9 Things You Didn’t Know About Your Favorite James Bond Songs

You probably don’t believe us. You probably forgot that "The Living Daylights" was a song, or even a movie, for that matter. And A-ha is still often called a one-hit wonder, which is a tip-off that their other sort-of big song was not exactly a huge hit. And sure, their contribution to the Bond songs is not among the most well-remembered, but they made quite an impact in another, unintentional way. John Barry wrote 11 James Bond songs (and many of the orchestral scores) over a span of 33 years. Then came A-ha. Producers wanted something current, so they settled on then-almost-still-hot Norwegian act A-ha. Barry, in his mid-fifties by then, found the experience working with the Scandinavian twenty-somethings so frustrating that he decided to depart the franchise. If Sweden has to answer for Roxette, Ace of Base, and Billy bookshelves, then Norway has to answer for this . . .