who sung the song mr kiss kiss bang bang

Jones said of the final note, “I closed my eyes and I held the note for so long when I opened my eyes the room was spinning.”Ĭountry musician Johnny Cash also submitted a song to EON productions titled “Thunderball” but it wasn’t used. Tom Jones, who sang the new theme song, fainted in the recording booth after singing the song’s final, high note. John Barry teamed up with lyricist Don Black and wrote “Thunderball” in a rush. The song was removed from the title credits after United Artists requested that the theme song contain the title of the film in its lyrics. Both versions were not released until the 1990s. The song was originally recorded by Shirley Bassey, but was later rerecorded by Dionne Warwick.

Barry had thought he couldn’t write a song about a vague “Thunderball” term or the story of the film, so his song was a description of the character of James Bond. The title was taken from an Italian journalist who in 1962 dubbed agent 007 as Mr. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang,” which was written by John Barry and Leslie Bricusse. The original main title theme to Thunderball was entitled “Mr. “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang” by Sean D’Anconia, Mixed-Media in acrylic on canvas/giclee

Who sung the song mr kiss kiss bang bang