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." That afternoon I wrote the song and went in the next week and did it . "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. Įven before Tom Mankiewicz had finished writing the screenplay to Live and Let Die, producers Harry Saltzman and Albert R. (BMI), for more than 4 million performances of the song in the US. In 2012, McCartney was awarded the Million-Air Award from Broadcast Music, Inc. 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". 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. It was also the first rock song to open a Bond film. Wings recorded "Live and Let Die" during the sessions for Red Rose Speedway in October 1972 at AIR Studios. Broccoli before the screenplay was finished. McCartney was contacted to write the song by the film's producers Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Written by English musician Paul McCartney and his wife Linda McCartney, it reunited McCartney with former Beatles producer George Martin, who produced the song and arranged the orchestra. " Live and Let Die" is the theme song of the 1973 James Bond film of the same name, performed by the British–American rock band Wings. "Live and Let Die" (2018 Remaster) on YouTube Paul McCartney and Wings singles chronology
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