You can hear the Bassey and Warwick arrangements on "The Best of James Bond 30th Anniversary Collection" double CD (The single CD has only Warwick's version). Kiss Kiss.Bang Bang was distributed in Italy by Cineriz and released on. 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. The opening song for the film was composed by Bruno Nicolai and Pino Cassia and sung by Nancy Cuomo. They weren't happy with it, and so Dionne Warwick recorded a new arrangement. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang song from the album Themes From James Bond Movies is. So instead they wrote "Mister Kiss Kiss Bang Bang," and had Shirley Bassey record it. Listen to Johnny Pearson & His London Orchestra Mr.
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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?). Kiss Kiss Bang Bang from james Bond: Thunderball Song Album/Movie, The Definitive James Bond Collection Singers, John Morgan Orchestra Lyricist. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (From 'Thunderball') on the English music album Hollywoods Greatest Movie Themes of All Time by 101 Strings Orchestra, only on JioSaavn. 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). 2 The song was originally recorded by Shirley Bassey. Barry had thought he could not write a song about a vague 'Thunderball' term or the film's story, so his song was a description of the character James Bond. The nickname by which James Bond became known in Italy and Japan, after the first three or so films. The title was taken from an Italian journalist who in 1962 dubbed agent 007 as 'Mr.