A View to a Kill Theme". Barry's composition from "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" was modified for use in the songs "Snow Job", "He's Dangerous" and "Golden Gate Fight" of "A View to a Kill." "A View to a Kill" reached number two on the UK Singles Chart and number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, thus becoming the peak song in the James Bond series. The 2015 track "Writing's On The Wall" later out performed the song in the UK by reaching number one. Duran Duran was chosen to do the song after bassist John Taylor (a lifelong Bond fan)
A View to a Kill (song) DJ's Factory, a Eurodance project of German producer Bülent Aris and British keyboarder Adrian Askew, released a dancefloor-oriented version in Summer 1985, reaching #22 in the German single charts. Shirley Bassey covered the song for an album of Bond theme songs; however, she wasn't satisfied with the quality, so the album was withdrawn from sale. Finnish Melodic Death Metal band Diablo has covered the song, so has Finnish symphonic metal cover supergroup Northern Kings. In 2008, the song was covered with a bossa feeling by former Morcheeba singer Skye on the cover album "Hollywood, Mon Amour". Måns Zelmerlöw performed a