"Anything Goes" is a song recorded by American

country music Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...

duo

Florida Georgia Line Florida Georgia Line is an American country music duo founded in 2010 by Tyler Hubbard of Georgia and Brian Kelley of Florida, both of whom are vocalists and songwriters. Their 2012 debut single " Cruise" broke two major sales records: it was ...

. It was released to radio on June 15, 2015 as the fourth single from their second studio album, of the same name. The song was written by

Felix McTeigue Edward "Felix" McTeigue was a Grammy Award-nominated record producer and songwriter. Career Notable songs by McTeigue include Platinum selling and number one Mediabase hit "Anything Goes" for the band Florida Georgia Line. In 2017 McTeigue was ...

Chris Tompkins Christopher G. Tompkins (born Muscle Shoals, Alabama) is an American songwriter based in Nashville. Since 2002 he has co-written songs for pop, rock, and country artists Jimmy Buffett, Blake Shelton, Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood, Jason Aldean, ...

and

Craig Wiseman Craig Michael Wiseman is an American Country music songwriter and producer, and the owner/founder of the Big Loud enterprise. He has been writing since the late 1980s, and his songs have been recorded by Lorrie Morgan, Tim McGraw, Kenny Chesney, ...

Critical reception

Billy Dukes of ''

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'' reviewed the single favorably, saying that "By freeing themselves of the shackles of what is or isn't 'real' country music, this duo is able to fall into rhymes and metaphors that set their sound apart as much as their in-your-face production style...Sonically, the song is very similar to many (but not all) of FGL's previous hits...a closer listen reveals an incredibly refined sonic landscape."

Commercial performance

The song first entered the ''Billboard''

Country Airplay Country Airplay is a chart published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine in the United States since January 20, 1990. This chart lists the 60 most-listened-to records played on 150 mainstream country radio stations across the country as monitored ...

at number 50 on chart dated June 27, 2015, and peaked at number 3 on the chart on October 31, 2015. The song also peaked at number 6 on the

Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine in the United States. This 50-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly by collecting airplay data from Nielsen BDS along with digital sal ...

chart, making it the duo's first single to not reach number one on either chart, although it did reach number one on the Canadian Country Chart. The song has sold 430,000 copies in the US as of November 2015. It was certified Platinum by the RIAA on September 23, 2016.

Music video

The music video was directed by

Shaun Silva Shaun Silva is a music video director who works primarily in the country music field. He has directed a number of music videos for many country music artists, including many of Kenny Chesney's music videos. His other clients include Jason Aldean, ...

and premiered in June 2015. It consists entirely of footage from the duo's 2015 Anything Goes tour, their first as a headliner.

Charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

2014 songs 2015 singles Florida Georgia Line songs Republic Nashville singles Songs written by Craig Wiseman Songs written by Chris Tompkins Song recordings produced by Joey Moi Music videos directed by Shaun Silva Republic Records singles Songs written by Felix McTeigue {{2010s-country-song-stub