"Anything Goes" is a song written by Cole Porter for his musical Anything Goes (1934). Many of the lyrics feature humorous (but dated) references to various figures of scandal and gossip in Depression-era high society. For example, one couplet refers to Sam Goldwyn's notorious box-office failure Nana, which featured a star, Anna Sten, whose English was said to be incomprehensible to all except Goldwyn, who came from the same part of Europe (though, in fact, Goldwyn was from Poland and Sten Ukraine). Other 1930s society references include film producer Max Gordon, socialite Evalyn Walsh McLean and her highly promoted trip to the Russian SFSR, interior design pioneer Lady Mendl's scandalous predilection for performing hand stands and cartwheels in public at the age of 70, and the financial woes common to "old money" families during the Depression, such as the Vanderbilts, Rockefellers and Whitneys. Most modern versions omit these lyrics, replacing them instead with generic examples of social upheaval.

Frank Sinatra recorded the song in a series of recording sessions from October 17, 1955 to January 16, 1956 with Capitol Records. Sinatra's version of the song was included on his tenth studio album, Songs for Swingin' Lovers!, in March 1956. Almost simultaneously, Chris Connor would record the song on either January 23 or February 8 with Atlantic Records, releasing the song on her eponymous first album with the label. Only months later, Ella Fitzgerald would release the first of two recordings she would make of the song. Recorded between February 7 and March 27 of the same year with Verve Records, Fitzgerald's first recording of "Anything Goes" was released that same year on her album, Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook. Later, in 1972, Fitzgerald would release a second recording of the song on her album Ella Loves Cole with Atlantic Records. This second recording of the song by Fitzgerald was arranged by Nelson Riddle. Also on Verve, Stan Getz and Gerry Mulligan released an instrumental rendition of the song in 1957 on their joint album, Getz Meets Mulligan in Hi-Fi.Tony Bennett first recorded the song on January 3 or 5, 1959 with Count Basie and his Orchestra for Basie's label, Roulette Records. The recording was released as part of one of the duo's collaborative albums, Basie Swings, Bennett Sings, also known as Strike Up the Band. That same year the two released another album with Bennett's label entitled, In Person!. Bennett would later record the song as a duet with Lady Gaga, see below.

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