A View To A Kill (3:36)
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A View to a Kill (1985) is the fourteenth spy film of the James Bond series, and the seventh and last to star Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Although the title is adapted from Ian Fleming’s short story “From a View to a Kill”, the film is the third Bond film after The Spy Who Loved Me and Octopussy to have an entirely original screenplay. In A View to a Kill, Bond is pitted against Max Zorin, who plans to destroy California’s Silicon Valley.
“A View to a Kill” is the thirteenth single by rock band Duran Duran, released in May 1985.
It was a stand-alone single, created for the movie, and it remains the only James Bond theme song to have reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100; it also made it to #2 for 3 weeks on the UK Singles Chart, held off the top spot by “19” by Paul Hardcastle. In 1986, John Barry and Duran Duran were nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song for “A View to a Kill”.
The song was the last track that the original five members of Duran Duran recorded together until their reunion sixteen years later, in 2001. It was played at their final 1985 performance together, at Live Aid in Philadelphia.
The song was written by Duran Duran and John Barry, and recorded at Maison Rouge Studio and CTS Studio in London with a 60-piece orchestra.
Duran Duran was chosen to do the song after bassist John Taylor (a lifelong Bond fan) approached producer Cubby Broccoli at a party
“A View to a Kill” is the thirteenth single by rock band Duran Duran, released in May 1985.
It was a stand-alone single, created for the movie, and it remains the only James Bond theme song to have reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100; it also made it to #2 for 3 weeks on the UK Singles Chart, held off the top spot by “19” by Paul Hardcastle. In 1986, John Barry and Duran Duran were nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song for “A View to a Kill”.
The song was the last track that the original five members of Duran Duran recorded together until their reunion sixteen years later, in 2001. It was played at their final 1985 performance together, at Live Aid in Philadelphia.
The song was written by Duran Duran and John Barry, and recorded at Maison Rouge Studio and CTS Studio in London with a 60-piece orchestra.
Duran Duran was chosen to do the song after bassist John Taylor (a lifelong Bond fan) approached producer Cubby Broccoli at a party
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nanciasa wrote:
The best part of the movie :)
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kany230492 wrote:
muy buen grupo todos estos grupos tocan casi como depeche mode
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bettyrose13 wrote:
yes! great song! great movie
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seventh_demon wrote:
his name is Bon. Simon Le Bon.
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Neshinea wrote:
great song for a great movie
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Yaaay! : )
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nathene069 wrote:
Duran Duran – A View To A Kill
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sionborg wrote:
Great Song from a Great Bond Movie !!!!
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xxbrooke16xx wrote:
I agree. The best Bond theme, and there were a lot of good ones.
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mrcoderga wrote:
Iconic tune from the 80s
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draney13 wrote:
cool
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Echelon10995 wrote:
Best Bond theme ever. Yes, better than Live and Let Die.
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Maman8 wrote:
Rockin' espionage!
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Rhonlis wrote:
Tema de 007, simplesmente inesquecível já o filme com Timonty Dalton, fiasco total.
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acalltoapathy wrote:
Bondage.
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BOND, JAMES BOND
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yeeeeah
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Hollywood, Mon Amour Version is so calming.... bossa :D
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Bestest!!
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007................
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