"Thunderball" was sung by Tom Jones who, according to Bond production legend, fainted in the recording booth when singing the song's final, high note. He's from the school that loves and leaves 'em.
Like the knife he cuts thro' life Like every day's the last.
John Barry teamed up with lyricist Don Black and wrote "Thunderball". Oh, damoiselles and danger Have filled the stranger's past. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman were worried that a theme song to a James Bond movie would not work well if the song did not have the title of the film in its lyrics. The song was removed from the title credits after producers Albert R. The song was originally recorded by Shirley Bassey, but was later rerecorded by Dionne Warwick, whose version was not released until the 1990s. The title was taken from an Italian journalist who in 1962 dubbed agent 007 as Mr. Kiss-Kiss, Bang-Bang", which was written by John Barry and Leslie Bricusse. What you may not know is that the original title credit theme to Thunderball was entitled "Mr. You may know the bondmovie Thunderball, and the theme 'Thunderball' performed by Tom Jones. Dreamy ballads, performed by the world best singers. Instead, the song appeared on the 1973 Alice Cooper album Muscle of Love.I love James Bond Themes. "Even Christopher Lee, who played Scaramanga in the movie, said, 'Oh, man, why did we take the Lulu song? This song is the one!'" recalled Cooper in a 2011 interview with The AV Club. Kiss Kiss Bang Bangs not a fool Oh, damoiselles and danger Have filled the strangers past Like the knife he cuts thro life Like every days the last Hes fast and hes cool Hes from the school that loves and leaves em A pity if it grieves em Mr.
But producers initially targeted a far less conventional singer for the title theme: metal icon Alice Cooper, best known for the 1972 hit "School's Out." Cooper claims that his "The Man with the Golden Gun" was actually the frontrunner for the opening credits - but when he delivered it a day too late, the producers had already signed with Lulu. "To Sir With Love" singer Lulu's "The Man with the Golden Gun" is - like the film that inspired it - one of the blander and more forgettable songs in the Bond canon. "The Man with the Golden Gun," Alice Cooper Wilson eventually retitled the song "Pet Sounds," slotting it in as the title track of what turned out to be the Beach Boys' most acclaimed album.
"Run James Run" isn't technically a rejected 007 theme, because Beach Boy Brian Wilson never submitted it for consideration - but once you know what inspired Wilson to write the instrumental track, it's easy to recognize its Bond-ian roots. Rogers' take on "You Only Live Twice" is closer in style to Sinatra's version, though its lyrical interpretation of the "You Only Live Twice" theme is, like the film itself, a bit more literal. This version even incorporates a riff from the traditional "James Bond Theme." Chandler's crack at a 007 theme eschews the delicacy of Nancy Sinatra's "You Only Live Twice" in favor of Bassey-esque bombast.
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