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“My Way” by The Sex Pistols

Released 1978

“My Way” by The Sex Pistols appears on 15 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 1990 and 2024. It was first released in 1978. Its best result is #75 on the WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,937 alternative song of all time.

15countdowns

6stations

#75best position

0#1 finishes

0top 10 finishes

1990–2024years charted

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"My Way" had already traveled a long road before the Sex Pistols' 1978 recording got its hands on it. It started as the French song "Comme d'habitude" by Jacques Revaux, Gilles Thibaut and Claude François, and Paul Anka gave it the English words that Frank Sinatra made his own in 1969. The Pistols' take treats that grand, dignified farewell as a target, starting out in mock-crooner mode before the band crashes in and the whole thing turns into a sneering, full-throttle punk demolition job.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

#1,937 of all time

All Rock Formats

#3,394 of all time

All-time and decade countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
1990	251	Live 105	Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1990)	299
1991	127	CFNY 102.1 The Edge	CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition)	1002
1994	492	Live 105	Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994)	500
1995	212	Live 105	Live 105 Revolutionary 300 (July 1995)	300
1999	592	CFNY 102.1 The Edge	CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999)	1002
2002	1639	Fred (XM 44)	Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)	2002
2007	1221	CD101	CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)	2008
2008	1151	CD101	CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)	2009
2009	1160	CD101	CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)	2010
2009	75	WXPN	WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009)	885
2010	1194	CD101	CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)	2011
2011	1244	CD101	CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)	2011
2013	1283	CD101	CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)	2012
2014	1323	CD101	CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)	2013
2024	216	The Colorado Sound	The Colorado Sound Top 850 Cover Songs	850

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