He heard what we came up with and he put them into an order. Singer Simon Le Bon said of Barry: "He didn't really come up with any of the basic musical ideas. An early writing meeting at Taylor's flat in Knightsbridge led to everyone getting drunk instead of composing. 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.ĭuran Duran were chosen to do the song after bassist John Taylor (a lifelong Bond fan) approached producer Cubby Broccoli at a party and somewhat drunkenly asked, "If I give you a fiver, can I write a theme tune please." The band was then introduced to Bond composer John Barry, and also composer/producer Jonathan Elias (with whom Duran Duran members would later work many times). A great English composer familiar to Hollywood, his name was John Barry. Bassist John Taylor introduced the song by saying, "We lost a dear friend of ours this year. Following Barry's death in 2011, the band paid tribute to him for their encore at the Coachella Festival later that year, with Simon Le Bon reappearing in a tuxedo for a pared-down version backed by an orchestra, before launching into the familiar full-band hit version. The following year, composer 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 recorded by the most famous five-member lineup of Duran Duran until their reunion in 2001 and was also performed by the band at Live Aid in Philadelphia, their final performance together before their first split. It remains the only James Bond theme song to have reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 it also made it to number two for three weeks on the UK Singles Chart while stuck behind Paul Hardcastle's " 19". Written and recorded as the theme for the James Bond film of the same name, it became one of the band's biggest hits. " A View to a Kill" is the thirteenth single by the English new wave and synth-pop band Duran Duran, released on.
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