Talk:My Way killings

A fact from My Way killings appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 20 February 2010 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that several karaoke bars in the Philippines had banned the song "My Way" due to the deaths attributed to it?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2010/February.

Wikipedia

Crime and Criminal Biography Low‑importance

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Crime and Criminal Biography, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of crime and criminal biography on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Crime and Criminal BiographyWikipedia:WikiProject Crime and Criminal BiographyTemplate:WikiProject Crime and Criminal BiographyCrime-related
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Death Low‑importance

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Death, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Death on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.DeathWikipedia:WikiProject DeathTemplate:WikiProject DeathDeath
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Tambayan Philippines Low‑importance

	Philippines portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Tambayan Philippines, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of topics related to the Philippines on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Tambayan PhilippinesWikipedia:Tambayan PhilippinesTemplate:WikiProject Tambayan PhilippinesPhilippine-related
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

This article has been mentioned by a media organization:

"10 Quite Unusual Wikipedia Entries". MSNBC video. 19 September 2011.

This article has been mentioned by a media organization:

"Karaoke turned deadly in the "My Way" killings". The AV Club. October 11, 2020.

More likely everyone's just sick of it

Everyone can sing My Way. There's always someone who comes along and can't find any song on the list they can sing, and then they see My Way. Being slow and having almost no music, it's boring to listen to. It kills whatever atmosphere the previous singers have managed to get going.

Regular singers avoid it because they know no one will be entertained by oh that song again.

I think this article looks too hard for a more interesting explanation, and the sources cited are tabloid (the New York Times is a big paper including serious and tabloid articles). It's simply a song that annoys a lot of people that frequent karaoke events, and which gets sung a lot. Gronky (talk) 13:41, 10 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I just read the full lyrics on the net. The song is harmless. The sinister speculations on this site are altogether unfounded. 178.38.151.183 (talk) 22:47, 29 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The article skips two of the most likely explanations: karaoke attracts narcissistic, attention-seeking types with no singing skills; and this song has been co-opted by homosexual groups as some sort of unofficial anthem, to the point it was always sung at their marches back in the 90s and 2000s, matching the era with the most deaths. And don't forget Phillipines isn't exactly a gay-friendly country. 152.156.114.187 (talk) 03:15, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I think you are right on the money and your observations are sharp as knives for any streetwise person who has been around the block. However, there are no sources to quote, afik. 190.0.150.19 (talk) 20:25, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]