James Bond Intro - Thunderball

[comfy1]

Dionne Warwick is up herself

[JudgeJulieLit]

@WATBerlin Shirley Bassey (singing "Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang")? Rather, it is Dionne Warwick. DW has more softness in her voice, and the nuances here are trademark Dionne. I have both her and SB albums so I detect these.

[RioluTheShiny]

I prefer this to Thunderball :)

[haranoe]

"He's no puss","he's no poo"?

[bondofallninjas8]

thats why wiki sucks.. this is european

[geminihawk]

why not put this tune on the next bond film but a bit more modern as the last one Quantum of Solace was absolutely Rubbish! responses welcome

[hansfaun]

Tom Johnes als Frau? Wer singt da?!

[calvinboy27]

W@W thanks for posting this rare beauty

[PurcellPolitics]

Rare EU version which used "Mr Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" as the theme song instead of Jones' Thunderball.

[BBBBRISTOLUK]

Mr Kiss Kiss was the theme used in the far east.

[VukRadanski]

One of the best Bond songs..unfortunetly, never used, exept like instrumental..

[swissroll40]

"Mr Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" was the planned theme song for the movie, however, they had to have the name of the movie in the title so it was changed. Listen to the song at the Kiss Kiss club just before Fiona Volpe was shot. This is the song that was playing. Some of you people LEARN TO SPELL!!!! Also the "soundtrack" was not completed before the movie was released because it "had" to be out for Xmas '65.

[necrotacoz]

Sean connery is the best

[wordlofwarfan]

sean connery is the best

[bums77]

wow probably because this them song sucks, Tom Jones is the man.

[ARHCxXxOO7]

fucking cool.

[ripley450]

arguably the best of the Bonds. best music, the ONLY James...Sean. and Tom Jones title track

OT bring back Dame Shirley Bassey for the next 007

[marshmellowjellocup]

@ripley450 THANK YOU. Sean is the ONLY james bond <3

[EthanFilms]

0:27 Oh no!!! Swim away bitch! SWIM AWAY!! Hey!! hEY!!!! NOoo he's gonna...ah crap...

[VukRadanski]

For me, "Mr. kiss, kiss, bang, bang" is the best Bond song...defines the character...

[ecatheatre86]

Who is singing this? Is it a young Dionne Warwick?

[MrLoullers]

Yes it is :)

[darkmarkrammstein]

kiss kiss bang bang 5 stars iv neva heard this b4

[jimjam69]

Tom Jones is better to me.... anyway lol.This my fav James Bond film....ty for posting.

[copershark]

i aggre this is my favriot James Bond movie as well :D

in my eyes Sean Connery is the true James Bond :D

[irina1296]

Thunderball is one of my favorite Bond movies and maybe the best Bond movie in the 60's. Sean Connery was gorgeous. Claudine Auger is still one of the best Bond girls. Luciana Paluzzi was the 1st really bad/evil female character but very beautiful at the same time.

I also love the soundtrack from Tom Jones - great song!

[vordman]

This was an extra on the dvd and it was the original opening, and if they hadn't brought in Don Black at the last minute to write a lyric which contained the word "Thunderball" it would have been used and nobody would have been any the wiser. I love it, but you can't ignore Tom Jones's storming vocal of the theme song either.

[thesherife]

I like the two versions, too great voices of Tom Jones and Dionne Warwick, but i prefer this one just because of the fact that this one has a female voice,and it gives more sensuality.

[Borella309]

Wow the Thunderball opening with Dionne instead of Tom's vocal - waited for the singing credits to see if you changed that as well, which hadn't as it would be too much hard work. Thanks for the alternate take - loved it.

[amarsbarr]

This sounds much better than the sung version from Tom Jones!!!! oh no wait now there's singing damnit!

[balitout]

Amazing, how the credits fit to this song - it must have been changed at the last minute...

[JebanyZajebisty]

I like the intro with Tom Jones' song,  but this is even better. Shirley Bassey was singing this version, she was also the singer in "Goldfinger".

[OOSev]

Isn't this Dionne Warwick's version of Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang? I actually liked her version more then Shirley Bassey's. Both are good though but I wish this version of the song would have been in the movie.

[mikewhite110]

This isn't thunderball you fool.

[ThePotatoProductions]

*facepalm* yes it is

[distsh]

I thought Tom Jones performed Thunderball...

What's this??

[1hkdude2Phenix3Flyte]

@distsh This is only the intro of this movie.

Tom Jones made a different theme dedicated to Thunderball.

Just search Thunderball theme song on youtube.

[distsh]

@1hkdude2Phenix3Flyte Think I got it now... Thank you for your answer.

[TheGuyThatsAwesome]

@1hkdude2Phenix3Flyte Tom Jones's is the intro to this movie, have you even seen it?

[1hkdude2Phenix3Flyte]

@TheGuyThatsAwesome Well not really, but i have the James Bond songbook, and it has some info of each song.

[JamesBond5609]

@distsh this is not the true thunderball, this is kiss kiss boom boom

[onmask123]

@distsh it is tom jones screw made a paradi of that song

[sexyblondeuk2012]

@distsh since no one has replied to your question in over two years; just thought I'd let you know that this was an

"alternate version" of the THUNDERBALL theme song recorded for the motion picture; performed by DIONNE

WARWICK. However, history shows that TOM JONES' version was the one used as the actual title track for the film.

[StarTails]

This movie should have been called Thunderballs

[RBkidd510]

@StarTails Thunderball and Octopussys..;..sounds like a fun night

[onmask123]

@StarTails the operitaon was called thunderball and that ian fliming mens was that

only that

[swissroll40]

Great one!!!!

[kpfingaz]

Wow was looking for Tom Jones. I like this. Thanks for posting.

[Ghost5786]

I'm paraphrasing from wikipedia but originally they had this version in the studio but replaced it with Tom Jones's version before it was released in cinemas. They were worried that "a theme song to a James Bond film would not work well if the song did not have the title of the film in its lyrics". They then changed it back in 1990 I think.

[sammygrew]

Wow...I saw Thunderball when it came out...wasn't it done with the Tom Jones "Thunderball" opening song??..Where did this come from???

[LeeStonemanPresents]

I have this on an alternate audio track on the laserdisc, though I suspect the DVD would include it too.