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Carole Bayer Sager’s words are legitimately sexy, while the music by Marvin Hamlisch uses every cliché in the composer’s arsenal to build to a syrupy but irresistible coda.
How Does Adele’s ‘Skyfall’ Stack Up Against the Best and Worst James Bond Theme Songs?
BEST: “Nobody Does It Better,” Carly Simon
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Bond Theme Songs
- How Does “Skyfall” Measure Up to 50 Years of Theme Songs?
- WORST: “All Time High,” Rita Coolidge
- WORST: “You Know My Name,” Chris Cornell
- WORST: “Thunderball,” Tom Jones
- WORST: “Tomorrow Never Dies,” Sheryl Crow
- WORST: “Another Way to Die,” Jack White and Alicia Keys
- BEST: “Nobody Does It Better,” Carly Simon
- BEST: “We Have All The Time in the World,” Louis Armstrong
- BEST: “For Your Eyes Only,” Sheena Easton
- BEST: “GoldenEye,” Tina Turner
- BEST: “Goldfinger,” Shirley Bassey