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Today, from the Bond on Vinyl archives, we’re still listening to For Your Eyes Only!
It’s difficult to picture the film ‘For Your Eyes Only’ without composer Bill Conti’s score and Sheena Easton’s vocals on the main theme, but Easton was not actually the first choice. American rock band Blondie wrote and recorded their own original song, “For Your Eyes Only”, with Debbie Harry’s lyrics, but producers wanted Blondie to simply perform the song that had been written by Conti and lyricist Michael Leeson. The band, however, completely refused to do so and lost the gig.
Blondie’s rejected version of “For Your Eyes Only” was released the following year on their 1982 album, ‘The Hunter’. The concept album did not chart nearly as high as the band’s previous releases and was not received well by fans (at the time). Six months later, the band separated, eventually reuniting 17 years later.
It may have been confusing, but I really wish this version of the song would have also been included in the film in addition to the Easton theme. Perhaps the Blondie tune could have played over the end credits instead of the audience just hearing a reprise of the main title.
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