My Way by Frank Sinatra Song Info
One of Sinatra’s most well-known songs, “My Way” is considered an all time classic. It holds the record for the most time spent in the UK top 40 singles chart at a massive 75 weeks and was also successful in the US, peaking at #27 in May 1969, and Belgium where it reached #19. It has been covered by everyone from Elvis Presley to The Sex Pistols. Despite its success, according to his daughter Tina, Sinatra hated the song: He always thought that song was self-serving and self-indulgent. He didn’t like it. That song stuck and he couldn’t get it off his shoe. Written by Paul Anka specifically for Frank Sinatra, it uses the chords of “Comme d'habitude” by French singer Claude François. Anka bought the rights for this song for just one dollar. Anka described the emotional moment he heard Frank’s recording: “I flew out to Vegas where he was at Caesars. I played it to him. I knew that by the reaction he gave me he was going to do it. I’m in New York two months later. The phone rings, Mr. Sinatra on the phone. He says, ‘Kid! Listen to this.’ Took the phone, put it up to the speaker. I heard ‘My Way’ for the first time and I started crying.
