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

The great Gladys Knight was the first soul/R&B singer to ever do the title song for a Bond film — perhaps the only one, unless you count Alicia Keys. Knight got a good song, in 1989’s License to Kill, and totally nailed it. Except for one thing: she was uncomfortable with violent imagery and really didn’t like the idea of singing "kill." If you listen you’ll hear that every time the chorus comes around and she’s supposed to deliver the line "Got a license to kill," she actually sings "kit" or "kin" to avoid articulating the word "kill."