McCartney Voted Best Bond Theme

Paul McCartney and Wings Live and Let Die was voted greatest ever Bond theme. Shirley Bassey took the next two positions with Goldfinger and Diamonds are Forever. These results come from a British survey of Bond fans conducted by British retailer HMV.

Fans were also asked to vote for their favourite ever James Bond, with Sean Connery winning by a big margin, followed by the current Bond Daniel Craig and his predecessor Pierce Brosnan in second and third place respectively.

Favourite James Bond theme songs:
1. ‘Live And Let Die’ – Paul McCartney and Wings
2. ‘Goldfinger’ – Shirley Bassey
3. ‘Diamonds Are Forever’ -  Shirley Bassey
4. ‘Nobody Does It Better’ – Carly Simon
5. ‘James Bond Theme (Dr. No)’ – John Barry Seven and Orchestra
6. ‘We Have All The Time In The World’ – Louis Armstrong
7. ‘GoldenEye’ – Tina Turner
8. ‘View To A Kill’ – Duran Duran
9. ‘Living Daylights’ – A-Ha
10. ‘James Bond Theme’ – John Arnold

Favourite James Bond actor:
1. Sean Connery
2. Daniel Craig
3. Pierce Brosnan
4. Roger Moore
5. Timothy Dalton
6. George Lazenby
7. David Niven
8. Barry Nelson