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
Motifs in the James Bond film series "The Living Daylights", as well as a double-decker bus in "Live and Let Die". Bond's adventures have taken him to over sixty countries, as well as outer space, in locations mostly described as attractive and exotic. These locations are primarily real places, though on occasion—such as San Monique ("Live and Let Die") and Isthmus ("Licence to Kill")—the destinations have been fictional. The locations used for filming have often altered because of the effects of Bond's presence: Scaramanga's hideout on Ko Tapu () in "The Man with the Golden Gun" is often now referred to as "James Bond Island" both by