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And now, the end is near
And so I face the final curtain
My friend, I’ll say it clear
I’ll state my case, of which I’m certain

I’ve lived a life that’s full
I’ve traveled each and every highway
But more, much more than this
I did it my way

Regrets, I’ve had a few
But then again, too few to mention
I did what I had to do
And saw it through without exemption

I planned each charted course
Each careful step along the byway
And more, much more than this
I did it my way

Yes, there were times, I’m sure you knew
When I bit off more than I could chew
But through it all, when there was doubt
I ate it up and spit it out
I faced it all and I stood tall
And did it my way

I’ve loved, I’ve laughed and cried
I’ve had my fill my share of losing
And now, as tears subside
I find it all so amusing

To think I did all that
And may I say – not in a shy way
Oh no, oh no, not me
I did it my way

For what is a man, what has he got
If not himself, then he has naught
To say the things he truly feels
And not the words of one who kneels
The record shows I took the blows
And did it my way

Yes, it was my way : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Song Writers : : Paul Anka / Gilles Thibaut / Claude Francois / Jacques Revaud : : : : : : : : About My Way : : : :
“My Way” is a song popularized in 1969 by Frank Sinatra. Its lyrics were written by Paul Anka and set to the music of the French song “Comme d’habitude” composed and written by French songwriter Jacques Revaux,performed in 1967 by Claude François. Anka’s English lyrics are unrelated to the original French song. The song was a success for a variety of performers including Sinatra, Elvis Presley, and Sid Vicious. Sinatra’s version of “My Way” spent 75 weeks in the UK Top 40, a record which still stands. : : : : CLICK here to enjoy the remastered Version of 2008 : : : : : : : : : https://youtu.be/qQzdAsjWGPg 🌹🌹 https://youtu.be/6E2hYDIFDIU 🌹🌹 CLICK here to enjoy with the Lyrics Video : : Released
March 1969 (U.S.)
Recorded
December 30, 1968, Los Angeles
Genre
Traditional pop : : : : Paul Anka (English lyrics) : : : : In 1967, Jacques Revaux composed a somewhat syrupy song called “For Me”, with unsatisfactory lyrics in rather peculiar English and ended up reworking the track with Claude François, after all, as Comme d’habitude (As Usual).It was released in November 1967 and was at the top of the French pop chart for one week in February 1968.Canadian singer Paul Anka added the English words, turning it into the classic we now know.

Paul Anka heard the French original, while on holiday in the south of France. He flew to Paris to negotiate the rights to the song. He acquired adaptation, recording, and publishing rights for the nominal but formal consideration of one dollar, subject to the provision that the melody’s composers would retain their original share of royalty rights with respect to whatever versions Anka or his designates created or produced. Some time later, Anka had a dinner in Florida with Frank Sinatra and “a couple of Mob guys” during which Sinatra said: “I’m quitting the business. I’m sick of it; I’m getting the hell out.”

Back in New York, Anka re-wrote the original French song for Sinatra, subtly altering the melodic structure and changing the lyrics:

At one o’clock in the morning, I sat down at an old IBM electric typewriter and said, ‘If Frank were writing this, what would he say?’ And I started, metaphorically, ‘And now the end is near.’ I read a lot of periodicals, and I noticed everything was ‘my this’ and ‘my that’. We were in the ‘me generation’ and Frank became the guy for me to use to say that. I used words I would never use: ‘I ate it up and spit it out.’ But that’s the way he talked. I used to be around steam rooms with the Rat Pack guys—they liked to talk like Mob guys, even though they would have been scared of their own shadows.

Anka finished the song at 5 in the morning: “I called Frank up in Nevada—he was at Caesars Palace – and said, ‘I’ve got something really special for you.” Anka asserted: “When my record company caught wind of it, they were very pissed that I didn’t keep it for myself. I said, ‘Hey, I can write it, but I’m not the guy to sing it.’ It was for Frank, no one else.”On December 30, 1968, Frank Sinatra recorded his version of the song in one take, featuring session drummer Buddy Saltzman among the band. “My Way” was released in early 1969 on the My Way LP and as a single.Although this work became Frank Sinatra’s signature song, his daughter Tina says the singer came to hate the song: “He didn’t like it. That song stuck and he couldn’t get it off his shoe. He always thought that song was self-serving and self-indulgent.”: : : : 🌹 🌹: : Frank Sinatra performing “My Way” Live From Madison Square Garden in 1974 Celebrating the 50 Th Anniversary Of One of the most iconic Recordings of all time ! The Link given ate the top of this post : The song : An Anthem : One Frank Sinatra regularly closed his live Shows with : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : 🌹 🌹 : : Elvis Presley began performing the song in concert during the mid-1970s, despite Anka’s suggestions that the song did not suit him. Nevertheless, on January 12 and 14, 1973, Presley sang the song during his satellite show Aloha from Hawaii Via Satellite, beamed live and on deferred basis (for European audiences, who also saw it in prime time), to 43 countries via Intelset.On October 3, 1977, several weeks after Presley’s death, his live recording of “My Way” (recorded for the Elvis In Concert CBS-TV special on June 21, 1977) was released as a single. In the U.S., it reached number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart in late 1977/early 1978 (higher than Frank Sinatra’s peak position), number 6 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, and went gold for its successful sales of over a million copies. The following year the single reached number 2 on the Billboard Country singles chart but went all the way to number 1 on the rival Cash Box Country Singles chart. In the UK, it reached number 9 on the UK Singles Chart. : : 25 Th Anniversary Concert Live By Elvis Presley at Memphis : : Link given at the Top of this Post : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :

Presley’s version is featured in the climax of the 2001 film 3000 Miles to Graceland with Kurt Russell and Kevin Costner. (Paul Anka appears in a cameo as a casino pit boss who loathes Presley.)

Presley’s studio recording of the song was included on the Fourth Disc of “Walk a Mile in My Shoes: The Essential ’70s Masters”: : : : : : : : Certification : Figures : : : : :Canada (Music Canada) : : Platinum 150,000
United Kingdom (BPI) : : Silver 250,000
United States (RIAA) : : Gold 1,000,000 : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Sex Pistols’ bassist Sid Vicious did a punk rock version of the song ( January / August 1978 ) in which a large body of the words were changed and the arrangement was sped up : : : In December 2019 footage of Margaret Mackie, a resident of Northcare Suites Care Home in Edinburgh who suffers from dementia, performing “My Way” with staff member Jamie Lee Morley, went viral after being posted online by Mackie’s daughter.

Morley later arranged to have the song professionally recorded and it was released in January 2020 as a charity single to raise funds for The Alzheimer’s Society and Dementia UK. The single peaked at number seven in the iTunes top 40 UK Pop Songs live chart and number five in the Amazon best seller chart.: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : None of these versions top Sinatra’s, but they underscore how “My Way” continues to speak to people from every walk of life. “MY WAY” Paul Anka : The Song information study thoughts etc Compiled by V Jayaraj : : January 5 ,2022 : : Pune India : : : : : : : :