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Today, from the Bond on Vinyl archives, we’re jumping ahead to the early 2000s and listening to music featured in Die Another Day!
Believe me, long before the FORTY minutes of Madonna’s Die Another Day theme song remixes were done playing, my entire family wished our turntable speakers would die – TODAY. 😆
The single, as well as this Europe-only double vinyl release, was put out two weeks before the full soundtrack, and a month before the film debuted in theaters in November 2002. Receiving mixed reviews at the time and mostly negative reviews from people comparing the theme to previous Bond music, the track was actually nominated for a Golden Globe and two Grammy Awards. Despite being repetitive tech-pop, the song was successful on the Billboard charts, peaking at #8 in the US, and topping the charts in many other countries while also becoming the top-selling dance song in the US for 2002 and 2003.
The film version of the song played during the main titles with visuals of James Bond being tortured, apparently led to some of the (more nonsensical) lyrics (if you want my opinion), such as “I’m gonna destroy my ego … Sigmund Freud … Analyze this” based off Madonna’s understanding of the film’s story. The music video is also a confusing take on this opening scene, with Madonna herself actually replacing the tortured Bond, and not playing the fencing instructor character that allowed her to cameo in the actual film.😛
62. Madonna – Die Another Day
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