# Best Bond Song? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 12, 2014, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bond-song/701085 "2014-10-12T02:31:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lightlystarched](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Lightlystarched](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightlystarched)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bond-song/701085/1 "2014-10-12T02:31:24Z")
Kind of a spinoff of the best 70’s song. I started off listening to You’re So Vain by Carly Simon, which led to Nobody Does It Better. And now I’m listening to all the Bond songs. Which one do you think is the best? ---
**Author:** ![Abracadebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f04885/32.png) [@Abracadebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abracadebra)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bond-song/701085/2 "2014-10-12T02:33:42Z")
Live and Let Die, although I do like Adele’s “Skyfall”. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bond-song/701085/3 "2014-10-12T02:37:09Z")
**Goldfinger** There are other good ones, but _Goldfinger_ is iconic, and Shirley Bassey could just belt out a tune. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bond-song/701085/4 "2014-10-12T02:38:05Z")
_You Only Live Twice_ ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bond-song/701085/5 "2014-10-12T02:48:15Z")
Goldeneye by Tina Turner. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bond-song/701085/6 "2014-10-12T02:48:40Z")
Another for **Goldfinger**. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bond-song/701085/7 "2014-10-12T02:55:58Z")
Goldfinger Diamonds Are Forever The World Is Not Enough A View To A Kill Sometimes I want to say “The World Is Not Enough” is my favorite, but “Goldfinger” and “Diamonds Are Forever” are just so damned iconic …and, of course, Shirley Bassey. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bond-song/701085/8 "2014-10-12T02:59:50Z")
I’m still partial to the John Barry-written songs: From Russia with Love, Goldfinger, and Thunderball. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bond-song/701085/9 "2014-10-12T03:04:25Z")
They’re all great, but I have to go with “Goldfinger.” ---
**Author:** ![Lightlystarched](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Lightlystarched](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightlystarched)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bond-song/701085/10 "2014-10-12T03:05:41Z")
> [@Abracadebra](#): > > Live and Let Die, although I do like Adele’s “Skyfall”. Oh, I do love Skyfall. Adele’s voice reminds me of Carly and Stevie. That fullness and huskiness. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bond-song/701085/11 "2014-10-12T03:44:57Z")
Seriously? What’s wrong with you people? OHMSS for both the score and for “We Have All The Time In The World” ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bond-song/701085/12 "2014-10-12T03:50:18Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > Another for **Goldfinger**. Me also. This one should be a runaway. ---
**Author:** ![Eddie\_F](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/22d042/32.png) [@Eddie\_F](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eddie_F)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bond-song/701085/13 "2014-10-12T03:52:54Z")
“You Only Live Twice”, naturally. Followed closely by “A View to a Kill”, “Thunderball”, “Nobody Does It Better”, and “Goldfinger”. (With honorable mention going to “For Your Eyes Only”.) ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bond-song/701085/14 "2014-10-12T04:59:44Z")
The Bond theme music is way better than any of the songs. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bond-song/701085/15 "2014-10-12T10:36:22Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > **Goldfinger** > > There are other good ones, but _Goldfinger_ is iconic, and Shirley Bassey could just belt out a tune. Yes, the best Bond song. > [@njtt](#): > > The Bond theme music is way better than any of the songs. Also true! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bond-song/701085/16 "2014-10-12T15:30:20Z")
_You Only Live Twice_, followed by _A View To A Kill._ “Belt” and “iconic” do not “best” make. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bond-song/701085/17 "2014-10-12T15:35:03Z")
A tossup between The Man With the Golden Gun by Alice Cooper and We’ve Been Expecting You, Mr. Bond by Blotto. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bond-song/701085/18 "2014-10-12T15:46:21Z")
I’m reminded of the Frasier episode where the pianist at the bar could only play Goldfinger, and added the horns with vocal “wah wahs”. It was pretty amusing. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bond-song/701085/19 "2014-10-12T15:47:44Z")
You Know My Name. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bond-song/701085/20 "2014-10-12T17:19:14Z")
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