YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
By Mahnuel Muñoz
Cathal Gunning of the film website “Screen Rant” tells us that Frank Sinatra was offered the opportunity to sing the theme song for the James Bond film “You Only Live Twice“, but the singer refused.
Connery’s fifth film as Bond, “You Only Live Twice” (1967), has a memorable theme performed by Nancy Sinatra. However, the singer was not the producers’ first choice, but rather her father, who had managed to get the song attributed to her daughter after declining the offer.
The switch from Frank to Nancy wasn’t the end of the producer’s troubles getting a theme song for “You Only Live Twice.” Nancy Sinatra was reportedly extremely nervous recording the song, worrying that it would sound like “Minnie Mouse” and prompting composer John Barry to record twenty-five takes and stitch them together for the finished track.
Unlike other Bond themes, “You Only Live Twice” has become a classic and has secured cult status among fans of the franchise.
What is your opinion? Would that have been a good choice for Frank? Would it have been an equally important success, or even greater?
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