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
What Can I Do? (Edith Piaf song) Nelly Gustin sang the song with Robert Quibel and his Orchestra at the TV show "Thé Dansant" hosted by Charles Level. In 1993, Stéphane Chomont sang the song with Jean Sala and his Orchestra at the TV show "La Chance aux chansons" hosted by Pascal Sevran. In 2013, Clark Baxtresser recorded the song playing the Wurlitzer electric piano. In 2015, Lambert Wilson recorded the song with the musical arrangements by Bruno Fontaine for the album "Wilson chante Montand". In 1949, Harold Rome wrote the English lyrics and the title song became "What Can I Do ?". The English version was