"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.

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,

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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 A music video is a video of variable duration, that integrates a music song or a music album with imagery that is produced for promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing devi ...

was released on November 24, 2011, and features bright lights and scantily-clad dancers.

Track listing

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

Credits and personnel

*Lead

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– Cee Lo Green * Producers –

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– Callaway, Fraser T Smith, Rick Nowels *

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Charts

Release history

References

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