2015Released
4:38

Did You Know?

Interesting facts and trivia about Writing's On The Wall. By Songfacts®.

Sam Smith disclosed some spectre-tacular news on September 8, 2015 when he revealed he had recorded the theme song for the 24th James Bond movie Spectre. Smith was the first British male solo artist to lay down a Bond theme tune since Tom Jones recorded "Thunderball" for the 1965 film of the same name.

Smith co-wrote the song with regular collaborator Jimmy Napes. The pair worked together on the UK #1s "La La La," "Stay With Me" and "Lay Me Down" as well as the Discosure hit tune "Latch."

Smith told BBC Radio 1's Nick Grimshaw that he recorded the track in January 2015. "I got called into the office with Barbara Broccoli and Sam Mendes and they gave me the script, I read the script... they said 'have a go at the song'" Smith disclosed. "It's the quickest I've ever written a song - it took 20 minutes... and they loved it!"

Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Writing's On The Wall.
FKey
MinorMode
3/4Time Signature
87BPM

Album

The album Writing's On The Wall is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released Writing's On The Wall.
Universal Music Group
© 2015 Capitol Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
℗ 2015 Capitol Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited

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