AT LAST: The Criteria for Successful Bond Songs

Mr_Moneypenny

http://penndogg.wordpress.com/2012/10/07/bond-songs-what-makes-them-tick/

With Adele releasing the newest Bond song to critical acclaim, it made me stop and wonder: what does it take for a Bond song to be considered a hit?

I picked a couple of my favorite Bond songs and came up with a lesson learned from each hit:

Garbage | "The World is Not Enough" - be sexy
Shirley Bassey | "Diamonds are Forever" - be haunting
Sheryl Crow | "Tomorrow Never Dies" - be true to Bond
Paul McCartney | "Live and Let Die" - be epic

(I included more rationale and audio bits of each song in the blog post)

Although there is no unanimous list of best Bond tracks, I'm still curious to hear what some other opinions are on what makes a stellar Bond song.

myworldisenough

It has to be memorable. If it achieves this then it qualifies.