Sam Smith To Sing Bond Song

Sam Smith has recorded the theme song for upcoming James Bond movie Spectre.

17:18 09 September 2015

Sam Smith has recorded the theme song for upcoming James Bond movie Spectre, calling the opportunity as “one of the highlights of my career.”   

 

"I am so excited to be a part of this iconic British legacy and join an incredible line up of some of my biggest musical inspirations."

 

The track, entitled Writing’s on the Wall, will be released on 25 September.

 

Last week, Smith told BBC Radio 2’s Jo Whiley he was “definitely not” working on the project. Explaining his comment, he told Radio 1's Nick Grimshaw: "I'm so relieved to actually talk about this, this has been a top secret mission of my own."

 

He added that the track has been recorded in January.

 

"I got called into the office with Barbara Broccoli and Sam Mendes and they gave me the script, I read the script... they said 'have a go at the song'.

 

"It's the quickest I've ever written a song - it took 20 minutes... and they loved it!"

"I love the song so much," he added.

 

Smith co-wrote the title song with fellow Grammy award winner Jimmy Napes. It is the first time James Bond theme song recorded by a British male solo artist since 1965.

 

The new James Bond film, which stars Daniel Craig, is scheduled to be released on 26 October.