Then the producers stepped in and said, no, we need a song called 'Thunderball' (Was Bassey threatening legal action? Was 'Kiss Kiss Bang Bang' too suggestive for airplay?)- and so Barry went back to the studio with lyricist Don Black and 'Thunderball' was sung by Tom Jones. They weren't happy with it, and so Dionne Warwick recorded a new arrangement. So instead they wrote 'Mister Kiss Kiss Bang Bang,' and had Shirley Bassey record it. They agreed that writing a song based on the new film's title, Thunderball, was going to be tricky to write lyrics for (what rhymes with thunderball? dunderball? chundermall?). Original song written for the film, Thunderball.Īfter the smash success of Goldfinger as a single, composer John Barry called in songwriter Leslie Bricusse again ( Anthony Newley was unavailable). It does not store any personal data.The nickname by which James Bond became known in Italy and Japan, after the first three or so films. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Performance'. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Other. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Necessary'.

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