My favourite Bond theme ever. No.12 is actually a bit of an insult.

 

I find that hardly any of the Bond Theme peak positions reflect how great the song is. I find it suprising how Shirley Bassey's Goldfinger (possibly her signature song) only reached #21!

My favourite Bond theme ever. No.12 is actually a bit of an insult.

 

It got to #11 did it not?

 

Its my fave too :wub:

The 80s Bond themes are the best IMHO - particiularly License To Kill (which I was SURE was a #1, #6 is BULLSHIZ).

I'm a Bond geek :kink: here is the complete list from my Bond database.

 

Title/Artist/Peak/Weeks

 

Dr. No (1962)

The James Bond Theme - John Barry Orchestra 13 (11)

 

From Russia with Love (1963)

From Russia with Love - Matt Monro 20 (13)

 

Goldfinger (1964)

Goldfinger - Shirley Bassey 21 (9)

 

Thunderball (1965)

Thunderball - Tom Jones 35 (4)

 

You Only Live Twice (1967)

You Only Live Twice - Nancy Sinatra 11 (19)

 

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969)

We Have All the Time in the World - Louis Armstrong 3 (13)

 

Diamonds Are Forever (1971)

Diamonds Are Forever - Shirley Bassey 38 (6)

 

Live and Let Die (1973)

Live and Let Die - Wings 9 (14)

 

The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)

The Man with the Golden Gun - Lulu – –

 

The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

Nobody Does it Better - Carly Simon 7 (12)

 

Moonraker (1979)

Moonraker - Shirley Bassey – –

 

For Your Eyes Only (1981)

For Your Eyes Only - Sheena Easton 8 (13)

 

Octopussy (1983)

All Time High - Rita Coolidge 75 (1)

 

A View to a Kill (1985)

A View to a Kill - Duran Duran 2 (16)

 

The Living Daylights (1987)

The Living Daylights - A-Ha 5 (9)

 

Licence to Kill (1989)

Licence to Kill - Gladys Knight 6 (11)

 

Goldeneye (1995)

Goldeneye - Tina Turner 10 (9)

 

Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)

Tomorrow Never Dies - Sheryl Crow 12 (9)

 

The World is Not Enough (1999)

The World is Not Enough - Garbage 11 (9)

 

Die Another Day (2002)

Die Another Day - Madonna 3 (16)

 

Casino Royale (2006)

You Know My Name – Chris Cornell 7 (12)

 

Quantum of Solace (2008)

Another Way to Die – Jack White & Alicia Keys 10 (6)

 

Skyfall (2012)

Let The Sky Fall – Adele

 

 

 

Whether it is this single, or her next album, Adele wont match the success of 21. I fully expect the sales of her next collection to be more in line with 19 (which is still fantastic considering). I would love it if she denied that awful 1D monstrosity.

Edited September 26, 201212 yr by jay727

You Know My Name is brilliant, if this matches its quality I'll be both shocked and rather pleased.

'Die Another Day' is my favourite Bond song, by default really. I'm not a big fan of that big, jazz sound that usually accompanies a Bond soundtrack. It's also one of just a handful of Madonna songs I can tolerate. The rest are all pretty meh to me.

 

I hope this is something like on her '21' album. I'm intrigued about it, but I doubt I'll like it.

Then it's hopelessly optimistic, Adele as a single-selling brand is nowhere near the same as One Direction - as you clearly know.

 

Remind me - how much has Someone Like You' sold, compared to OD's best-seller...? ;)

 

 

Whether it is this single, or her next album, Adele wont match the success of 21. I fully expect the sales of her next collection to be more in line with 19 (which is still fantastic considering). I would love it if she denied that awful 1D monstrosity.

 

No-one really expects her next album to do as well as '21', but even if it sells just *half* as much, those will be some pretty big numbers! Certainly Oasis's 1st-week sales record will be in serious jeopardy...

Everybody expected Bad by Michael Jackson to sell 90096700 copies after Thriller. It was declared as an underperformer when it sold only 30 million worldwide and contained five #1's on Hot 100 and seven top ten hits.

 

Anything above 1,5 million is absolutely brilliant for the next Adele album imo.

Edited September 27, 201212 yr by SKOB

Whether it is this single, or her next album, Adele wont match the success of 21. I fully expect the sales of her next collection to be more in line with 19 (which is still fantastic considering). I would love it if she denied that awful 1D monstrosity.

 

If she has a massive single pre- new album, ANYTHING is possible.

 

You see it with the likes of Dido (yawn) her breakthrough 2m+ selling album is followed up by another one. (i know Adele's had 2 albums now but 21 was kinda a breakthrough album)

Norah Jones/Katie Melua/Anastasia/Joss Stone have all have 2 albums sell 1m+, the 2nd largely off the back of the 1st.

 

And considering Adele is actually GOOD I'd say at least 3m of her next album is virtually nailed on.

 

Of course if she embraces thrash metal as a musical genre then ignore all of the above.

But Adele is no Duffy!

Edited September 27, 201212 yr by stebags

Remind me - how much has Someone Like You' sold, compared to OD's best-seller...? ;)

 

No-one really expects her next album to do as well as '21', but even if it sells just *half* as much, those will be some pretty big numbers! Certainly Oasis's 1st-week sales record will be in serious jeopardy...

 

I'm not even going to address the first point as it's just idiotic.

 

And Oasis' record is highly unlikely to go, you're forgetting just how vast and rabid their fanbase was in '97 and "21" still hasn't matched the sales of "Morning Glory".

I must be the only person not excited about this. I've seriously never rated Adele and she's now easily one of the most overrated artists ever. It'll be massive though.

You're not and I completely echo your sentiments. I hope its a turd and starts the downfall.

 

Remind me - how much has Someone Like You' sold, compared to OD's best-seller...? ;)

No-one really expects her next album to do as well as '21', but even if it sells just *half* as much, those will be some pretty big numbers! Certainly Oasis's 1st-week sales record will be in serious jeopardy...

How much did SLY sell first week, compared to WMYB? Adele sells well singles wise if she has a good song, and only if she has a good song, whereas comparatively OD sell well single wise regardless.

'Gotta Be You' and 'One Thing' by One Direction only sold within the 100k-150k region in total, as far as I'm aware. That's pretty poor for #3 and #9 peaks in today's chart climate. Thus far, their one worthwhile singles chart performance is 'What Makes You Beautiful'.

 

"Adele sells well singles wise if she has a good song, and only if she has a good song" is highly subjective & irrelevant to how well she'll do in the singles chart in the future. Hype will be the major factor in the "Adele does Bond Theme" scenario.

You guys, Adele is THE most hyped acts in the world right now. She doesn't sell for her fanbase or for a specific public, she sells across all demographics. The second her single is released, it'll be played to death by all radio stations and publicized nonstop by all media vehicles 'cause everyone is thirst for a new release by her and her lack of public appearances only make her release a bigger event. It'll sell bucketloads easily in its first week.

Remind me - how much has Someone Like You' sold, compared to OD's best-seller...? ;)

No-one really expects her next album to do as well as '21', but even if it sells just *half* as much, those will be some pretty big numbers! Certainly Oasis's 1st-week sales record will be in serious jeopardy...

 

Not a chance. The only act that has come close to Oasis was Take That in 2010 with over 520k in a week. Oasis' record will never be touched.

 

 

'Gotta Be You' and 'One Thing' by One Direction only sold within the 100k-150k region in total, as far as I'm aware. That's pretty poor for #3 and #9 peaks in today's chart climate. Thus far, their one worthwhile singles chart performance is 'What Makes You Beautiful'.

 

They are a one song group. None of their other releases have made any real chart impact and haven't lasted long in the charts at all. They are only big because of the Yanks and the fact that they are a teen boyband which they havent had properly over there for a while. In the UK even JLS wipe the floor with them in terms of first album sales and singles.

Edited September 27, 201212 yr by jay727

This has to be good. Adele singing, Paul Epworth production. I can't wait.

If she has a massive single pre- new album, ANYTHING is possible.

 

You see it with the likes of Dido (yawn) her breakthrough 2m+ selling album is followed up by another one. (i know Adele's had 2 albums now but 21 was kinda a breakthrough album)

Norah Jones/Katie Melua/Anastasia/Joss Stone have all have 2 albums sell 1m+, the 2nd largely off the back of the 1st.

 

Don't forget '19' has sold over 2 million as well - more than half of that since the release of '21'.

 

Adele album 3 will obviously not come close to the domination of '21' but it should have no problems at all passing the million mark and another 2 million seller wouldn't be too far-fetched providing her new music is well received.

 

How much did SLY sell first week, compared to WMYB? Adele sells well singles wise if she has a good song, and only if she has a good song, whereas comparatively OD sell well single wise regardless.

 

That's slightly ridiculous. One Direction have had a total of one high-selling single while Adele has at least 4 (not sure how much Chasing Pavements has sold). Adele's only low-selling singles were the other two '19' singles (which were before she became a world-conquering force) and 'Rumour Has It' which wasn't even a proper single. 'Gotta Be You' in particular was an enormous underperformance, did it even sell 200k?

Edited September 27, 201212 yr by Bré

Anybody who thinks this isn't going to be one of the biggest singles of the year must be smoking some bloody good crack. The only way it would disappoint is if the song itself is seriously average or worse and you know they're not going to mess this up. It'll be a return to form for the bond themes.

 

As for that cack about Adele not having a fanbase...

 

Adele is a weird case, I have to second the opinion that she does not have a regular fanbase. During 2012 she was massive and appealed to a lot o people but I do not see why people are expecting her to do it again. 19 was successful yet not huge before 21 was released and it was still Adele. It has sold more on the 21 era than it did when it was promoted ^_^ . She did evolve during the time between the two albums but they bear a striking resemblance to each other imo (with 21 having 2-3 better songs). I imagine her huge sales are because of the hype around this album and the fact she could target all groups at the same time (and of course it was a good one too), but how many people would really say "Adele is my favourite artist"? I don't think there are many of them honestly, much less than the millions she sold anyway (in contrast with 1D, JLS etc in which case most fans are in love with them). She is considered a diva now and is already greatly successful but how possible is it that she retains this crazy momentum anyway? (even statisticaly I don't think it has happened many times before)

 

Adele sold enough to get a place in the most successful albums of all time in the UK and one of the best selling albums worldwide during the last years but it is questionable (my opinion is no) whether the very material of the album is really of such high standards. It may come down to personal opinion but for example I would rank Winehouse (who is also recent) and Back to Black ahead of Adele.

Gosh!!! :o

 

I go away for a few days holiday and return to discover there could actually be a One Direction Vs Rihanna Vs Adele chart battle next week. :o

 

All three tracks have the potential to sell bucketloads (in the first week for 1D at least) so this could be a very interesting time for the UK charts.