"My Way" is a song by Scottish DJ and producer

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. The song was released on 16 September 2016. Harris announced the single on his

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page five days prior to its release. Like his previous 2010s singles "

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", Harris returns as a vocalist. It peaked at number four on the

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. Outside the United Kingdom, the single topped the charts in the Czech Republic and Hungary and peaked within the top ten of the charts in Australia, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Israel, Lebanon, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Paraguay, Poland, the Republic of Ireland, Slovakia, Sweden and Switzerland and the top twenty of the charts in Canada, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Portugal and Spain.

Background and composition

On 6 September 2016, Harris uploaded the artwork for "My Way" without the song title to his

and

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accounts, causing people to believe that this was hinting at a new song being in the works. Harris announced the single along with its official artwork to his Twitter page on 12 September 2016, four days prior to its release. "My Way" is an

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song. The song is written in the key of

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with a

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tempo of 120

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. Harris's vocals span from D₃ to G₄ in the song. Harris stated on the British radio station

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and other interviews, that the lyrics are about his career in the grocery store he used to work in and how it prevented him from moving to London to progress in his music production.

Music video

The music video for the song was released to

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on 28 October 2016 through Calvin Harris' official Vevo account. It was directed by long-time collaborator,

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Chart performance

In the United States, "My Way" debuted at number 24 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 on the issue dated 8 October 2016. The single opened at number 4 on

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with 53,000 downloads, and at number 45 on

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with 6 million US streams in its first full week. On Radio Songs, it opened 46 following its first full week of airplay (27 million in audience).

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

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Certifications

Release history

References

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