From '' A View To A Kill ''
Label: Rush Records - RR 12011
Format: Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM, Single
Country: Germany
Released: 1985
Tracklist
A A View To A Kill
Written-By - Duran Duran, John Barry
B Dream Killer
Written-By - Adrian Askew, Bülent Aris
Producer - Adrian Askew, Bülent Aris
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"A View to a Kill" is the thirteenth single by Duran Duran, released in May 1985.
It was a stand-alone single, created for the James Bond movie A View to a Kill, and it remains the only James Bond theme song to have reached no. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100; it also made it to no. 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.
Many fans around the world acclaim it by its famous phrase, "Dance Into The Fire."
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 before splitting for the very first time, at Live Aid in Philadelphia.
The single was at no. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 at the time they performed it on that historic event.
About the song
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, and somewhat drunkenly asked "When are you going to get someone decent to do one of your theme songs?"
This inauspicious beginning led to some serious talks, and the band was introduced to Bond composer John Barry, and also Jonathan Elias (whom Duran Duran members would later work with many times).
An early writing meeting at Taylor's flat in Knightsbridge led to everyone getting drunk instead of composing.
Singer Simon Le Bon said of Barry: "He didn't really come up with any of the basic musical ideas.
He heard what we came up with and he put them into an order.
And that's why it happened so quickly because he was able to separate the good ideas from the bad ones, and he arranged them.
He has a great way of working brilliant chord arrangements.
He was working with us as virtually a sixth member of the group, but not really getting on our backs at all."
The song was finally completed in April 1985, and was released worldwide in May the same year.
Covers, samples, and media references
Cover versions have been recorded by:
popular Welsh band Lostprophets,
Canadian punk band Gob,
and Australian band Custard.
In 2006 the Chilean band Los MOX! recorded a new and heavier version of the song for their album titled "... con cover".
Another cover version of the song was created in 1985 by a euro disco group called DJ's Factory.
This cover of A View to a Kill has a more disco/house sound as compared to that of Duran Duran's.
Shirley Bassey covered the song, as she did with all of the Bond songs (up to GoldenEye) for an album- however, she wasn't satisfied with the quality, so the album was never released.
Finnish Melodic Death Metal band Diablo has covered the song, so has Finnish symphonic metal cover supergroup Northern Kings.
In 2008, the song was covered with a bossa feeling by former Morcheeba singer Skye on the cover album Hollywood Mon Amour.
Måns Zelmerlöw performed a live version of the song at the beginning of the Andra Chansen round of Melodifestivalen 2010 in Örebro, Sweden.
In 2011, Dutch artist Danny Vera performed a shortened version of the song during the football programme "Voetbal International" on Dutch television.
Other appearances
Albums:
Decade: Greatest Hits (1989)
Greatest (1998)
Singles Box Set 1981-1985 (2003)
Encore Series 78-03 Reunion Tour (2003)
Live from London (2005)
The Toronto Blue Jays take the field to "A View to a Kill."
The band performed it as part of American Express's UNSTAGED series on RU-vid.
Duran Duran's appearance on UNSTAGED was directed by David Lynch.
Personnel
Simon Le Bon: Vocals
Nick Rhodes: Keyboards
Andy Taylor: Guitars
John Taylor: Bass
Roger Taylor: Drums
John Barry: Orchestra
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