Official most downloaded James Bond themes

The new James Bond theme tune is finally here, thanks to Sam Smith. We count down 007's most downloaded signature songs.

Who gets to sing the theme tune for the latest James Bond movie is almost as big a deal as the films themselves, and getting the honour this time is our very own chart record-breaker Sam Smith.

The Writing's On The Wall will soundtrack 007's 24th adventure Spectre, in cinemas in October. No Bond theme tune has ever made it to Number 1, and Sam will be hoping to break that curse. As he waits to see where The Writing's On The Wall will end up, we take a look at the Top 23 (that's all if them so far!) most downloaded Bond tracks and also take a peak at what you've been streaming.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, Adele is out in front with her Oscar-winning dramafest Skyfall, from 2012's movie. Skyfall was stopped form getting to Number 1 by Swedish House Mafia, sadly (for her, not them, obv) but still managed 24 weeks in the Top 40 and has sold over 808,000 downloads to boot. The sky's the limit.

Next up is the tune from the preceding movie Quantum Of Solace, which saw an all-star team-up between Alicia Keys and White Stripes' Jack White. The pair managed to take Another Way To Die into the Top 10, the 11th Bond theme to do so, and have shifted over 208,000 downloads.

Casino Royale's theme song You Know My Name from Chris Cornell comes in third, and behind that is an oldie but a true classic from Carly Simon. Nobody Does It Better was taken from 1977 movie The Spy Who Loved Me, starring Roger Moore, and hit Number 7.

Rounding off the Top 5 is a noisy classic, Live And Let Die, from the movie of the same name. Paul McCartney cemented his post-Beatles legendary status with Wings on this 1973 Top 10, which has been covered by everyone from Guns N Roses to Geri Halliwell. For REAL. Live And Let Die is, fact fans, the most streamed Bond theme, with over 1.24 million listens since we started counting in 2014.

Possibly the most famous Bond theme of all, Shirley Bassey's Goldfinger, has to settle for 8th place, behind Madonna's controversial 2002 theme for Die Another Day.

Here's how the Bond themes rank in download order.

	TITLE	ARTIST	YEAR OF RELEASE
1	SKYFALL	ADELE	2012
2	ANOTHER WAY TO DIE	ALICIA KEYS & JACK WHITE	2008
3	YOU KNOW MY NAME	CHRIS CORNELL	2006
4	NOBODY DOES IT BETTER	CARLY SIMON	1977
5	LIVE AND LET DIE	PAUL MCCARTNEY & WINGS	1973
6	A VIEW TO A KILL	DURAN DURAN	1985
7	DIE ANOTHER DAY	MADONNA	2002
8	GOLDFINGER	SHIRLEY BASSEY	1964
9	THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS	A-HA	1987
10	GOLDENEYE	TINA TURNER	1995
11	FOR YOUR EYES ONLY	SHEENA EASTON	1981
12	DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER	SHIRLEY BASSEY	1971
13	LICENCE TO KILL	GLADYS KNIGHT	1989
14	YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE	NANCY SINATRA	1967
15	THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH	GARBAGE	1999
16	FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE	MATT MONRO	1963
17	TOMORROW NEVER DIES	SHERYL CROW	1997
18	ALL TIME HIGH	RITA COOLIDGE	1983
19	THUNDERBALL	TOM JONES	1965
20	THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN	LULU	1975
21	MOONRAKER	SHIRLEY BASSEY	1979
22	JAMES BOND THEME	JOHN BARRY ORCHESTRA	1963
23	WE HAVE ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD	LOUIS ARMSTRONG	1969

And when it comes to streams, how do they shape up? Here's the Top 10. And, shock horror, no sign of Skyfall!

	TITLE	ARTIST
1	LIVE AND LET DIE	PAUL MCCARTNEY & WINGS
2	A VIEW TO A KILL	DURAN DURAN
3	YOU KNOW MY NAME	CHRIS CORNELL
4	NOBODY DOES IT BETTER	CARLY SIMON
5	ANOTHER WAY TO DIE	ALICIA KEYS & JACK WHITE
6	GOLDFINGER	SHIRLEY BASSEY
7	DIE ANOTHER DAY	MADONNA
8	THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS	A-HA
9	YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE	NANCY SINATRA
10	GOLDENEYE	TINA TURNER

Will Sam Smith be the first Bond theme to go all the way to Number 1? We'll have the answer for your eyes only (well, maybe not strictly true) next week.

Listen to all 23 Bond themes below:

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Andy Myers

28th September 2015

Why Sam Smith? He sings with all the gravatas

of Kermit the Frog.

Fitsy82

27th September 2015

Physical sales put Madonna in the lead being as her single was like many released prior to downloads so this chart is really jargon to make newer artists look credible. On the global platform, Die Another Day has sold more copies than any other bond theme.