"My Way Of Life" is a song written by Bert Kaempfert, Herbert Rehbein, and Carl Sigman, appearing in Kaempfert's 1968 album of the same name. The instrumental peaked at #17 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart. [1]
"My Way Of Life" | ||||
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Single by Bert Kaempfert and His Orchestra | ||||
from the album My Way Of Life | ||||
B-side | "Malaysian Melody" | |||
Released | 1968 | |||
Recorded | 1968 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 2:42 | |||
Label | Polydor 59234 | |||
Songwriter(s) | Bert Kaempfert, Herb Rehbein, Carl Sigman | |||
Bert Kaempfert and His Orchestra singles chronology | ||||
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Kaempfert, Rehbein and Sigman were regular songwriters of works sung by Frank Sinatra, with all three writing Sinatra's 1967 hit " The World We Knew (Over and Over)", and Kaempfert having additionally composed his number-one hit " Strangers In The Night" the year prior. [2] [3] Sinatra covered the song in his November 1968 album Cycles, his first recorded music since the release of Francis A. & Edward K. ten months prior; the longest period in Sinatra's Reprise years in which he did not commercially record music (barring his contributions to The Sinatra Family Wish You a Merry Christmas). The single peaked at #64 on the Billboard Hot 100 during the week of September 28, 1968. [3]
Chart (1968) | Peak
position |
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U.S. Adult Contemporary [1] | 17 |
"My Way Of Life" | ||||
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Single by Frank Sinatra | ||||
from the album Cycles | ||||
B-side | "Cycles" | |||
Released | 1968 | |||
Recorded | 1968 | |||
Genre | Traditional pop | |||
Length | 3:05 | |||
Label | Reprise 0764 | |||
Songwriter(s) | Bert Kaempfert, Herb Rehbein, Carl Sigman | |||
Producer(s) | Don Costa | |||
Frank Sinatra singles chronology | ||||
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Chart (1968) | Peak
position |
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U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [3] | 64 |
A 1968 recording of the song by the Enoch Light Singers was sampled by the Avalanches in their 2000 single " Frontier Psychiatrist".
The Frank Sinatra version appeared in season 1, episode 6 of the 2022 Marvels Studios television miniseries Moon Knight, garnering renewed interest in the song on the social media video app TikTok. [4]
"My Way Of Life" is a song written by Bert Kaempfert, Herbert Rehbein, and Carl Sigman, appearing in Kaempfert's 1968 album of the same name. The instrumental peaked at #17 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart. [1]
"My Way Of Life" | ||||
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Single by Bert Kaempfert and His Orchestra | ||||
from the album My Way Of Life | ||||
B-side | "Malaysian Melody" | |||
Released | 1968 | |||
Recorded | 1968 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 2:42 | |||
Label | Polydor 59234 | |||
Songwriter(s) | Bert Kaempfert, Herb Rehbein, Carl Sigman | |||
Bert Kaempfert and His Orchestra singles chronology | ||||
|
Kaempfert, Rehbein and Sigman were regular songwriters of works sung by Frank Sinatra, with all three writing Sinatra's 1967 hit " The World We Knew (Over and Over)", and Kaempfert having additionally composed his number-one hit " Strangers In The Night" the year prior. [2] [3] Sinatra covered the song in his November 1968 album Cycles, his first recorded music since the release of Francis A. & Edward K. ten months prior; the longest period in Sinatra's Reprise years in which he did not commercially record music (barring his contributions to The Sinatra Family Wish You a Merry Christmas). The single peaked at #64 on the Billboard Hot 100 during the week of September 28, 1968. [3]
Chart (1968) | Peak
position |
---|---|
U.S. Adult Contemporary [1] | 17 |
"My Way Of Life" | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Single by Frank Sinatra | ||||
from the album Cycles | ||||
B-side | "Cycles" | |||
Released | 1968 | |||
Recorded | 1968 | |||
Genre | Traditional pop | |||
Length | 3:05 | |||
Label | Reprise 0764 | |||
Songwriter(s) | Bert Kaempfert, Herb Rehbein, Carl Sigman | |||
Producer(s) | Don Costa | |||
Frank Sinatra singles chronology | ||||
|
Chart (1968) | Peak
position |
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U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [3] | 64 |
A 1968 recording of the song by the Enoch Light Singers was sampled by the Avalanches in their 2000 single " Frontier Psychiatrist".
The Frank Sinatra version appeared in season 1, episode 6 of the 2022 Marvels Studios television miniseries Moon Knight, garnering renewed interest in the song on the social media video app TikTok. [4]