Did you know that even the Supreme Court acknowledged that the most dangerous song ever

composed was this song?

"For what is a man, what has he got?

If not himself, then he has naught.

To say the things he truly feels;

And not the words of one who kneels.

The record shows I took the blows -

And did it my way!"

The Court, acting through Justice Minita Chico-Nazario, cited these lines of the popular “My Way”
composed by Paul Anka and sung by Frank Sinatra in the case of Palaganas v. People, G.R. No.
165483, Sep. 12, 2006.

Said the Court “The song evokes the bitterest passions. This is not the first time the song ‘My Way’
has triggered violent behavior resulting in people coming to blows. In the case at bar, the few lines
of the song depicted what came to pass when the victims and the aggressors tried to outdo each
other in their rendition of the song.”

Now, what if you hear somebody in your neighborhood singing the song in full volume of videoke in
the wee hours that disturbs your serenity, can you lodge a criminal complaint against the fellow?

The answer is yes. There is disturbance of public tranquility which Art. 155 of the Revised Penal Code
seeks to protect. The crime of Alarms and Scandals is committed, inter alia, by instigating or taking
an active party in any charivari or other disorderly meeting offensive to another or prejudicial to
public tranquility. Charivari includes a medley of discordant voices, a mock serenade of discordant
noises made on kettles, tins, horns, etc. designed to annoy or insult.