My Way Killings

"My Way" by Frank Sinatra went another 49 weeks in the top 75 after spending 75 weeks in the Top 40. The song, which is still well-liked today, was undoubtedly Sinatra's biggest and most enduring hit of all time. At least in the Philippines, it might even be too well-liked. Those who sing it there have negative outcomes.

At that, a dozen people died in connection with "My Way" between 2002 and 2012. Karaoke is extremely popular and taken very seriously in the Philippines. Severe enough for at least one of the 12 individuals to have died as a result of singing the song out of key. The song had reportedly already been removed from many playlists because when it was sung poorly, violence would frequently erupt.

In 2018, a confrontation that started before the song even began resulted in the stabbing of another victim. The song was being sung by a four-year-old when an argument between two adults broke out, and one man attacked with a butcher cleaver. It appears that the only thing in common between the murders is the music selection, thus there isn't much more to explain the murders than the snide lyrics that enraged people.