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Do Anything You Wanna Do
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Do Anything You Wanna Do
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| type = single
| artist = Eddie and the Hot Rods
| album = Life on the Line
| B-side = Schoolgirl Love
| released = July 29, 1977
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| label = Island
| writer = Ed Hollis, Graeme Douglas
| producer = Ed Hollis
| prev_title = I Might Be Lying
| prev_year = 1977
| next_title = Till the Night Is Gone (Let's Rock)
| next_year = 1977
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"'Do Anything You Wanna Do'" is a song written by Eddie and the Hot Rods' manager Ed Hollis (the brother of Talk Talk's Mark Hollis) and guitarist Graeme Douglas and recorded by the band, although the actual record label credited 'Rods' as the artist. It reached No. 9 on the UK Singles Chart in 1977.[http://musicvf.com/song.php?title=Do+Anything+You+Wanna+Do+by+Eddie+%26+the+Hot+Rods&id=13459 Eddie and the Hot Rods, "Do Anything You Wanna Do" chart position] Retrieved June 21, 2016. The song was produced by Ed Hollis and arranged by the band. It was featured on their 1977 album, 'Life on the Line'.
The song was voted the 9th best single of the year in the end of year critics poll in the NME.
The band performed the song on the 'Marc' television programme presented by Marc Bolan, in 1977.
A live version was featured as the B-side to their 1978 single, "Life on the Line".
The tune was featured in the 2009 film 'The Invention of Lying'.
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