Los Angeles, Oct 13 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Paul Anka, a teen idol in the 1970’s who also wrote the lyrics for Frank Sintara’s song ‘My Way’, has claimed that the so called new Michael Jackson single ‘This is it’ which was released yesterday does not originally belong to Michael Jackson as he, Paul Anka had co-written it.

Paul said that, Jackson’s estate has apologized to him for releasing the single “This Is It” without properly acknowledging Anka as a co-writer for the same.

After going public with his claims and threatening legal action if the matter of compensation wasn’t taken care of, Anka said Monday afternoon that estate administrator John McClane called him up to make amends.

“I said, ‘It’s fine if it’s an honest mistake. These things happen,’ ” Anka told the New York Times. McClane told him, he said, that the estate had presented Sony with 50 songs and “This Is It” was the most distinctive—for good reason, so it turned out.

In a statement, the Jackson estate said it in no way meant to put one over on the prolific singer-songwriter.

“The song was picked because the lyrics were appropriate because of the name Michael gave his tour,” McClane and co administrator John Branca said. “We are thrilled to present this song in Michael’s voice for the first time, and that Michael’s fans have responded in unprecedented numbers. The song was co written by the legendary Paul Anka.”

“They have a major, major problem on their hands,” Anka said earlier today, before he received the conciliatory phone call, which, incidentally, resulted in a promise that he will get 50 percent of the proceeds from sales of “This Is It.”

Michael Jackson had died some months before at the age of 50, suspected of a drug over-dose. ‘This is it’ was the first single to be released after his death.

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