Licence to Kill (song) Licence to Kill (song) "Licence to Kill" is a 1989 song by Gladys Knight, written and recorded for the James Bond film "Licence to Kill", also from 1989. It was written by Narada Michael Walden, Jeffrey Cohen and Walter Afanasieff. Release as a single in May 1989, the song became a top-ten hit in the United Kingdom, peaking at number six and becoming Knight's last charting solo single there. The song charted very strongly in Europe, peaking atop the Swedish Singles Chart for eight weeks and reaching the top five in seven other European countries. It also peaked at number
Goldfinger (Shirley Bassey song) "Goldfinger" for her 2014 album "Hello Like Before". In doing so she addressed two notes that she thought "sounded wrong" in the original. Parodies of the song include "Dr. Evil", written by They Might Be Giants for "", and "Max Power", from "The Simpsons" episode "Homer to the Max". In 1989, after the release of the James Bond theme song "Licence to Kill", from the film of the same title, it was felt to significantly reuse important elements of "Goldfinger", and so the songwriting credits for the former were adapted for all subsequent releases. Goldfinger (Shirley Bassey song) "Goldfinger" is