Anything Could Happen

"Anything Could Happen"
"Anything Could Happen"
Single by Ellie Goulding
from the album Halcyon
Released	17 August 2012
Genre	Electropop; synth-pop;
Length	4:47
Label	Polydor
Songwriter(s)	Ellie Goulding; Jim Eliot;
Producer(s)	Jim Eliot; Ellie Goulding;
Ellie Goulding singles chronology
Music video
	"Anything Could Happen" on YouTube

"Anything Could Happen" is a song by English singer Ellie Goulding from her second studio album, Halcyon (2012). It was released on 17 August 2012 as the album's lead single. Written and produced by Goulding and Jim Eliot of English electropop duo Kish Mauve, the song received positive reviews from music critics. "Anything Could Happen" peaked at number five on the UK Singles Chart. Outside the United Kingdom, "Anything Could Happen" peaked within the top ten of the charts in Poland, the top 20 of the charts in Australia, the Czech Republic Ireland and New Zealand and the top 50 of the charts in the United States.

The accompanying music video was directed by Floria Sigismondi and filmed in Malibu, California. The video depicts Goulding and her on-screen boyfriend getting into a car accident. "Anything Could Happen" was used in the Beats by Dre's #ShowYourColor campaign commercial and in the trailer for the second season of the HBO series Girls. The song has been covered by the Script, Fun and Fifth Harmony.