October 5 is official “Global James Bond Day” in honor of the world premiere of the first James Bond film, Dr. No, in 1962 on this date. That makes October 5, 2022 the 60th anniversary. In honor of this milestone, Dave’s Music Database has ranked all of the theme songs from the 26 James Bond films. First is a listing of the films chronologically followed by the ranked list.
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Spotify Podcast:
Check out the Dave’s Music Database podcast episode James Bond Theme Songs: Top 20 which references songs on this list. Premiere: October 4, 2022 at 7pm CST. New episodes based on Dave’s Music Database lists are posted every Tuesday at 7pm CST.
Chronological Order of Movies + Box Office:
The box office figures are adjusted for inflation to 2005 numbers. They come from the Wikipedia page “List of James Bond films.”
1. Dr. No (1962): $448.8 million
2. From Russia with Love (1963): $543.8 million
3. Goldfinger (1964): $820.4 million
4. Thunderball (1965):$848.1 million
5. You Only Live Twice (1967): 514.2 million
6. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969) $291.5 million
7. Diamonds Are Forever (1971): $442.5 million
8. Live and Let Die (1973): $460.3 million
9. The Man with the Golden Gun (1974): $334.0 million
10. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977): $533.0 million
11. Moonraker (1979): $535.0 million
12. For Your Eyes Only (1981): $449.4 million
13. Octopussy (1983): $373.8 million
14. Never Say Never Again (1983): ?
15. A View to a Kill (1985): $275.2 million
16. The Living Daylights (1987): $313.5 million
17. License to Kill (1989): $250.9 million
18. GoldenEye (1995): $518.5 million
19. Tomorrow Never Dies (1997): $463.2 million
20. The World Is Not Enough (1999): $439.5 million
21. Die Another Day (2002): $465.4 million
22. Casino Royale (2006): $589.4 million
23. Quantum of Solace (2008): $514.2 million
24. Skyfall (2012): $943.5 million
25. Spectre (2015): $725.5 million
26. No Time to Die (2021): $582.0 million
Rank Order of Theme Songs:
1. Live and Let Die (1973): Paul McCartney & Wings “Live and Let Die”
2. Skyfall (2012): Adele “Skyfall”
3. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977): Carly Simon “Nobody Does It Better”
4. A View to a Kill (1985): Duran Duran “A View to a Kill”
5. Goldfinger (1964): Shirley Bassey “Goldfinger”
6. For Your Eyes Only (1981): Sheena Easton “For Your Eyes Only”
7. Die Another Day (2002): Madonna “Die Another Day”
8. No Time to Die (2021): Billie Eilish “No Time to Die”
9. Quantum of Solace (2008): Jack White & Alicia Keys “Another Way to Die”
10. The Living Daylights (1987): aha “The Living Daylights”
11. Spectre (2015): Sam Smith “Writing’s on the Wall”
12. GoldenEye (1995): Tina Turner “GoldenEye”
13. Octopussy (1983): Rita Coolidge “All Time High”
14. Dr. No (1962): John Barry “The James Bond Theme”
15. Diamonds Are Forever (1971): Shirley Bassey “Diamonds Are Forever”
16. You Only Live Twice (1967): Nancy Sinatra “You Only Live Twice”
17. Thunderball (1965): Tom Jones “Thunderball”
18. Casino Royale (2006): Chris Cornell “You Know My Name”
19. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969): Louis Armstrong “We Have All the Time in the World”
20. Tomorrow Never Dies (1997): Sheryl Crow “Tomorrow Never Dies”
21. License to Kill (1989): Gladys Knight “License to Kill”
22. From Russia with Love (1963): John Barry “From Russia with Love”
23. Never Say Never Again (1983): Lani Hall “Never Say Never Again”
24. The World Is Not Enough (1999): Garbage “The World Is Not Enough”
25. Moonraker (1979): Shirley Bassey “Moonraker”
26. The Man with the Golden Gun (1974): Lulu “The Man with the Golden Gun”
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First posted 9/30/2022; last updated 10/5/2022. | 
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