Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere

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Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere was a single released by The Who in 1965. It features call-and-response lyrics (especially common in Who lyrics at this time) and some of the first ever recorded guitar feedback. Perhaps the most interesting fact about this song was that it was composed by both guitarist Pete Townshend and vocalist Roger Daltrey, the only time this ever occurred between the two. The guitar feedback, although not the first to be heard on a record (See The Beatles ' "I Feel Fine"), is thought to be the first solo with feedback.

Townshend: "I wrote the first verse and Roger helped me with the rest. I was inspired by listening to Charlie Parker, feeling that this was really a free spirit, and whatever he'd done with drugs and booze and everything else, that his playing released him and freed his spirit, and I wanted us to be like that, and I wanted to write a song about that, a spiritual song."

David Bowie recorded a version of this song for his Pin Ups album in 1973.

The Flaming Lips recorded a version of this song which appeared on a cover CD for Mojo of Who covers.

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