Anything Goes

Anything Goes

Guns N' Roses

“Anything Goes” is one of the oldest Guns N' Roses songs, dating back to 1981. Originally titled “My Way, Your Way,” an early version was written by Axl Rose and guitarist Izzy Stradlin for their former band Hollywood Rose and included in the compilation album, The Roots of Guns N' Roses.

Speaking to Guitar Edge Magazine in 2007, Slash said:

Anything Goes' is one of the oldest songs on record. If you look at the credits, there are a lot of writers listed for this one because that song was around before Axl and I first hooked up. By the time Guns N' Roses got to it, we’d changed the chorus and the verses around, and Axl rewrote the lyrics. When I recorded the solo on it, I bounced back and forth between the talk box and the electric guitar. If you listen to it, the talk box dips in EQ when it switches over. I didn’t know any better because I didn’t have one to use live. I remember when we were mixing it, Izzy asked, “Did you mean to do that?” I was like, “Just shut up.”