Sam Smith has proven he has more in common with Madonna, Adele, Shirley Bassey and Tom Jones than just big booming voices and British accents. The out soul singer has announced that he’ll join those illustrious vocalists and the latest to land the prestigious gig of recording the theme song for a James Bond caper.
“Writing’s on the Wall,” Smith’s theme for the upcoming Spectre, will be released September 25, ahead of the film’s November 6 premiere.
“This is one of the highlights of my career,” Smith said in a statement released today. “I am honored to finally announce that I will be singing the next Bond theme song. I am so excited to be a part of this iconic British legacy and join an incredible line up of some of my biggest musical inspirations. I hope you all enjoy the song as much as I enjoyed making it.”
He also posted a photo of himself lounging in bed with the cheeky caption: Practising to be the best Bond girl I can be.
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Alexander Mcafee-Chang
I know when I will be taking a piss during the movie now. He’s AWFUL.
Anthony Bryan Hilton
and the rest of the gay community could care less.
Frank Vaca
Openly
Will Glitzern
I’m glad!
Jane Freeman
That we know of!
Sheryl Mcallister
So what that’s like putting first human to sing a song
Sandy Novak
Omg so what?
Ton Saeliew
Omg so much progress. So happy we’ve overcome that James Bond cliff — not lol…
Arcamenel
@Anthony Bryan Hilton: COULDN’T CARE LESS.
broadshoulder
Its quite a big thing doing this. He’s keeping the British end up…
Stephen Mole
How do you know?
Andre Boykin
I honestly don’t know why this matters. Now if he was the first GUY to sing a 007 song, which he isn’t, then that would be something worth writing about.
Fidel Lee
may not be entirely true!! boy george sang a bond theme before but i dont think he was out at the time?….. was he ever closeted? 🙂
bottom250
I am so happy for him. I be the song will be fabulous.
Francisco Alberto
Are you serious? It’s not relevant at all.
Michael Stevens
Hope he’s not as whiny as usual
Jeremy Kinser
@Fidel Lee:
Boy George might have sung Bond theme songs in concert but he’s never recorded an original 007 anthem for a film in the franchise.
Charlie in Charge
Well done, Sam. The bond theme song pantheon is quite notable, though can anyone really ever top Tina Turner’s Goldeneye?
I do wish the name of the song would be the name of the film as is the case with most of the top Bond songs of history.
OhHellNo
Shirley Bassey isn’t a gay man?
iBLOW
I thought Ellie Goulding was going to be doing it?
BlogShag
@Jeremy Kinser:
Letter to Queerty Editor:
Jeremy you need to do more research instead of frequently looking like a fool on this site. Tom Jones sang the theme song to the James Bond movie, “Thunderball”
Sincerely-
BlogShag
Jeremy Kinser
@BlogShag:
You’re the one who needs to do the research. Tom Jones is straight.
Glücklich
@Charlie in Charge:
Tina Turner’s a talented artist but do you think she sang a better song than Nancy Sinatra doing “You Only Live Twice”?
Wings “Live and Let Die”?
And I’m biased to the 80’s so my personal favorite is Duran Duran singing “A View to a Kill”.
clhs
@Anthony Bryan Hilton: Could care less or couldn’t care less? Only one makes sense (clue: it’s the latter).
bigblackhose
@Anthony Bryan Hilton: “couldn’t” care less….
stranded
@OhHellNo: LMAO!!! AHHHH!
stranded
Damn, that celebrity fairy dust is really working it’s magic. He is getting hotter and hotter.