Bond Songs: Iconic Title Songs from James Bond Films
Title songs from all Bond movies, which typically follow the opening scene. Performers, songwriters, excerpts, and song lyrics. The songs are very successful and unique, they have charm, and for both performers and authors, it is a very prestigious matter.
Prestigious Matter
A number of first-rate artists sang the title songs for Bond movies. Among them are, for example, Paul McCartney, Tom Jones, Tina Turner, or Shirley Bassey, who was the only one honored to sing a song for more than one film. We could hear her voice three times. Especially unforgettable are Goldfinger and Diamonds Are Forever.
Some of the Bond songs achieved great success in the charts, for example, the song A View To A Kill by Duran Duran from the movie A View to a Kill was even number one in the American charts, or Live And Let Die by Paul McCartney (a cover version was also recorded by Guns N' Roses) or For Your Eyes Only by Sheena Easton.
You will certainly also know the song Die Another Day by Madonna from the movie Die Another Day or Skyfall by the excellent Adele.
List of all songs from Bond movies
By clicking on the song title link in the table, you can watch its video excerpt. Lyrics for all songs are also available.
| No. | Movie | Year | Song Title | Performer | Songwriter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Dr. No | 1962 | James Bond Theme – thematic instrumental music | John Barry & Orchestra Monty Norman | Monty Norman |
| 02 | From Russia With Love | 1963 | From Russia With Love | Matt Monro | John Barry, Lionel Bart, Monty Norman |
| 03 | Goldfinger | 1964 | Goldfinger | Shirley Bassey | Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley, John Barry |
| 04 | Thunderball | 1965 | Thunderball | Tom Jones | John Barry, Don Black |
| 05 | You Only Live Twice | 1967 | You Only Live Twice | Nancy Sinatra | Leslie Bricusse, John Barry |
| 06 | On Her Majesty's Secret Service | 1969 | On Her Majesty's Secret Service or We Have All the Time in the World | John Barry Orchestra, Louis Armstrong | John Barry, Hal David |
| 07 | Diamonds Are Forever | 1971 | Diamonds Are Forever | Shirley Bassey | John Barry, Don Black |
| 08 | Live and Let Die | 1973 | Live And Let Die | Paul McCartney & Wings | Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney |
| 09 | The Man With the Golden Gun | 1974 | The Man With The Golden Gun | Lulu | John Barry, Don Black |
| 10 | The Spy Who Loved Me | 1977 | Nobody Does It Better | Carly Simon | Marvin Hamlisch, Carole Bayer Sager |
| 11 | Moonraker | 1979 | Moonraker | Shirley Bassey | John Barry, Hal David |
| 12 | For Your Eyes Only | 1981 | For Your Eyes Only | Sheena Easton | Bill Conti, Michael Leeson |
| 13 | Octopussy | 1983 | All Time High | Rita Coolidge | John Barry, Tim Rice, Stephen Short |
| 14 | A View to a Kill | 1985 | A View To a Kill | Duran Duran | John Barry, Duran Duran |
| 15 | The Living Daylights | 1987 | The Living Daylights | A-ha | John Barry, Pål Waaktaar |
| 16 | Licence to Kill | 1989 | Licence To Kill | Gladys Knight | Narada Michael Walden, Jeffrey Cohen, Walter Afanasieff |
| 17 | GoldenEye | 1995 | GoldenEye | Tina Turner | Bono, The Edge |
| 18 | Tomorrow Never Dies | 1997 | Tomorrow Never Dies | Sheryl Crow | Sheryl Crow, Mitchell Froom |
| 19 | The World Is Not Enough | 1999 | The World Is Not Enough | Garbage | David Arnold, Don Black |
| 20 | Die Another Day | 2002 | Die Another Day | Madonna | Madonna, Mirwais Ahmadzaï |
| 21 | Casino Royale | 2006 | You Know My Name | Chris Cornell | David Arnold, Chris Cornell |
| 22 | Quantum of Solace | 2008 | Another Way To Die | Jack White & Alicia Keys | Jack White |
| 23 | Skyfall | 2012 | Skyfall | Adele | Adele, Paul Epworth |
| 24 | Spectre | 2015 | Writing's on the Wall | Sam Smith | Sam Smith, Jimmy Napes |
| 25 | No Time to Die | 2021 | No Time to Die | Billie Eilish | Billie Eilish, Finneas O'Connell |
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Based on the original Czech article: Titulní písně z bondovek – video, texty písní.