Who can forget Sid Vicious’ classic punk version in the film The Great R’n’R Swindle? As one astute observer stated at the time, “My Way” is “the song Paul Anka wrote for Sid Vicious.” ‘Nuff said.

There's an interesting anecdote re David Bowie. Apparently he had been asked by his music company to write English lyrics of the original French song “Comme d’habitude.” (This was way back when Bowie was still a minor, virtually unknown artist.) Bowie wrote his version (which he titled “Even a Fool Learns to Love”), but the company rejected it. “Quite rightly, I feel,” opined Bowie in later years.

Instead, the company went with the lyrics written by Anka. This is the one that we know and love, particularly the unnerving version by Sid Vicious. He did it his way.