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With all of the hype surrounding the next James Bond theme singer, how were the past 007 performers?
News Category: General Movie News
Posted on July 30, 2006 2:32 PM
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We all know that Chris Cornell will be perform Casino Royale's "You Know My Name" - but how does he compare to previous Bond artists?

Judge for yourself. Here are the music videos, covers, live performances and movie intros to all of the James Bond themes, courtesy of YouTube users:

1. Dr. No (1962)
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The intro to the film.

2. From Russia With Love (1963)
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The intro to the film.

3. Goldfinger (1964)
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Shirley Bassey performs her 1964 hit, Goldfinger, in front of a live audience.

4. Thunderball (1965)
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The intro to the film.

5. You Only Live Twice (1967)
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The intro to the film.

5a. Casino Royale (1967)
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Dusty Springfield performs "The Look of Love" from the film.

6. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
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The intro to the film.

7. Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
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Shirley Bassey performs the theme in front of a live audience in 1973

8. Live And Let Die (1973)
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Paul McCartney and Wings perform the theme live.

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Guns 'N Roses cover the Wings theme in this music video.

9. The Man With The Golden Gun (1974)
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The intro to the film.

10. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
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Radiohead covers Carly Simon's Bond theme "Nobody Does It Better" in this live performance.

11. Moonraker (1979)
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Intro to the film.

12. For Your Eyes Only (1981)
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Sheena Easton performs the theme at the 1981 Academy Awards.

13. Octopussy (1983)
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Rita Coolidge's music video for "All Time High."

13a. Never Say Never Again (1983)
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Lani Hall's music video.

14. A View To A Kill (1985)
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Duran Duran's music video for the theme.

15. The Living Daylights (1987)
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A-Ha's music video from 1987

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The Pretenders' music video for the song at the end credits of the film, "If There Was A Man."

16. Licence To Kill (1989)
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Music video for Gladys Knight's theme.

17. GoldenEye (1995)
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Tina Turner's music video.

18. Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
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Sheryl Crow's music video.

19. The World Is Not Enough (1999)
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Garbage's music video.

20. Die Another Day (2002)
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Madonna's creepy music video for the film.

Think Casino Royale's theme can compete? Here is Chris Cornell's band Audioslave's music video to "Like A Stone"
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You can also vote for the best James Bond theme at the BondMovies.com Message Board in the Best ever Bond theme song! poll. You must be registered to vote, but it's free!

For the lyrics to these themes, please visit the Lyrics section here at BM.


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