THE BEST
Nobody Does it Better, Carly Simon
Carole Bayer Sager's words are legitimately sexy while the music by Marvin Hamlisch uses every cliché in the composer's arsenal to build to a syrupy but irresistible coda.
We Have All The Time in the World, Louis Armstrong
The delicate ballad from Her Majesty's Secret Service answers the question: what would it sound like of Louis Armstrong met Burt Bacharach? It sounds good.
For Your Eyes Only, Sheena Easton
A truly horrible song by any measure — except the Bond theme measure. Easton crams in the lyrical double-entendres just in case we forget we're at the peak of the Roger Moore-era and never misses an opportunity to over-emote. To hear Easton sing it, James Bond isn't just keeping the world safe from baddies, he's keeping our hearts safe, too.
Goldeneye, Tina Turner
Composed by Bono and the Edge and sung by Tina Turner, who gets into the same vocal space as Shirley Bassey; she's a little camp, but not so camp that you can't enjoy the song as light entertainment.
Goldfinger, Shirley Bassey
Less a song than an alphorn to herd people into movie theaters, Bassey walks the line between seduction and camp with the same dexterity as Sean Connery.