Arnau’s performance originally was meant for the group Fifth Dimension. 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”. A second version of the song, performed by B.
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Originally, producer Harry Saltzman was interested in having Shirley Bassey or Thelma Houston perform it instead of Wings.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. 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.” “I read it and thought it was pretty good. McCartney asked to be sent a copy of Ian Fleming’s novel. Broccoli invited McCartney to write the theme song. Background and recordingĮven before Tom Mankiewicz had finished writing the screenplay to Live and Let Die, producers Harry Saltzman and Albert R.
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. One of the more popular covers of the song, their version was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance at the 35th Annual Grammy Awards in 1993.
It has been covered by several bands, including Guns N’ Roses, whose version appears on their 1991 album Use Your Illusion I. Wings performed “Live and Let Die” live during their concert tours and McCartney continues to play it on his solo tours, often using pyrotechnics during the instrumental breaks. It was also nominated for the Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) at the 16th Annual Grammy Awards in 1974. It became the first Bond theme song to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song, but ultimately lost the award to Barbra Streisand’s “The Way We Were”. 9 on the UK Singles Chart. The song also received positive reviews from music critics and continues to be praised as one of McCartney’s best songs. 1 on two of the three major US charts (though it only reached No. Upon release, “Live and Let Die” was the most successful Bond theme up to that point, reaching No.
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