Talk:My Way (song)

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If Paul Anka wrote the English Lyrics, Claude François and Jacques Revaux the melody and Claude François and Gilles Thibaut the French lyrics, then, what did Fred Brott write? This first paragraph is confusing!

As far as I can find, Fred Brott had nothing to do with this song. Somebody inserted that in early March. I removed it. Vogelfrei 17:52, 18 May 2007 (UTC)


Why was the lyric deleted? I posted it few moths ago.

The full lyrics are most likely under copyright and it would be illegal to post them in their entirety


"Sinatra duetted the song with two performers before his death"

And how many since he died?--S.Camus 20:14, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

After Natalie Cole's "Unforgettable" that's a legit question, actually. It is. Paul Anka did it, too.

The Frank Sinatra article says that Paul Anka translated the lyrics from the French song this article claims the melody to be from; this article claims that the English lyrics are unrelated to those of the French song. So which is it? Mengsk 21:04, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

I just listened to both songs and i can confirm there is strictly no correlation between french lyrics and english lyrics, the songs only share the same melody. The french lyrics are about a breakup between Claude Francois and France Gall while Paul Anka s lyrics are more about a man near the end of his life. 05:35, 01 April 2007 (GMT)

[edit] Another trivia

Someone forgot that in the Philippines, My Way is a portentous, ominous song and is currently banned being sung after 12 AM because it can be a cause for death. 61.9.74.180 15:57, 30 October 2006 (UTC)


I'm new on wiki and I didn't find how to enter in the above section, so I write here. I entered on this site to find the lyrics of the song. I understand that it's a problem with the copyright, but isn't it strange to talk a lot about the song and not to give the lyrics? I don't speak English currently so I don't understand all the words in the song. At least give a link to a page where are the lyrics. Or talk with the man who has the copyright, he should be interested to make known this old (and nice) song. Or he really wants money for this?

How superstitious are the people in Filipine:)! How can they beleive that a song can be a cause for death? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cos07 (talk • contribs) 21:26, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Paul Performs My Way


[edit] Cleanup

I made a major rewrite and reorganization today. Here's an overview of my updates:

  • Broke up introductory paragraph into simpler sentences, added third French songwriter credit. Removed 'Fred Brott' nonsense.
  • Moved Soviet Union example into Cultural References.
  • Split Performances, versions, and Cultural references into separate sections.
  • Split Cultural References into subsections (musical references, tributes, and general pop culture). Musical references and tributes are ordered chronologically (roughly).
  • Reworded paragraphs on David Bowie, Sid Vicious, and the Gipsy Kings to remove redundancies.
  • Noted missing citations on statements that Sinatra "did not rate the song highly" and the section about Philippino karaoke homicides.

There's still a certain amount of cleanup called for, but I hope this is a start. Vogelfrei 17:52, 18 May 2007 (UTC)