Another Way to Die

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"Another Way to Die"
symphonic rock
Length4:23
Label
Songwriter(s)Jack White
Producer(s)Jack White
Jack White singles chronology
"Sitting on Top of the World"
(2003) 		"Another Way to Die"
(2008) 		"Fly Farm Blues"
(2009)
Alicia Keys singles chronology
"Superwoman"
(2008) 		"Another Way to Die"
(2008) 		"Empire State of Mind"
(2009)
James Bond theme singles chronology
"You Know My Name"
(2006) 		"Another Way to Die"
(2008) 		"Skyfall"
(2012)
Music video
"Another Way to Die" on
YouTube

"Another Way to Die" is a song by American musicians

Satellite Awards 2008.[5]
Commercially, the song reached number one in Finland and became a top-five hit in Austria, Norway, Scotland, and Switzerland.

The single was released as a limited edition

Coca-Cola Zero was used to promote the film;[10] however, White subsequently announced that he had not approved of the song being licensed for this use.[11] Roughly the first two minutes of the song were first played on September 13, 2008 on the radio show Siglo 21 on Radio 3 in Spain.[12] The song premiered on British radio on September 18, 2008 on BBC Radio 1's The Jo Whiley Show. Newsbeat described the reaction from listeners who e-mailed their opinions as mixed.[13] On October 3, 2008 the music video premiered on Channel 4
.

Background

"Another Way to Die"
A 26-second sample of "Another Way to Die". The song has been criticized as being atypical of other James Bond theme songs.
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White wrote and produced the song and he plays the guitar, drums, and piano, while Keys provides vocals, becoming the first duet in Bond theme history.

As I Am
(2007).

Music video

The music video for the song was released on

51st Grammy Awards
.

In the opening titles to the theatrical film, the song begins when Bond fires a bullet. He roams the desert aiming his gun in every direction, and slowly the sand dunes he has been patrolling become nude women in silhouette. Aside from the desert theme, there are also visual cues of the night sky, and lines of celestial navigation seen, as well as various handgun silhouettes. The main colors used in the video are black, blue, and orange.

Chart performance

On September 28, 2008, the song entered the

UK Singles Chart at number twenty-six on downloads alone, and peaked at nine. Also, it became Keys' first chart-topper in Finland, and charted inside the top ten in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Norway, and Switzerland. In Canada it debuted at number fifteen on the Canadian Hot 100
on the issue dated October 18, 2008, based on a large number of downloads.

In the United States it debuted at number eighty-one on the Billboard Hot 100 on the issue dated November 29, 2008, spending one week only on the chart.

In Australia the single made its way into the top forty, peaking at number twenty-nine for the week of December 1, 2008. "Another Way to Die" was the first James Bond theme song to feature on a Triple J Hottest 100 playlist, compiled almost every year since 1989; in 2008 the song was ranked the eighty-seventh most popular.

Critical reception

The song received some positive reviews as a standalone song, but it was subject to poor reception as a Bond theme,[17] with Jude Rogers of The Guardian calling the song "jagged" and "awkward".[18] Criticism focused on how the song does not seem to fit as a James Bond theme.[19] In the 2008 Popjustice Reader's Poll, the song was voted as the second "Worst Single".[20]

Live performance

"Another Way to Die" was included on Keys' set list on her

The Freedom Tour
. Neither White nor Keys performed the song on television, nor at awards ceremonies.

Track listing

  • CD and 7-inch single[21]
  1. "Another Way to Die" – 4:23
  2. "Another Way to Die" (Instrumental) – 4:23

Personnel

Credits are taken from the record sleeve.[22][23]

Charts and certifications

Cover versions

In 2017, actor and musician Robbie Rist recorded "Another Way To Die" with his band, Ballzy Tomorrow, for the multi-artist compilation album, Songs, Bond Songs: The Music Of 007.[43]

See also

References

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External links

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