--- title: Sam Smith 'Writing's On the Wall' Video - Spectre Theme description: Featuring footage from the upcoming Bond movie canonical: https://time.com/4061103/sam-smith-james-bond-theme-video/ author: Nolan Feeney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-05T13:45:54.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:01:22.829Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Watch Sam Smith's Video for 'Writing's On the Wall' og:description: Featuring footage from the upcoming James Bond movie 'Spectre' og:url: https://time.com/4061103/sam-smith-james-bond-theme-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Sam Smith's Video for 'Writing's On the Wall' twitter:description: Featuring footage from the upcoming James Bond movie 'Spectre' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Sam Smith's Video for _Spectre_ Theme 'Writing's On the Wall'  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Oct 5, 2015 1:45 PM CUT  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Oct 5, 2015 1:45 PM CUT A little more than a week after premiering his [theme song](http://time.com/4049935/sam-smith-spectre-bond-theme-writings-on-the-wall/ "undefined") for the James Bond movie _Spectre_, Sam Smith is already dropping the video. That’s because Monday is Global James Bond Day, a new holiday started by the film series’ production company during the franchise’s 50th anniversary that celebrates the release date of the very first film, 1962’s _Dr. No_. (What, [Oct. 3](http://time.com/4054977/mean-girls-day-october-3rd/ "undefined") can’t have all the fun.) Three years ago on this date, Adele premiered “Skyfall.” This year, we get a clip that’s half Sam Smith video, with many shots of Smith standing around looking sad, and half _Spectre_ trailer, with a closer look at the latest Bond girl, Léa Seydoux. See the whole thing above, and catch _Spectre_ in theaters on Nov. 6. ### Meet Every James Bond Ever  Dr. No (1962) - Sean Connery United Artists  From Russia with Love (1963) - Sean Connery United Artists  Goldfinger (1964) - Sean Connery United Artists  Thunderball (1965) - Sean Connery United Artists  You Only Live Twice (1967) - Sean Connery United Artists  On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) - George Lazenby United Artists  Diamonds Are Forever (1971) - Sean Connery United Artists  Live and Let Die (1973) - Roger Moore United Artists  The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) - Roger Moore United Artists  The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) - Roger Moore United Artists  Moonraker (1979) - Roger Moore United Artists  For Your Eyes Only (1981) - Roger Moore United Artists  Octopussy (1983) - Roger Moore United Artists  A View to a Kill (1985) - Roger Moore United Artists  The Living Daylights (1987) - Timothy Dalton United Artists  Licence to Kill (1989) - Timothy Dalton United Artists  GoldenEye (1995) - Pierce Brosnan MGM  Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) - Pierce Brosnan MGM  The World Is Not Enough (1999) - Pierce Brosnan MGM  Die Another Day (2002) - Pierce Brosnan MGM  Casino Royale (2006) - Daniel Craig MGM/Columbia  Quantum of Solace (2008) - Daniel Craig MGM/Columbia  Skyfall (2012) - Daniel Craig MGM/Columbia ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4061103/sam-smith-james-bond-theme-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4061103/sam-smith-james-bond-theme-video/"},"headline":"Watch Sam Smith's Video for Spectre Theme 'Writing's On the Wall'","datePublished":"2015-10-05T13:45:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:01:22.829Z","description":"Featuring footage from the upcoming Bond movie","url":"https://time.com/4061103/sam-smith-james-bond-theme-video/","keywords":["Music","Sam Smith"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4061103/sam-smith-james-bond-theme-video/","name":"Watch Sam Smith's Video for Spectre Theme 'Writing's On the Wall'"}}]}] ```