Adele's title song for 'Skyfall' may be the best shot at a chart number one for years, but how did the previous artists perform?

Title Song Charts

1st October 2012

With only a couple of exceptions, every James Bond punctuates the end of the pre-title sequence with a well-known artist performing the film's title song ("Dr. No" had no pre-title sequence or song, "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" featured an instrumental). As the film series celebrates its 50th anniversary, Adele will give the franchise one of the best chances of landing a number one hit on both sides of the Atlantic. But who were the past successes with pop charts, and who were the flops?

Film	Artist	UK	USA
Dr. No	None	N/A	N/A
From Russia With Love	Matt Monro	N/A	N/A
Goldfinger	Shirley Bassey	21	8
Thunderball	Tom Jones	35	25
You Only Live Twice	Nancy Sinatra	11	44
On Her Majesty's Secret Service	(Instrumental)	N/A	N/A
Diamonds Are Forever	Shirley Bassey	38	57
Live And Let Die	Paul McCartney & Wings	7	2
The Man With The Golden Gun	Lulu	N/A	N/A
The Spy Who Loved Me *	Carly Simon	7	2
Moonraker	Shirley Bassey	N/A	N/A
For Your Eyes Only	Sheena Easton	8	4
Octopussy *	Rita Coolidge	75	36
A View To A Kill	Duran Duran	2	1
The Living Daylights	a-ha	5	N/A
Licence To Kill	Gladys Knight	6	N/A
GoldenEye	Tina Turner	10	N/A
Tomorrow Never Dies	Sheryl Crow	12	N/A
The World Is Not Enough	Garbage	11	N/A
Die Another Day	Madonna	3	8
Casino Royale *	Chris Cornell	7	79
Quantum of Solace *	Jack White & Alicia Keys	9	81
Skyfall	Adele	TBD	TBD

UK & US figures are the peak chart positon in their respective country.
* The song title was not the same as the movie title.

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