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The makers then roped in seven-time Grammy winner, Gladys Knight.Īmy Winehouse was picked to create the Quantum of Solace (2008) theme song after the success of her multi-award-winning 2006 album, Back to Black. The resulting collaboration was never released, and remains a secret treasure in the EON archives.

But nothing he and guitarist Vic Flick put together would please the production house, EON. Here’s a looks at why, who was picked over them, and where you can watch the rejected tracks for free.īond producers had initially turned to rock giant, Eric Clapton, for the title track for Licence To Kill (1989). So exactly how cool do you have to be to make the cut? It turns out several music legends, over the years, have submitted tracks for consideration and been bluntly turned down - including Eric Clapton, Johnny Cash, Alice Cooper, Amy Winehouse, Blondie and Radiohead. She’s the youngest artists to ever do a Bond theme song, and she was approached at a time when fans of Beyoncé and Dua Lipa were hoping those divas would be asked instead. Her No Time To Die was released on February 13 and has since had 31.5 million views on YouTube alone. So it makes sense that this year’s Bond singer is Billie Eilish, the edgy 18-year-old that everyone’s talking about. The songs have become a way to appeal to an audience that may not know of Ian Fleming, and have likely never come across any of his novels.

The last two Bond theme songs - Adele’s Skyfall (2012) and Sam Smith’s Writing’s On The Wall (from Spectre, 2015) - both won Oscars, and were the first Oscar nominations for a Bond film since 1979, and the first wins since 1966.