(Paul Anka appears in a cameo as a casino pit boss who loathes Presley.) Presleys studio version of the song, recorded in 1971, was included on the fourth disc of "Walk a Mile in My Shoes: The Essential 70s Masters". Certifications
Sid Vicious
Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious did a punk rock version of the song, in which a large body of the words were changed and the arrangement was sped up. The orchestral backing was arranged by Simon Jeffes. Interviewed in 2007, Paul Anka said he had been "somewhat destabilized by the Sex Pistols version. It was kind of curious, but I felt he [Sid Vicious] was sincere about it. "Vicious and his girlfriend, Nancy Spungen, changed many of the words when it was recorded, including use of the swear words "cunt" and "fuck" as well as the word "queer" (slang for a gay man). Viciouss reference to a "prat who wears hats" was an in-joke directed towards Viciouss friend and Sex Pistols bandmate Johnny Rotten, who was fond of wearing different kinds of hats he would pick up at rummage sales. Leonard Cohen said of the song: I never liked this song except when Sid Vicious did it. Sung straight, it somehow deprives the appetite of a certain taste we’d like to have on our lips. When Sid Vicious did it, he provided that other side to the song; the certainty, the self-congratulation, the daily heroism of Sinatra’s version is completely exploded by this desperate, mad, humorous voice.
"Despite this, Anka would record the song in 1969 very shortly after Sinatras recording was released. Anka recorded it four other times as well: in 1996 (as a duet with Gabriel Byrne, performed in the movie Mad Dog Time); in 1998 in Spanish as "A Mi Manera" (duet with Julio Iglesias); in 2007 (as a duet with Jon Bon Jovi); and in 2013 (as a duet with Garou).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. It reached No. 27 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and No. 2 on the Easy Listening chart in the US. In the UK, the single achieved a still unmatched record, becoming the recording with the most weeks inside the Top 40, spending 75 weeks from April 1969 to September 1971. It spent a further 49 weeks in the Top 75 but never bettered the No. 5 slot achieved upon its first chart run.Although this work became Frank Sinatras signature song, his daughter Tina says the singer came to hate the song: "He didnt like it. That song stuck and he couldnt get it off his shoe. He always thought that song was self-serving and self-indulgent." Charts
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David Bowie reportedly wrote the first English language lyrics to Claude Françoiss original tune, though the lyrics and performance were only informally recorded and never commercially published.