"The James Bond Theme", performed by the John Barry Orchestra for the first Bond film, Dr No (1962), peaked at No.13 on 6 December 1962, while the same act took "From Russia with Love", from the movie of the same name, to No.39 in 1963. James Bond themes had tried - and failed - to top the UK's Official Singles Chart for almost 53 years before Sam Smith's success with "Writing's on the Wall". Previously, two Bond themes had peaked at No.2 in the UK: Duran Duran's "A View to a Kill" - the only US No.1 Bond theme to date - in 1985 and Adele's "Skyfall" in 2012. Sam Smith's (UK) "Writing's on the Wall", taken from the 24th James Bond movie, Spectre (2015), became the first Bond theme to top the UK's Official Singles Chart when it debuted at No.1 on 10 October 2015.
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