"Diamonds Are Forever",the title song with lyrics by Don Black,was the second Bond theme to be performed by Shirley Bassey,after "Goldfinger" from the 1964 film of the same name. The song was also recorded in Italian by Bassey as "Una cascata di diamanti (Vivo di diamanti)" for the Italian version's end credits;this version was only issued on 7-inch single in Italy,and was intended to be included in a (cancelled) 3-CD box set titled Shirley released in 2012.[2]
A 16-second sample of "Diamonds Are Forever", the title track. Variety ranked it as the best Bond title theme, noting how it was "one of the sexiest songs ever written" despite the song's meaning.[3]
German synthpop group Alphaville covered the titular song on their album CrazyShow in 2003. Another cover of the song was later released on the 2022 orchestral album Eternally Yours.
↑ Bassey also sung an Italian version of this song (Vivo di diamanti, literally "I live because of diamonds") for the Italian edition of the film's end credits.
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