Anything You Can Do (I Can Do Better) Anything You Can Do (I Can Do Better) "Anything You Can Do" is a song composed by Irving Berlin for the 1946 Broadway musical "Annie Get Your Gun". The song is a duet, with one male singer and one female singer attempting to outdo each other in increasingly complex tasks. In the musical, the song sets the scene for the climactic sharpshooting contest between Annie Oakley and Frank Butler. Its most memorable lines are, "Anything you can do I can do better; I can do anything better than you." The song was first performed in "Annie Get Your Gun" by
You Can Do It top 40 hit in the US, peaking at number 35 on the "Billboard" Hot 100, while also reaching number two on the "Billboard" Hot Rap Singles. In December 2004, the single was re-released in the UK and peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart. It has sold 165,000 copies in the UK as of 2015. You Can Do It "You Can Do It" is a song by American rapper Ice Cube. It was released as the second single from the "Next Friday" soundtrack. The song features Ice Cube's Westside Connection bandmate Mack 10, as well as rapper Ms.