Anything Is Possible (Will Young song)

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"Anything Is Possible"
Single by Will Young
from the album From Now On
Released25 February 2002 (2002-02-25)
Recorded2002
Length3:42
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Cathy Dennis
  • Oskar Paul
Will Young singles chronology
"Anything Is Possible" / "Evergreen"
(2002) 		"Light My Fire"
(2002)

"Anything Is Possible" is a song co-written by

UK Singles Chart, and has been certified 3× platinum by the British Phonographic Industry. It has since become the 14th best-selling single of all time in the UK,[1] as well as the second best-selling UK single of the 21st century.[2]

Background and writing

Pop Idol creator

baby grand piano and recorded on a small Dictaphone.[3] When the song, as recorded by Young, proved an immediate smash hit, Dennis supposedly phoned Braide and said: "You won't believe this, but that little song that we wrote in three hours is selling 100,000 copies a day."[3] In 2011, Young first expressed his dislike of the song, telling Elle magazine: "I've never done "Anything is Possible" live. I hate it. I absolutely hate it."[4] In 2022, he told the Official Charts Company: "I just think it’s such a terrible song. I only ever sang it once [...] It's dreadful. I used to call it "Anything is Puss-able." It’ll never be performed again, unless somebody pays me a huge amount of money. Awful."[5]

Chart performance

The song was performed on the Pop Idol live final by both Young and Gates. Young went on to win the show, and released "Anything Is Possible" as a

biggest selling single of the 21st century until June 2015,[7] when it was overtaken by "Happy" by Pharrell Williams.[2]

Music video

A music video for "Anything Is Possible" was filmed in Cuba in the week of 11 February 2002.[8][9] In 2011, Young express his dislike of the video in an interview with Elle magazine, saying: "I can't bear "Evergreen" or "Anything is Possible," they're absolutely shocking. And you wouldn't believe the amount of money that was spent on those videos [...] Dreadful videos. At one moment it looks like I'm in love with a tree! Dreadful. Really odd. Dreadful. No, no, no. No."[4]

Track listing

CD single[10]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Anything Is Possible"
  • Dennis
  • Oskar Paul
3:41
2."Evergreen"
  • Magnusson
  • Kreuger
  • Elofsson[a]
4:13

Notes

  • ^[a] signifies a co-producer

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the From Now On album booklet.[11]

Studio

  • Mastered at Transfermation (London, England)

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for "Anything Is Possible"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[19] 3× Platinum 1,790,000[18]

Release history

"Anything Is Possible" release history
Region Date Label Format(s) Ref(s)
United Kingdom 25 February 2002
CD single [20]

References

  1. ^ Lane, Daniel (27 June 2013). "Daft Punk's Get Lucky becomes one of the UK's biggest selling singles of all-time!". Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  2. ^ a b Copsey, Rob (11 June 2015). "The Official Top 40 Biggest Selling Singles of the Millennium so far revealed". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
  3. ^ a b c "Interview with Chris Braide". HitQuarters. 30 August 2010. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2010.
  4. ^
    Elle Canada
    . 24 December 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  5. ^ Smith, Carl (1 June 2022). "Will Young talks lost duets, longevity and Lil Nas X as he releases 20 Years - The Greatest Hits album". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  6. ^ Ami Sedghi (4 November 2012). "UK's million-selling singles: the full list". Guardian. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
  7. ^ "The Official Top 150 Biggest Selling Singles Of the 21st Century revealed!". Official Charts Company. 7 May 2012.
  8. ^ "Will and Gareth jet off to film pop videos". Irish Examiner. 11 February 2002. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  9. ^ "Westlife dismiss Pop Idol song". BBC Music. 13 February 2002. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  10. ^ a b "Will Young has biggest selling single of the decade". The Daily Telegraph. 1 January 2009. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  11. ^ From Now On (UK CD album booklet). Will Young. 19 Recordings, S Records, RCA Records, BMG. 2002. 74321 969592.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  12. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 20, no. 13. 23 March 2002. p. 18. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  13. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Anything Is Possible / Evergreen". Irish Singles Chart.
  14. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  15. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  16. Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 2002. Archived from the original
    on 2 June 2004. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  17. ^ "The Official UK Singles Chart 2002" (PDF). UKChartsPlus. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  18. ^ Copsey, Rob (26 May 2015). "Will Young's Official biggest selling singles revealed: "I'm shocked by that!"". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  19. ^ "British single certifications – Will Young – Anything Is Possible/Evergreen". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  20. ^ "New Releases – For Week Starting 25 February 2002: Singles". Music Week. 23 February 2002. p. 35.

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