


Instead, the song appeared on the 1973 Alice Cooper album Muscle of Love. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang as made famous by Dionne Warwick is not available yet. "Even Christopher Lee, who played Scaramanga in the movie, said, 'Oh, man, why did we take the Lulu song? This song is the one!'" recalled Cooper in a 2011 interview with The AV Club. Hes tall and hes dark And like a shark, he looks for trouble Thats why the zeros double Mr. But producers initially targeted a far less conventional singer for the title theme: metal icon Alice Cooper, best known for the 1972 hit "School's Out." Cooper claims that his "The Man with the Golden Gun" was actually the frontrunner for the opening credits - but when he delivered it a day too late, the producers had already signed with Lulu. "To Sir With Love" singer Lulu's "The Man with the Golden Gun" is - like the film that inspired it - one of the blander and more forgettable songs in the Bond canon. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang's not a fool Oh, 'demoiselles and danger Have filled the stranger's past Like a knife he cuts through life Like every day's the last He's fast and he's cool He's from the school that loves and leaves 'em A pity if it grieves 'em Mr. "The Man with the Golden Gun," Alice Cooper Wilson eventually retitled the song "Pet Sounds," slotting it in as the title track of what turned out to be the Beach Boys' most acclaimed album.

"Run James Run" isn't technically a rejected 007 theme, because Beach Boy Brian Wilson never submitted it for consideration - but once you know what inspired Wilson to write the instrumental track, it's easy to recognize its Bond-ian roots. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Lyrics: Hes tall and hes dark / And like the shark, he looks for trouble / Thats why the zeroes double / Mr. Rogers' take on "You Only Live Twice" is closer in style to Sinatra's version, though its lyrical interpretation of the "You Only Live Twice" theme is, like the film itself, a bit more literal. This version even incorporates a riff from the traditional "James Bond Theme." He's tall and he's dark And like a shark, he looks for trouble That's why the zero's double Mr Kiss Kiss Bang Bang He's suave and he's smooth And he can sooth you like vanilla The gentleman's a killer Mr Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Damoiselles and danger Have filled the stranger's past Like a knife, he cuts through life Like everyday's the last He's fast and he's cool He's from the school that loves.
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Chandler's crack at a 007 theme eschews the delicacy of Nancy Sinatra's "You Only Live Twice" in favor of Bassey-esque bombast.
