“My Way!” We all know the famous song by Frank Sinatra that delighted Americans across the country and became the signature song of Sinatra’s career. It is also the quintessential song of self-actualization and self-reliance that often defines American culture. Did you know that the song’s lyrics were not written by Sinatra at all but were written by Paul Anka and set to music based on a French song called "Comme d'habitude" composed in 1967 by Claude François and Jacques Revaux? Did you know too that Sinatra, though he made the song a hit, grew to hate it the more he sang it?[1] Why? Rather humble as a musician despite his fame, Sinatra despised the “me, me, me” sentiment that the song represented. Yet America loved it, especially in the victorious aftermath of World War II.

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