| "Was There Anything I Could Do?" | ||||
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| Single by The Go-Betweens | ||||
| from the album 16 Lovers Lane | ||||
| A-side | "Was There Anything I Can Do?" | |||
| B-side | "Rock and Roll Friend" | |||
| Released | 3 October 1988 | |||
| Length | 3:06 | |||
| Label | Mushroom (AUS) Beggars Banquet (UK) | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Robert Forster, Grant McLennan[1] | |||
| Producer(s) | Mark Wallis | |||
| The Go-Betweens singles chronology | ||||
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"Was There Anything I Could Do?" is a song by Australian indie group The Go-Betweens that was issued as the second single from their 1988 album 16 Lovers Lane. The song was released 3 October 1988 by Beggars Banquet Records in the UK and Mushroom Records in Australia but failed to chart in either region. It was released as a promotional single in the US by Capitol Records and charted on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks charts in the United States, peaking at No. 16.[2]
"Was There Anything I Could Do?" was not necessarily the unanimous choice by all members of the band, with claims by some that they wanted Forster's "Clouds" whilst McLennan pushed for the song as it was more driving and anthemic.[3]
- ^ "'Was There Anything I Could Do' at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015. Note: User may have to click on 'Search again' and provide details at 'Enter a title:', e.g. Was There Anything I Could Do; or at 'Performer:' The Go-Betweens.
- ^ "The Go-Betweens - Charts & Awards - Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
- ^ Nichols, David (2003). The Go-Betweens. Verse Chorus Press. p. 199. ISBN 978-1-891241-16-1.