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"Live and Let Die"
A-side label of the UK 7-inch single
Single by Paul McCartney and Wings
from the album Live and Let Die
B-side
"I Lie Around"
Released
1 June 1973 (UK)
18 June 1973 (US)
Format
7" single
Recorded
October 1972
Genre
Symphonic rock[1]
Length
3:12
Label
Apple
Songwriter(s)
Paul McCartney
Linda McCartney
Producer(s)
George Martin
Paul McCartney and Wings singles chronology
"My Love"
(1973) "Live and Let Die"
(1973) "Helen Wheels"
(1973)
"My Love"
(1973) "Live and Let Die"
(1973) "Helen Wheels"
(1973)
James Bond theme singles chronology
"Diamonds Are Forever"
(1971) Diamonds Are Forever1971 "Live and Let Die"
(1973) Live and Let Die1973 "The Man With the Golden Gun"
(1975) The Man With the Golden Gun1975
"Live and Let Die" is the main theme song of the 1973 James Bond film Live and Let Die, written by Paul and Linda McCartney and performed by Wings. It was the most successful Bond theme to that point, charting at No. 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and No. 9 on the UK Singles Chart.[2][3]
Commissioned specifically for the movie, it reunited the former Beatle with the band's producer, George Martin, who produced the song and arranged the orchestra. It has been covered by several bands, with the Guns N' Roses version being the most popular cover. Both the McCartney and the Guns N' Roses versions were nominated for Grammy Awards. In 2012, McCartney was awarded the Million-Air Award from Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), for more than 4 million performances of the song in the US.[4]
Contents
1 Background and recording
2 Release and aftermath
3 Personnel
4 Charts
4.1 Weekly charts
4.2 Year-end charts
5 Parody
6 Guns N' Roses version
6.1 Charts
6.2 Track listing
6.3 Personnel
7 See also
8 References
Background and recording[edit]
Even before Tom Mankiewicz had finished writing the screenplay to Live and Let Die, producers Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli invited Paul McCartney to write the theme song. McCartney asked to be sent a copy of Ian Fleming's novel. "I read it and thought it was pretty good. That afternoon I wrote the song and went in the next week and did it ... It was a job of work for me in a way because writing a song around a title like that's not the easiest thing going."[5]
Originally, producer Harry Saltzman was interested in having Shirley Bassey or Thelma Houston perform it instead of Wings.[1] Martin said McCartney would allow the song to be used in the movie only if Wings was able to perform the song in the opening credits. Saltzman, who had previously rejected the chance to produce A Hard Day's Night, decided not to make the same mistake twice and agreed. A second version of the song, performed by B. J. Arnau, also appears in the film. Arnau's performance originally was meant for the group Fifth Dimension.[6] The Arnau version of the song appears on the soundtrack album as a component in a medley that also contains two George Martin-composed instrumental pieces, "Fillet of Soul – New Orleans" and "Fillet of Soul – Harlem". It was also released by RCA Records as a single in late June 1973.[7]
Wings recorded "Live and Let Die" during the sessions for the Red Rose Speedway album,[1] in October 1972.[8] The song was recorded at AIR Studios, with Ray Cooper providing percussion instruments.[9]
Release and aftermath[edit]
The song "Live and Let Die" was previewed in the 1973 television special James Paul McCartney, which aired on 16 April in the United States and 10 May in the United Kingdom. In the segment, McCartney and Wings were shown performing the song in his studio while clips of the film were shown, before the film's US theatrical release on 27 June.[10]
The single reached No. 2 in the US and No. 9 in the UK.[11][12] The single was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for sales of over one million copies.[13][14]
Sales of the single release and of the sheet music were "solid."[15] The sheet music used the line "in this ever-changing world in which we live in" as part of the opening verse of the song. In the Washington Post interview more than 30 years later, McCartney told the interviewer, "I don't think about the lyric when I sing it. I think it's 'in which we're living', or it could be 'in which we live in', and that's kind of, sort of, wronger but cuter," before deciding that it was "in which we're living."[10]
"Live and Let Die" was not featured on a McCartney album until the Wings Greatest compilation in 1978, and was included again on 1987's All the Best! and 2001's Wingspan: Hits and History. The entire soundtrack also was released in quadrophonic.
United Artists promoted the song in trade advertisements for Academy Award consideration, though producer Broccoli opposed the marketing tactic as unnecessary.[16] The song became the first James Bond theme song to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song (garnering McCartney his second Academy Award nomination and Linda her first). In the Academy Award performance of the song, entertainer Connie Stevens dressed in a "silver-lamé outfit" with a Native American-looking headdress "descended from the ceiling" and then was "variously lifted and tossed about" by dancers dressed in various colours until she left the scene. The song lost to the eponymous theme song from the musical film The Way We Were.[17]
In Wings' live performances of the song, the instrumental break featured flashpots and a laser light show. McCartney has continued to play the song on his solo tours, often using pyrotechnics. "Live and Let Die" is the only song to appear on all of McCartney's live albums (except for the acoustic-based Unplugged.)
Following the 9/11 attacks, the song was placed on Clear Channel's list of inappropriate song titles.[18]
The song was included in the movie Shrek The Third (2007) and on its soundtrack.[19] The song was featured in American Hustle, directed by David O. Russell.
Personnel[edit]
Paul McCartney – lead vocals, piano
Linda McCartney – backing vocals, keyboards
Henry McCullough – lead guitar
Denny Laine – backing vocals, bass guitar
Denny Seiwell – drums
Ray Cooper – percussion
George Martin – orchestral arrangement
Charts[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
Chart (1973)
Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) 5
Canada (RPM 100 Top Singles)[20] 2
Germany (Media Control)[21] 31
Japan (Oricon)[22] 25
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[23] 29
New Zealand (Listener)[24] 20
Norway (VG-lista)[25] 2
UK (Official Charts Company) 9
US Billboard Hot 100[26] 2
US Billboard Easy Listening[27] 8
US Cash Box Top 100[26] 1
US Record World Singles Chart[26] 1
Year-end charts[edit]
Chart (1973)
Rank
Australia[28] 36
Canada[29] 39
US Cash Box [30] 33
US Billboard Hot 100[31] 56
Parody[edit]
In 1984, McCartney asked "Weird Al" Yankovic when he was going to parody one of his songs.[32] In 1992, Yankovic asked for permission to put his parody "Chicken Pot Pie" on an album (as a courtesy; legally, he did not need permission). McCartney denied the use because he is a vegetarian and did not want to promote the consumption of meat. Yankovic, a vegetarian himself, said he respected the decision;[33] however, he has performed the song live.[34]
Guns N' Roses version[edit]
"Live and Let Die"
Single by Guns N' Roses
from the album Use Your Illusion I
A-side
"Live and Let Die" (LP Version)
B-side
"Live and Let Die" (Live at Wembley Stadium, London on 31 August 1991 )
"Shadow of Your Love"
Released
3 December 1991
Format
CD
7"
12"
Genre
Hard rock, heavy metal
Length
3:04
Label
Geffen
Songwriter(s)
Paul McCartney
Linda McCartney
Producer(s)
Mike Clink
Guns N' Roses
Guns N' Roses singles chronology
"Don't Cry"
(1991) "Live and Let Die"
(1991) "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
(1992)
"Don't Cry"
(1991) "Live and Let Die"
(1991) "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
(1992)
"Live and Let Die" was released as the second single from Use Your Illusion I album and the fourth out of all the Use Your Illusion singles. A music video was made in November 1991 featuring the band playing live on stage and showing old pictures. The video also was made shortly before Izzy Stradlin's departure, and it is the last video where he appears. It charted at No. 20 on the Mainstream Rock chart.[35] The song was nominated for "Best Hard Rock Performance" during the 1993 Grammy Awards.[36]
Charts[edit]
Weekly charts
Chart (1991)
Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[37]
10
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[38]
27
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[39]
20
Finland (The Official Finnish Charts)[40]
1
France (SNEP)[41]
39
Germany (Official German Charts)[42]
33
Ireland (IRMA)[43]
5
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[44]
13
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[45]
1
Norway (VG-lista)[46]
3
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[47]
15
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[48]
19
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[49]
4
US Billboard Hot 100[50]
33
Year-end charts
Chart (1992)
Position
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[51] 27
Track listing[edit]
"Live and Let Die" – 2:59
"Live and Let Die" (Live) – 3:37
"Shadow of Your Love" (Live) – 2:50
Personnel[edit]
Guns N' Roses
Axl Rose – lead vocals, keyboards, programming, backing vocals
Slash – lead guitar, 6-string bass
Izzy Stradlin – rhythm guitar
Duff McKagan – bass
Matt Sorum – drums
Dizzy Reed – piano
Additional musicians
Shannon Hoon – backing vocals
Johann Langlie – programming
Jon Thautwein – horn
Matthew McKagan – horn
Rachel West – horn
Robert Clark – horn
See also[edit]
Outline of James Bond
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General
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