No PlanDavid Bowie · 2016

pitchfork

“Bowie’s history with “My Way” begins before the song as we know it was even written. In 1968, jobbing songwriter David Jones took the tune of French pop star Claude François’ “Comme d’Habitude” and wrote “Even a Fool Learns to Love,” which was never released. Sinatra’s version, written by Paul Anka, was a huge smash a year later, prompting a “pissed-off” Bowie to write what he called “a parody” of”