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"Secret Agent Man" is a song written by P. F. Sloan and Steve Barri. [4] The most famous recording of the song was made by Johnny Rivers for the opening titles of the American broadcast of the British spy series Danger Man , which aired in the U.S. as Secret Agent from 1964 to 1966. [ 4 ]
The series used an updated version of the 1960s hit, “Secret Agent Man”, performed by Supreme Beings of Leisure, for its theme song.Because the Johnny Rivers version of this song was used as the theme song for American broadcasts of another television series, the 1960s British TV series, Danger Man (primarily broadcast in the U.S. as Secret Agent), there were some mistaken impressions that ...
"Secret Agent Man" (Johnny Rivers song), a song written by Steve Barri and P. F. Sloan used as the opening theme for American broadcast of the TV series Danger Man "Secret Agent Man" (The Superjesus song), 2001; Danger Man, a British TV series broadcast as Secret Agent in the U.S. from 1964 to 1966, sometimes erroneously referred to as Secret ...
Philip Gary "Flip" Sloan (né Schlein; September 18, 1945 – November 15, 2015), [1] known professionally as P. F. Sloan, was an American singer and songwriter.During the mid-1960s, he wrote, performed, and produced many Billboard Top 20 hits for artists such as Barry McGuire, the Searchers, Jan and Dean, Herman's Hermits, Johnny Rivers, the Grass Roots, the Turtles, and the Mamas and the Papas.
Producer Joseph E. Levine picked it up for American and worldwide distribution and reedited it under the title The Second Best Secret Agent in the Whole Wide World. [2] The theme song for the American version, composed by Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen and performed by Sammy Davis Jr., is used in the 2011 film drama Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
The name of the "ultimate weapon" invented by Tat Man-sai, 攞你命3000 (Lifetaker 3000), is also the name of a Hong Kong, low-budget blue movie. The scene where the camera pans slowly around a room of various James Bond posters to focus on Stephen Chow combing his hair and admiring himself in the mirror is a parody of the last scene of Days ...
“I’m looking for a man in finance, trust fund, 6’5”, blue eyes. Finance, trust fund, 6’5” blue eyes,” Boni sings to the camera in a sing-songy way that calls to mind the 2010 hit ...
One of the most prominent things about the song is the opening guitar riff that repeats throughout the song. It is similar to the riff from Monty Norman's James Bond theme and was supposedly added to Rivers' version of the song by Chuck Day googuse 04:25, 3 November 2007 (UTC)