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 to cope with its general creative decline and the end of the Cold War". In October 2008 "Time Out" re-issued a review of "Licence to Kill" and also thought that Dalton was unfortunate, saying "one has to feel for Dalton, who was never given a fair shake by either of the films in which he appeared". On a more positive note,Collider's Eric Vespe put it in the top ten of his list, Chuck O'Leary of Fantastica Daily remarked that it was a rare entry in the Bond series where the danger seems real., while Screenrant's Mark Zambrano praised the new