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“Anything, Anything (I'll Give You)” by Dramarama

From the album Cinéma Vérité (1985)

“Anything, Anything (I'll Give You)” by Dramarama appears on 55 radio countdowns from 11 stations between 1986 and 2023. It was first released in 1985 on the album Cinéma Vérité. Its best result is #2 on the KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996). In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #11 alternative song of 1986, #116 alternative song of all time and #198 of the '80s.

55countdowns
11stations
#2best position
0#1 finishes
11top 10 finishes
1986–2023years charted

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"Anything, Anything (I'll Give You)" was the first single from Cinéma Vérité, Dramarama's 1985 debut album on Chameleon. John Easdale wrote it, words and music, and produced it with Chris Carter, and behind its steady, driving beat is a song about his marriage falling apart.

It's a desperate, pleading rocker: jangling, crunching guitars, a rhythm that never lets up, and Easdale sounding like a man throwing every promise he's got at someone already halfway out the door. The sting of it is that it's catchy as anything, a breakup song you can't help shouting along to.

It went nowhere at first, then KROQ started playing it and it landed on the soundtrack to A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, and that finally turned it into a hit. It's still one of the band's best-known songs and a favorite at their shows.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1986 4 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1986 107
1986 24 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1986 90
1986 9 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1986 10
1987 95 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1987 107

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1988 10 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) 496
1988 152 Live 105 Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988) 501
1989 4 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) 495
1990 30 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1990) 299
1991 49 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1991) 302
1991 85 Triple J Triple J Hottest 100 of All-Time (1991) 100
1992 29 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) 500
1992 63 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1992) 299
1994 4 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) 497
1994 10 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) 500
1995 6 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) 500
1995 55 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 300 (July 1995) 300
1996 2 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996) 500
1996 440 Q101 Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996) 500
1998 5 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) 488
1999 10 91X 91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999) 500
1999 328 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 565 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 209 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999) 500
1999 1210 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 118 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000) 500
2000 1211 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 120 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001) 498
2001 1215 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 207 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002) 500
2002 1214 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 20 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 53 91X 91X Top 91 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 91
2003 375 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003) 500
2003 1199 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 116 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 116 107.7 The End The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004) 500
2004 1199 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 289 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005) 500
2005 1193 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2005 42 The Edge KEDJ Top 103 on Independent Radio 103
2006 6 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2006 15 Live 105 Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2006 281 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006) 499
2006 96 107.7 The End The End Top 107 Resurrection Songs (December 2006) 107
2007 250 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 29 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) 500
2008 208 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 41 Live 105 Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009) 500
2009 214 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 209 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 199 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 195 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 182 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2021 111 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '80s 909
2023 43 91X 91X Top 91 Songs of The Last 40 Years 91

Also listed as: Anything Anything; Anything, Anything; Anything, Anything (i'll Give You); Anything, Anything (i'll ...).

Charting alongside it in 1986

Best songs of 1986 →
  1. 1PanicThe Smiths
  2. 2AskThe Smiths
  3. 3Bigmouth Strikes AgainThe Smiths
  4. 4SledgehammerPeter Gabriel
  5. 5Wild Wild LifeTalking Heads
  6. 6Don't Get Me WrongThe Pretenders

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