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Diamonds Are Forever is the soundtrack by John Barry for the seventh James Bond film of the same name. "Diamonds Are Forever", the title song with lyrics by Don Black , was the second Bond theme to be performed by Shirley Bassey , after " Goldfinger ".
Dame Shirley Veronica Bassey (/ ˈ b æ s i /; born 8 January 1937 [1]) is a Welsh singer.Known for her career longevity, powerful voice and recording the theme songs to three James Bond films, the only artist to perform more than one, Bassey is one of the most popular vocalists in Britain.
As a result, Bassey made the recordings at very short notice and never regarded the song 'as her own' as she had never had the chance to perform it or promote it first. Indeed, Bassey has seldom performed the song live in comparison to her other two Bond themes, "Goldfinger" and "Diamonds Are Forever". The film uses two versions of the title ...
Dame Shirley, 87, famously sang about diamonds in the 1971 James Bond film starring Sir Sean Connery and said she accepted the offer to sing the track as the lyrics “rang true” to her.
In the chorus, West interpolated the phrase "forever ever, forever ever" from OutKast's "Ms. Jackson". A hip hop song, "Diamonds from Sierra Leone" features a sample of "Diamonds Are Forever", performed by Shirley Bassey. Lyrically, it sees West connect his material wealth to Sierra Leone's blood diamonds and the resulting Sierra Leone Civil War.
Also of note is the song "Our Time is Now," a collaborative effort between veteran Bond composer and long-time Bassey collaborator John Barry and lyricist Don Black, with the duo having previously penned the Bond theme song "Diamonds Are Forever" for her in 1971. Of the finished album, she was said to be "ecstatic".
Diamonds Are Forever is a 1971 spy film and the seventh film in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions. It is the sixth and final Eon film to star Sean Connery , who returned to the role as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond , having declined to reprise the role in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969).
The Remix Album...Diamonds Are Forever is a remix album by Welsh singer Shirley Bassey, released in 2000.It contains some of Bassey's most popular songs, along with lesser-known Bassey tracks, remixed by contemporary DJs and producers such as Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez, Kurtis Mantronik, Nightmares on Wax, Groove Armada, Mark Brydon from Moloko (under the alias DJ Skymoo), and Propellerheads, who ...