I 'd Do Anything ( Oliver ! Song ) - Wikipedia I 'd Do Anything ( Oliver ! Song ) This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( March 2017 ) `` I 'd Do Anything '' Song Published 1960 Songwriter ( s ) Lionel Bart `` I 'd Do Anything '' is a song performed by various characters in the 1960 British musical Oliver ! and the 1968 film of the same name. Contents 1 Song 2 BBC TV series 3 Uses in popular culture 4 See also 5 References Song The song is part of Act One of Oliver !, and is sung in Fagin 's lair. It begins with spoken dialogue between Nancy and the Artful Dodger, soon leading into the song. Other characters who have lines in the song are Oliver, Fagin and Bette ( Nancy 's younger sister in the musical ; her best friend in the 1968 film and in the original novel ), with Fagin 's Boys as chorus. BBC TV series The song is featured on the children 's television show Skinnamarink TV that aired on The Learning Channel featuring children 's entertainers Sharon, Lois & Bram. It is also available on their 1998 record Friends Forever featuring songs from the television series. In 2007, the BBC announced a new reality television series I 'd Do Anything, named after the song, would begin in 2008 to search for a new, unknown lead to play Nancy and three young performers to play Oliver in a West End revival of Oliver !. Uses in popular culture In the 1980s, British actor Robert Morley performed this version of the song in television commercials for British Airways serving flights to and from the United Kingdom and other destinations worldwide. In 1999, American rap artist Jay - Z sampled the chorus of this song in his song `` Anything '', much like his use of the chorus from Annie 's `` It 's the Hard Knock Life '' in his song `` Hard Knock Life ( Ghetto Anthem ) ''. This song originally appears as a bonus track on Jay - Z 's Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter. In 2008 -- 2009, the instrumental of I 'd Do Anything was used in a HSBC commercial. Latterly, the song was used in a series of anti-smoking public information films, with various groups of children singing the song ( different lines for different groups of children ). The campaign 's message was : `` Your kids would do anything for you. Why do n't you stop smoking for them ? '' See also `` As Long as He Needs Me '' `` Consider Yourself '' `` Food, Glorious Food '' `` Oliver ! '' ( song ) `` Where Is Love ? '' `` You 've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two '' References Jump up ^ `` BBC One announces its search for stars of Oliver ! '' ( Press release ). BBC Entertainment. 2007 - 12 - 21. Retrieved 2007 - 12 - 22. Charles Dickens ' Oliver Twist Characters Oliver Twist Bill Sikes Fagin Mr. Brownlow Nancy Rose Maylie Monks The Artful Dodger Charley Bates Mr. Sowerberry Film adaptations Oliver Twist ( 1909 ) Oliver Twist ( 1912 ) Oliver Twist ( 1912 ) Oliver Twist ( 1916 ) Oliver Twist ( 1919 ) Oliver Twist ( 1922 ) Oliver Twist ( 1933 ) Oliver Twist ( 1948 ) Chitti Tammudu ( 1962 ) Oliver ! ( 1968 ) Oliver Twist ( 1982 ) Las Aventuras de Oliver Twist ( 1987 ) Oliver Twist ( 1997 ) Oliver Twist ( 2005 ) Film retellings Manik ( 1961 ) Oliver & Company ( 1988 ) Twisted ( 1997 ) Twist ( 2003 ) Boy Called Twist ( 2004 ) TV adaptations Oliver Twist ( 1982 TV film ) Oliver Twist ( 1985 TV miniseries ) Saban 's Adventures of Oliver Twist ( 1996 TV series ) Oliver Twist ( 1999 miniseries ) Oliver Twist ( 2007 miniseries ) Play Oliver ! ( 1960 ) Songs `` As Long as He Needs Me '' `` Consider Yourself '' D'banj's 2012 song `` Food, Glorious Food '' `` I 'd Do Anything '' `` Oliver ! '' `` Oom - Pah - Pah '' Vaughn De Leath 's 1921 song `` Where Is Love ? '' `` You 've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two '' Related Oliver ! ( soundtrack to the 1968 film ) Escape of the Artful Dodger ( 2001 TV series retelling ) Fagin the Jew ( 2003 graphic novel ) Oliver and the Artful Dodger ( 1972 TV film ) I 'd Do Anything ( 2008 TV series ) This 1960s song - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. This show tune - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. This musical theatre related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=I%27d_Do_Anything_(Oliver!_song)&oldid=769939468 '' Categories : Songs written by Lionel Bart Songs from Oliver ! 1960 songs 1960s song stubs Show tune stubs Musical theatre stubs Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from March 2017 All articles needing additional references All stub articles Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 12 March 2017, at 14 : 14 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

Question: who sings the song i'll do anything for you
Answer: various characters in the 1960 British musical Oliver!