"Licence to Kill" | ||||
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Single by Gladys Knight | ||||
from the album Licence to Kill soundtrack | ||||
B-side | "Pam" | |||
Released | May 30, 1989[1] | |||
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Genre | R&B[2] | |||
Length | 5:15 | |||
Label | MCA | |||
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"Licence to Kill" is a song by American singer Gladys Knight, written and recorded for the James Bond film Licence to Kill, taken from the soundtrack of the film's same name. The song was written by Narada Michael Walden, Jeffrey Cohen and Walter Afanasieff, and produced by Walden and associate production helmed by Afanasieff.
"Licence to Kill" was released as the soundtrack's lead single on May 30, 1989, by MCA Records. The song became a top-10 hit in the United Kingdom, peaking at number six and becoming Knight's last charting solo single there. In Europe, the song peaked atop the Swedish Singles Chart for eight weeks (four chart periods at the time) and reached the top five in seven other European countries. It also peaked at number 79 on Canada's RPM 100 Singles chart but did not appear on the US Billboard Hot 100.
Instead, producers leaned more into the safe, radio-friendly R&B sound of the time, awarding Gladys Knight the theme...
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