The Living Daylights (song) (the band Duran Duran made similar claims after they worked briefly with Barry on the theme to the previous Bond film, "A View to a Kill", in 1985). However, Waaktaar has also said: "I loved the stuff he [John Barry] added to the track. I mean, it gave it this sort of really cool string arrangement. That's when it, for me, started to sound like a Bond thing." "The Living Daylights" was released in the summer of 1987. The song peaked at number five in the United Kingdom and number one in Norway. The song remains one of a-ha's most
Motifs in the James Bond film series a final attack on Bond and his lover in the final scene. In the first twenty two films of the Eon Bond series, only "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" and "Casino Royale", have ended with the central Bond girl deceased. In all other films, except "Quantum of Solace" and "Skyfall", Bond is kissing her, making love, or implying that he will do so. Sometimes an embarrassed M catches Bond during his embraces. Most endings feature a double entendre and, in many of the films, the Bond girl purrs, "Oh, James." Until "A View to a Kill", the title of the