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
Licence to Kill looks as bored in his second Bond film as Sean Connery did in his sixth." Opinion on "Licence to Kill" has changed with the passing of time, some reviews are still mixed, though film review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes lists the film with a positive 77% "fresh" rating from 52 reviews. Reviews have improved since Daniel Craig's tenure, Glen intimating that Dalton's Bond influenced his. Some are still unimpressed.Tom Hibbert of "Empire" gives the film only two of a possible five stars, observing that "Dalton ... is really quite hopeless". Hibbert concluded that "he may look the part, but Timothy Dalton