On April 23 and 30, 2015, as part of 2 vocal overdubbed sessions, Yuzo Kayama performed My Way with the earlier record of Frank Sinatra as a duet. Adaptations
Besides translations more or less faithful to the original, some artists have set unrelated lyrics to the same tune. Jozsef Gregor the renowned Hungarian bass-baritone/basso buffo recorded the song with Andras Ruszanovs Hungarian love themed lyrics version in 1996. Two years later, he sang this version in one of the most popular TV show in Budapest, since then this version has been permanently on the playlists of numerous radio stations in Hungary. Mexican singer Vicente Fernandez did a Spanish language version, named "A Mi Manera". Public use
The song is popularly associated with nostalgia to an individuals lifetime of events. Surveys beginning in 2005 have often reported that "My Way" has been the song most frequently played at funeral services in the UK. "My Way" is also a popular karaoke song around the world. However, it has been reported to cause numerous incidents of violence and homicide among karaoke singers in the Philippines, referred to in the media as the My Way killings, which has led to the song being banned in many Filipino bars.The songs association with Sinatra led to Mikhail Gorbachevs policy of allowing other states in the Warsaw Pact to make their own policy decisions being nicknamed the Sinatra Doctrine, referencing My Ways lyrics about doing things your own way.
Dorothy Squires
In the midst of Sinatras multiple runs on the UK Singles Chart, Welsh singer Dorothy Squires also released a rendition of "My Way" in Summer 1970. Her recording reached number 25 on the UK Singles Chart and re-entered the chart twice more during that year. Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley began performing the song in concert during the mid-1970s, despite Ankas 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 Intelsat. On October 3, 1977, several weeks after Presleys 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 Sinatras 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. Presleys version is featured in the climax of the 2001 film 3000 Miles to Graceland with Kurt Russell and Kevin Costner.