Sam Smith is making good on all those Adele comparisons he received early on in his career by landing a James Bond song of his own. After initially denying that he was taking over the coveted theme-song duties from the “Skyfall” singer, Smith debuted on Friday the full version of “Writing’s on the Wall” from the upcoming Bond film Spectre, due in theaters Nov. 6. The sweeping ballad keeps it fairly traditional—you won’t find the glitched-out vocoder weirdness of Madonna’s “Die Another Day”—and it’s already gotten the approval of Sir Roger Moore, the actor who played 007 for seven movies between 1973 and 1985. You can get the track here.
See Every Singer of the Bond Theme Songs
Monty Norman is one of the composers, and also sang the theme of Dr. No.
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John Barry composed the scores many of the earlier Bond films.
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Matt Morno, together with John Barry, sang the theme song for From Russia with Love.
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Shirley Bassey sang the theme songs for the films Goldfinger; Diamonds Are Forever and Moonraker.
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Tom Jones sang the theme song for the film Thunderball.
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Nancy Sinatra sang the theme song for You Only Live Twice.
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Louis Armstrong sang the theme song for On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
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Paul McCartney and Wings sang the theme song for Live and Let Die.
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Lulu sang the theme song for The Man with the Golden Gun.
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Carly Simon sang the theme song for The Spy Who Loved Me.
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Sheena Easton sang the theme song for For Your Eyes Only.
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Rita Coolidge sang the theme song for Octopussy.
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Duran Duran sang the theme song for A View to Kill.
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A-ha sang the theme song for The Living Daylights.
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Gladys Knight sang the theme song for License to Kill.
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Tina Turner sang the theme song for GoldenEye.
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Sheryl Crow sang the theme song for Tomorrow Never Dies.
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Garbage sang the theme song for The World is Not Enough.
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Madonna sang the theme song for Die Another Day.
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Chris Cornell of the band, Audioslave, sang the theme song for Casino Royale.
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Jack White, together with Alicia Keys, sang the theme song for Quantum of Solace.
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Alicia Keys, together with Jack White, sang the theme song for Quantum of Solace.
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Adele sang the theme song for Skyfall
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Sam Smith sang the theme song for Spectre.
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