James Bond’s Greatest Hits…And His First No. 1?

53 years of memorable music from the James Bond film series have, remarkably, never produced a No. 1 UK single. But as the sales week develops, that could all change on Friday, when the Official Charts Company unveils the new singles countdown.
Sam Smith’s ‘Writing’s On The Wall,’ the theme song from the upcoming 007 movie Spectre, is currently on course to top the chart, outdoing the previous best showing for a Bond theme of No. 2, for Adele’s ‘Skyfall’ in 2012 and Duran Duran’s ‘A View To A Kill’ in 1985. By Sunday night, the track had double the combined chart sales (from downloads and equivalent streams) of its nearest rival, Justin Bieber’s current No. 1 ‘What Do You Mean?’.
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