Paul Albert Anka (born July 30, 1941, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) is a Leba… Read Full Bio ↴Paul Albert Anka (born July 30, 1941, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) is a Lebanese-Canadian singer and songwriter.

He began singing as a child, first starting in the St Elijah Syrian Orthodox Church choir in Ottawa. As a student at Ottawa's Fisher Park High School he was part of a trio called the Bobby Soxers.

Encouraged by his parents, at age 14 he recorded his first single, I Confess. In 1957 he went to New York City where he auditioned for ABC, singing a lovestruck verse he had written to a former babysitter, Diana Ayoub. The song, Diana, brought Anka instant stardom as it rocketed to number one on the charts. Diana is one of the best selling 45s in music history. He followed up with four songs that made it into the Top 20 in 1958, making him one of the biggest teen idols of the time. He toured Britain and then, with Buddy Holly, toured Australia.

His talent went beyond singing, writing Buddy Holly's giant hit, It Doesn't Matter Anymore, the theme for Johnny Carson's Tonight Show, Tom Jones' biggest hit record, She's A Lady, and the English lyrics for My Way, Frank Sinatra's signature song and sung by many well known artists, including Greta Keller, for whom the words were very fitting.

In the 1960s, Anka would begin acting in motion pictures as well as writing songs for them, most notably the theme for the hit movie The Longest Day. From his movie work, he wrote and recorded his monster hit, Lonely Boy. He then went on to become one of the first pop singers to perform at the Las Vegas casinos.

After more than ten years without a hit record, in 1974 he teamed up with Odia Coates to record the number 1 hit, Having My Baby. They would record two more duets that both made it into the Top 10. In 1975, he wrote a jingle for Kodak called The Times of Your Life. The jingle became so popular, he recorded it as a full song, The Times of Your Life, and it became a hit a year later.

By the 1970s, Anka's career centered around adult contemporary and big-band standards, played regularly in Las Vegas. On September 6, 1990, he became a naturalized citizen of the United States. He returned to his home town to buy a part of the Ottawa Senators hockey team.

In 1999 he visited Lebanon for sell-out performances at the Forum de Beyrouth (The Beirut Forum).

Paul Anka was elected to the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 1980. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6840 Hollywood Blvd. In 1991, the Government of France honored him with the title "Chevalier in the Order of Arts and Letters". He was appointed an officer of the Order of Canada in 2005.

On the WB show Gilmore Girls, Lorelai named her new dog Paul Anka. He also made a guest appearance as himself in the episode "The Real Paul Anka", which aired April 11, 2006.

Paul Anka recently did a live session on Live @ The Orange Lounge playing songs from his new cover-CD Rock Swings.

Notable rap artist Jay-Z featured his vocals on the track I Did it my Way on The Blueprint 2: The Gift & the Curse in 2002.

He became infamous amongst musicians (and more recently to internet users) for a mid-70's after-show tirade which was secretly recorded by a "snake we later fired" (Anka: Fresh Air interview). The diatribe, in which Anka berates his crew and band members, has spawned a number of in-joke references and quotations, the main ones being: "The guys get shirts", "Where's Joe?", and "Slice like a hammer."

Every Little Move You Make
Paul Anka Lyrics

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I'm watching you
Watching you to see
What you're doing without me
Now that you've been gone

I'm watching you
Watching every girl
As you give them all the eye

And dance another song

Yeah, I'm watching every little move you make
Every little step you take
Every little heart you break
Yeah, every little thing

Every little word you sigh
Is every little time I die
And every little time I try
To look the other way

But I keep watching you
I take a little peek
As I see you cheek to cheek
Oh, the jealousy

I'm watching you
You know I'm on the floor
So you pour it on some more
Just to torture me

Yeah, I'm watching every little move you make
Every little step you take
Every little heart you break
Yeah, every little thing

Every little word you sigh
Is every little time I die
And every little time I try
To look the other way

But I keep watching you

I'm watching you
Watching you to see
What you're doing without me
Now that you've been gone

I'm watching you
Watching every girl
As you give them all the eye
And dance another song

I'm watching you
Watching you to see

What you're doing without me
Now that you've been gone

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Paul Anka's "Every Little Move You Make" talks about a person who is watching their former lover, who is now dancing and interacting with other girls. The singer is obsessively watching every move their ex-lover makes, and the first few lyrics reveal how the singer is curious about what their ex-partner is doing after being gone. The song shows the singer's inability to move on from their ex-lover and how they are constantly following their every move. The lyrics show how the singer is hurt by the ex-partner's actions, and despite trying to look the other way, they cannot get over the pain.

As the song progresses, the singer explains how watching their ex-lover hurts them, while they dance with every girl they see. The singer notes how each move the ex-lover makes, each step they take, and every heart they break, leave the singer heartbroken. Even a single sigh from their ex-lover makes the singer feel like they're dying, and the pain is too much to bear.

The chorus of the song repeats the phrase, "Every little move you make, every little step you take, every little heart you break, yeah, every little thing." This shows how each move of the ex-lover continually hurt the singer, and they cannot get over the pain, even when they try to look away.

Every Little Move You MakePaul Anka Lyrics

Every Little Move You Make
Paul Anka Lyrics