From the earlier films with hits such as Goldfinger and Live and Let Die to more recent chart toppers such as Billie Eilish’s No Time To Die and Sam Smith’s Writing’s OnThe Wall, Bond theme tunes are some of the most recognisable theme tunes around.
As rumours continue to circulate over who will take on the role next, Slingo has looked at which of the tunes is the most takes the number one spot.
Measuring popularity generated by the number of Spotify streams, YouTube views, peak chart positions, and weeks in the top 100, it’s Adele’s Skyfall ballad taking the top spot.
Released in 2012 for the 23rd James Bond movie, Skyfall, the song became the first Bond tune to win an Academy Award for Best Original Song and top the charts at #2 on the UK Singles Chart
In second place is Sam Smith’s Writing’s OnThe Wall, reportedly written in under half an hour and released for Daniel Craig’s penultimate James Bond, Spectre, in 2015.
The theme tune for Craig’s fifth and final Bond, No Time To Die, by Billie Eillsh takes third spot. At 18, she was the youngest artist to record a Bond theme. The song, co-written with her brother Finneas O'Connell, also features orchestration by Hans Zimmer and went on to win the Grammy for Best Song Written for Visual Media in 2021.
Top 12 James Bond songs (Ranking created using figures from Spotify, YouTube and the UK Singles and Downloads Charts):
1. Skyfall- Adele
2. Writing’s On The Wall- Sam Smith
3. No Time To Die- Billie Eilish
4. A View To Kill- Duran Duran
5. Die Another Day- Madonna
6. You Know My Name- Chris Cornell
7. Another Way To Die- Jack White and Alicia Keys
8. Nobody Does It Better- Carly Simon
9. For Your Eyes Only- Sheena Easton
10. Live and Let Die- Paul McCartney & Wings
11. Goldeneye- Tina Turner
12. We Have All The Time InThe World- Louis Armstrong
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