SEAN CONNERY was almost in Skyfall, one Bond girl was a transsexual and the metal chains baddie Jaws chewed through were made of liquorish? With SPECTRE & Writing's on the Wall riding high, we pick our Top 10 James Bond songs and favourite trivia about each film.
Sam Smith's Writing's On The Wall became the first Bond theme to ever hit No.1 in the UK – but does that make it the best?
With a little help from the clever people at fancy dress specialists Morph Suits, we run down our Top 10 favourite Bond belters and uncover some fascinating facts about each song and each film.
For Your Eyes Only
For Your Eyes Only
Performed By: Sheena Easton
Music Chart Peak: 8
Song Fact: This song was originally offered to Blondie, but Debbie Harry didn’t like the lyrics.
Movie Fact: Bond Girl, Carolyn Cossey, used to be a man and was the first transgender model to pose for Playboy.
The Spy Who Loved Me
Nobody Does It Better
Performed By: Carly Simon
Music Chart Peak: 7
Song Fact: Radiohead lead singer, Thom Yorke, allegedly declared this “the sexiest song ever written”
Movie Fact: The chain that Jaws bites through during the pyramids fight scene was actually made of liquorice.
SPECTRE
Writings On The Wall
Performed By: Sam Smith
Music Chart Peak: 1
Song Fact: It took Sam Smith 20 minutes to write this song.
Movie Fact: At 50 years of age, Monica Belluci (who will play Lucia Sciarra in the movie) will be the oldest Bond girl in history.
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Skyfall
Skyfall
Performed By: Adele
Music Chart Peak: 2
Song Fact: Adele apparently asked to read the entire script of the move before taking on the Bond theme song.
Movie Fact: Sean Connery almost landed a role in Skyfall, but the casting crew eventually decided Connery could never return in a Bond film as anyone but Bond.
Goldfinger
Performed By: Shirley Bassey
Music Chart Peak: 21
Song Fact: Shirley Bassey loved the music so much, she accepted the offer to sing this Bond song before she’d even read the lyrics.
Movie Fact: The scene where Bond removes his wetsuit to reveal a crisp, dry tuxedo is based on a real life mission.
Live and Let Die
Performed By: Paul McCartney & Wings
Music Chart Peak: 9
Song Fact: This song won the Grammy award in 1973 for Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocals.
Movie Fact: Sean Connery was offered an eye-watering $5.5 million to return as Bond, but turned it down giving his personal seal of approval for Roger Moore to play 007.
Thunderball
Thunderball
Performed By: Tom Jones
Music Chart Peak: 35
Song Fact: Two weeks before the movie opened, John Barry’s original song “Mr Kiss Kiss Bang Bang” was rejected and he was asked to write a new song using the word “Thunderball”. In 1990, the rejected song was eventually released.
Movie Fact: Bond stuntman, Bill Cumming was paid a $450 bonus to jump into the shark-infested pool.
Diamonds Are Forever
Diamonds Are Forever
Performed By: Shirley Bassey
Music Chart Peak: 38
Song Fact: Kanye West sampled this iconic track on his 2005 song “Diamonds From Sierra Leone”
Movie Fact: Sean Connery’s $1.25 million fee to return as James Bond meant that the special effects budget had to be cut back.
A View To Kill
Performed By: Duran Duran
Music Chart Peak: 2
Song Fact: Bond legend has it that a very drunk Duran Duran bassist, John Taylor, approached producers telling them that he thought the last few Bond themes songs hadn’t been much good and suggesting that Duran Duran would “fix the problem”.
Movie Fact: Roger Moore returned to the role aged 57, making him the oldest actor to ever play Bond.
Casino Royale
You Know My Name
Performed By: Chris Cornell
Music Chart Peak: 7
Song Fact: When creating his Bond theme Chris Cornell was inspired by Paul McCartney’s Live and Let Die and Thunderball, sung by the legendary Tom Jones
Movie Fact: The car barrel roll stunt featuring the Aston Martin DBS broke a world record for the most barrel rolls assisted by a cannon.
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