What's your favourite James Bond theme song of all time?

LordSutch

So with just one week to go before the release of the latest Bond film "Spectre" in Irish cinemas, I thought it would be a good excuse to ask "what is your favourite Bond Song/tune of all time"?

James Bond theme songs - listen/watch.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=james+bond+songs

(see attached Poll).

Enjoy . . .

The_Valeyard

Louis Armstrong,

'We have all the time in the world'


Fantastic song.

jaykay74

Nobody does it better.

sadie06

Gladys Knight Licence to Kill. Love it!

Turtyturd

James Bond Jr.

Starscream25

A view to a kill, Duran Duran.

timthumbni

On her majesty's secret service. Close thread. Epic, absolutely epic. Close thread.

The_Valeyard

Turtyturd wrote: »

James Bond Jr.

Ha!!

I remember it well,

in fact.....

Bored_lad

Skyfall by Adele.

Links234

An absolute classic!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXM4eIoPZUU

Licence to Kill

A View to a Kill

(for a bad decade of Bond films, they nailed the music in the 80s)

Live and Let Die

Bored_lad

Bored_lad wrote: »

Skyfall by Adele.

Oh no, it sounds like that Billy Connolly version of the song sung by a drunk uncle that always has "kirabye" in it!

NachoBusiness

'Set your hopes up way too high, the living's in the waaaaaaay weeeee diiiiiiiiie!!'

I have A-Ha's Headlines & Deadlines in the car and so no contest for me.

Earthhorse

Can't say I have a standout favourite but just want to commend you on all the work you put into that poll. It's a thing of beauty.

Dr Turk Turkelton

So many to choose from but Live and let die just about sways it.

jamesbere

Tomorrow never dies, always taught it was a very good song

Don't know all of them but among those that I do know my favourite is either "Diamonds Are Forever" or "The World Is Not Enough". I lean towards the latter, but that may be just be 'cause I like Garbage in general.

Also like "Live and Let Die", "Goldeneye" and "Tomorrow Never Dies". "Skyfall" is ok but a bit overrated, while "Another Way to Die" isn't as bad as people make it out to be (though I think maybe Jack White should have sang it solo as Alicia Keys didn't really add anything to it.)

Not a fan of the latest one. Parts of it are ok but the falsetto notes in the chorus are far too grating.

Should probably mention that I have never actually seen a Bond film in my life.

Vincent Vega

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSEmKXzpQMQ

:pac:

3 for Aha and Duran Duran not out of the blocks. I must be the only 41 year old on here...then again I went for Gladys Knight...

Pherekydes

The John Barry one.

RhubarbCrumble

"Goldeneye", but very closely followed by "The spy who loved me"

Riddle101

Goldeneye for me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGPBFvDz_HM

DrumSteve

You know my name by Chris Cornell.

Everything you want from a bond theme.

force eleven

On Her Majesty's Secret Service theme is actually the John Barry instrumental. Superb intro.

Summer wind

Aha with The Living Daylight is my favourite. My second favourite would be Duran Duran with A View To A Kill. I've never seen the movies that go with the songs though are they any good?

AllGunsBlazing

Anyone who didn't pick 'live and let die' needs to have a word with themselves. Anyone who picked a song from the last twenty years reeeealllly needs to have a word with themselves.

Summer wind

Summer wind wrote: »

Aha with The Living Daylight is my favourite. My second favourite would be Duran Duran with A View To A Kill. I've never seen the movies that go with the songs though are they any good?

The ones with the best themes are amongst the worst films, don't can't say Im a fan of the films anyway.

Surprised You Only Live Twice doing so poorly.

rubadub

AllGunsBlazing wrote: »

Anyone who didn't pick 'live and let die' needs to have a word with themselves.

I love that song, and love the Louis Armstrong song, but picked Goldfinger which to me is the quintessential bond song, really defines them.

Thought the adele one was brutal, someone thought I must hate any new music but I love her other stuff, thought it was cringeworthy by numbers bond stuff.

the groutch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSVms6cT9nk

rubadub

rubadub wrote: »

I love that song, and love the Louis Armstrong song, but picked Goldfinger which to me is the quintessential bond song, really defines them.

Thought the adele one was brutal, someone thought I must hate any new music but I love her other stuff, thought it was cringeworthy by numbers bond stuff.

You are right, it was just brutal. On the other hand I can't say I like any of her stuff. But she didn't have to go spoil the Bond theme.

At the risk of repetition Licence to Kill was just a great Bond theme, all powerful singing and dramatic sweeping orchestral arrangements, very dramatic. While I like All the Time in the World, it's too downbeat and almost underproduced for a Bond theme for my tastes.

The Backwards Man

Nobody Does It Better for me too

The Backwards Man

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Nobody Does It Better for me too

Actually that might suffer in the poll, it seems to be incorrectly titled, I hadn't thought of Carly Simons one until you named it.

Summer wind

Deleted User wrote: »

Actually that might suffer in the poll, it seems to be incorrectly titled, I hadn't thought of Carly Simons one until you named it.

Always makes me think of Alan Partridge. Bit of bush:)

sonofenoch

Louis Armstrong is not the theme for 'on her Majesty's secret service' ...this is and by far the best

How Soon Is Now

Adele me bollox.

Live or let die or view to a kill!!.

cowboyBuilder

Nobody does it better

Cos Nobody did it better then Roger Moore...

Stojkovic

Yes The Spy who loved Me theme was called 'Nobody does it better'.

Stojkovic

Yes The Spy who loved Me theme was called 'Nobody does it better'.

Stojkovic

Yes The Spy who loved Me theme was called 'Nobody does it better'.

mackeire

Chris Cornell. You know my name. Was a great song, pity it was a bond song!

Manach

Duran Duran's. It has a sense of the absurd in the video + Grace Jones.

Taco Chips

I voted for Goldfinger because I think it's the most iconic 007 anthem but there are some amazing tunes in that list. You Only Live Twice, Diamonds Are Forever, We Have All The Time, Live & Let Die, Skyfall. Some all time classics there.

the evasion_kid

Live and let die....the bit were it gets really frantic always makes me laugh

mzungu

A View to a Kill. Some tune.

LordSutch

Stojkovic wrote: »

Yes The Spy who loved Me theme was called 'Nobody does it better'.

You are correct, and it was the 1st error I noticed after posting my mammoth poll :-)

Annoying there doesn't seem to be any way to amend the poll entries, so the error remains, otherwise it would have been fixed in a flash.

Maybe if the Mod picks this up he might fix it? (seeing as I can't).

LordSutch

Stojkovic wrote: »

Yes The Spy who loved Me theme was called 'Nobody does it better'.

You are correct, and it was the 1st error I noticed after posting my mammoth poll

Annoyingly there doesn't seem to be any way to amend the poll entries, so the error remains, otherwise it would have been fixed in a flash.

Maybe if a Mod reads this he could fix it? (seeing as I can't).

retalivity

Nobody does it better, my go-to karaoke song.

You only live twice is a close second...

AudreyHepburn

Skyfall is my favorite

With honorable mentions to Gold finger, Live And Let Die, James Bond Theme and Die Another Day

Kev W

To the two people who voted for Sam Smith:

You think you're funny, but you're not.

GLaDOS

LordSutch wrote: »

You are correct, and it was the 1st error I noticed after posting my mammoth poll :-)

Annoying there doesn't seem to be any way to amend the poll entries, so the error remains, otherwise it would have been fixed in a flash.

Maybe if the Mod picks this up he might fix it? (seeing as I can't).

Changed the poll there

wilhelm roentgen

LordSutch wrote: »

You are correct, and it was the 1st error I noticed after posting my mammoth poll :-)

Stop getting Bond wrong!