Everything Works If You Let It

{{Infobox song

| name = Everything Works if You Let It

| cover = Cheap Trick Everything Works if You Let It 1980 Single Release.jpeg

| alt =

| type = single

| album = Roadie (soundtrack)

| B-side = {{ubl|"Way of the World"|"Heaven Tonight" (UK)}}

| released = May 1980{{cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/950887 |title=Cheap Trick - Everything Works If You Let It / Way Of The World - Epic - USA - 9-50887 |publisher=45cat |access-date=2018-04-08}}

| recorded =

| studio = Air Studios, London

| venue =

| genre =

Rock
power pop{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/503006/power-pop-it-aint/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160514035000/http://www.mtv.com/news/503006/power-pop-it-aint/|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 14, 2016|title=Power Pop It Ain't|last=Cantwell|first=David|date=4 November 1998|website=MTV News|access-date=15 February 2025}}

| length = 3:06

| label = Epic Records

| writer = Rick Nielsen

| producer = George Martin

| prev_title = I'll Be with You Tonight

| prev_year = 1980

| next_title = Day Tripper (Live)

| next_year = 1980

| misc = {{Extra album cover

| header = Alternative Cover

| type = studio

| cover = Cheap Trick Everything Works if You Let It 1980 Single Japan Release.jpg

| border =

| alt =

| caption = Japanese cover of "Everything Works if You Let It"

}}

"Everything Works if You Let It" is a song by American rock band Cheap Trick, released in 1980 as a single from the soundtrack of the film Roadie.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081433/|title=Roadie (1980)|website=IMDb.com|date=13 June 1980|access-date=2016-10-16}} It was written by Rick Nielsen and produced by George Martin.{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Cheap-Trick-Everything-Works-If-You-Let-It/release/946408 |title=Cheap Trick - Everything Works If You Let It (Vinyl) at Discogs |publisher=Discogs.com |access-date=2012-03-20}} "Everything Works If You Let It" reached No. 44 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and No. 40 on the Canadian RPM Top Singles.{{cite web|author=Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/cheap-trick/chart-history/hsi/ |title=Cheap Trick Everything Works If You Let It Chart History |publisher=Billboard |access-date=2018-04-08}}{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=197& |title=Item: 197 - Library and Archives Canada |date=17 July 2013 |publisher=Bac-lac.gc.ca |access-date=2018-04-08}}

Critical reception

Upon release, Billboard described the song as a "rocking uptempo composition", adding: "Disk has the group's trademarked stamp of pop innocence and instrumentation is upfront".Billboard magazine - Billboard's Top Single Picks - May 24, 1980 - page 82 Cash Box listed the single as one of their "feature picks" during May 1980. They commented: "Rick Nielsen's buzzsaw guitar work sets the breakneck pace of the first single from Roadie. Robin Zander's Beatlesque vocals pack a pop wallop, prodded on by the expert rhythm section of Petersson and Carlos. A hot add for Top 40 AOR."Cash Box newspaper - Reviews: Singles - May 24, 1980 - page 21 Record World called it a "guaranteed adrenalin-pumper" and said that "George Martin's pop production & the group's rock recklessness are a superb combination."{{cite magazine|magazine=Record World|date=May 24, 1980|accessdate=2023-02-20|title=Hits of the Week|page=1|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/80s/80/RW-1980-05-24.pdf}}

In a retrospective review of the Roadie soundtrack, Whitney Z. Gomes of AllMusic stated: "Cheap Trick's killer opener shotguns the protagonist's motto "Everything Works If You Let It" into an unholy marriage of "Spirit of Radio" and "Hey Jude." This George Martin-ated miracle alone blows away side two..."{{cite web|author=Whitney Z. Gomes |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/roadie-original-soundtrack-mw0000983660 |title=Roadie [Original Soundtrack] - Original Soundtrack | Songs, Reviews, Credits |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=2018-04-08}} In 2016, Rolling Stone included the song in their list "10 Insanely Great Cheap Trick Songs Only Hardcore Fans Know". Author Tom Beaujour described the song as an "uptempo rocker with a killer riff and descending psychedelic bridge", which "stands with their best work".{{cite web|last=Beaujour |first=Tom |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/10-insanely-great-cheap-trick-songs-only-hardcore-fans-know-20160405/everything-works-if-you-let-it-1980-20160405 |title="Everything Works If You Let It" (1980) | 10 Insanely Great Cheap Trick Songs Only Hardcore Fans Know |publisher=Rolling Stone |date=2016-04-05 |access-date=2018-04-08}}

Track listing

;7" single

"Everything Works if You Let It" - 3:06
"Way of the World" - 3:41

;7" single (UK release)

"Everything Works if You Let It" - 3:06
"Heaven Tonight" - 5:38

;7" single (Canadian promo)

"Everything Works if You Let It" - 3:06

;7" single (US promo)

"Everything Works if You Let It" - 3:06
"Everything Works if You Let It" - 3:06

Chart performance

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Chart (1980) !Peak position
align="left"\|Canadian RPM Top Singles \| style="text-align:center;"\|40
align="left"\|US Billboard Hot 100 \| style="text-align:center;"\|44

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Chart (1980)

!Peak
position

align="left"|Canadian RPM Top Singles

| style="text-align:center;"|40

align="left"|US Billboard Hot 100

| style="text-align:center;"|44