My Way (song)
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"My Way" is a popular song, which in its English-language version is an adaptation by Paul Anka of the French song Comme d'habitude, written by Claude François and Jacques Revaux. It became the signature song for Frank Sinatra, even though Sinatra himself did not rate the song highly.
The lyrics of "My Way" picture a dying man, facing the "final curtain," looking back in his life and deciding that he is satisfied with the way he lived it.
"Regrets, I've had a few ... too few to mention...."
The song is very popular within the karaoke subculture and is a favorite of Dogbert.
Gennadi Gerasimov, the spokesman for Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, coined the expression "the Sinatra Doctrine" in 1989 to refer to the Soviet government's decision that the USSR should no longer force other Warsaw Pact nations to do things its way: "We now have the Frank Sinatra doctrine. He has a song, "I (Did) It My Way." So every country decides on its own which road to take."
Over the years the song has become a standard, and has been the subject of numerous cover versions. The most noteworthy, notorious and successful of these was by Sid Vicious who added a punk rock reworking to the lyrics. His version reached number six on the British singles chart in 1978 and was later used in the closing credits of the movie Goodfellas. Elvis Presley's version also reached the British Top 10 with his version peaking at number nine in 1977, however in the United States it failed to reach the Top 20.nl:My Way