Live and Let Die (song) the most popular cover. Both the McCartney and the Guns N' Roses versions were nominated for Grammy Awards. In 2012, McCartney was awarded the Million-Air Award from Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), for more than 4 million performances of the song in the US. Even before Tom Mankiewicz had finished writing the screenplay to "Live and Let Die," producers Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli invited Paul McCartney to write the theme song. McCartney asked to be sent a copy of Ian Fleming's novel. "I read it and thought it was pretty good. That afternoon I wrote the song and went
Live and Let Die (album) and "Still Wanted Dead or Alive" act as sequels, respectively, to the songs "Streets of New York", "Talk Like Sex", and "Wanted: Dead or Alive" from the previous album. After the release of tensions arouse between Kool G Rap and Eric B. who produced and mixed most of the songs on the album. Rather than using the same formula that he used on his two previous albums, Kool G Rap decided to give "Live and Let Die" a cinematic feel with each song telling a different story and providing backdrops for the respective scenes. He recruited several non-East Coast artists