"Anyway" is a single by country music artist Martina McBride. The song was released in November of 2006, as the first single from her 2007 album Waking Up Laughing.

History

The song marks the first time in Martina's career that she has co-written one of her own singles. It is an inspirational song based on a favorite poem of Mother Teresa's, written by Keith Kent, which he originally titled, "The Paradoxical Commandments". The song generally means, no matter what puts you down in life, do not give up, do it anyway. At the 2007 Country Music Association Awards, "Anyway" was nominated for Single of the Year and Song of the Year awards, but failed to win either.

"Anyway" was first released at the Country Music Association Awards on November 6, 2006, where McBride performed the song to promote it. However, the single was released to the iTunes Store February 13, 2007.

Kristy Lee Cook in 2008 covered this song with a performance on American Idol