Chart performance:
| Week | Position | Movement | Comments |
| 14-Jun-85 | 30 | New | |
| 21-Jun-85 | 21 | +9 | Biggest climber/Star rater |
| 28-Jun-85 | 20 | +1 | |
| 06-Jul-85 | 14 | +6 | Biggest climber/Star rater |
| 13-Jul-85 | 10 | +4 | Star rater |
| 20-Jul-85 | 9 | +1 | |
| 27-Jul-85 | 9 | 0 | |
| 03-Aug-85 | 4 | +5 | Peak |
| 10-Aug-85 | 4 | 0 | Peak |
| 17-Aug-85 | 6 | -2 | |
| 24-Aug-85 | 6 | 0 | |
| 31-Aug-85 | 7 | -1 | |
| 07-Sep-85 | 11 | -4 | |
| 14-Sep-85 | 21 | -10 | Biggest faller |
| 21-Sep-85 | 25 | -4 | |
| 28-Sep-85 | 30 | -5 | Biggest faller |
Written by: Duran Duran & John Barry
Produced by: Bernard Edwards, Jason Corsaro & Duran Duran
South African record label (unless otherwise stated): EMI
| Hit number for artist | 5 |
| Peak position | 4 |
| Weeks | 16 |
| Biggest climber awards | 2 |
| Star rater climbs | 4 |
| Biggest faller awards | 2 |
| Top 20 points | 131 |
| Overall Top 20 points ranking | =851 |
| Top 20 points ranking for the artist | 3 |
| Top 30 Points | 269 |
| Overall Top 30 points ranking | =795 |
| Top 30 points ranking for the artist | 3 |
Annual ranking:
| 1985 | =34 |
Other chart success:
| Australia | 6 |
| Austria | 6 |
| Belgium | 2 |
| Canada | 1 |
| Denmark | 1 |
| France | 11 |
| Germany | 9 |
| Ireland | 2 |
| Netherlands | 3 |
| New Zealand | 13 |
| Norway | 2 |
| Spain | 1 |
| Sweden | 1 |
| Switzerland | 7 |
| UK | 2 |
| US | 1 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 |
SA Radio charts:
| Capital 604 | 1 |
| Radio 5 | 1 |
| Radio 702 | 3 |
This was the theme tune to the James Bond film of the same name. The story goes that the band’s bassist, John Taylor, who was a big Bond fan, approached the Bond film produced, Cubby Broccoli at a party. Taylor was somewhat inebriated and said, ‘If I give you a fiver, can I write a theme tune please.’ At the time of writing, this has been the only Bond theme to top the US charts. Using a top 20 points basis, the song would be the best performer of the 5 Bond themes that made our charts (6 themes if you include Herb Alpert’s ‘Casino Royale’ the theme to a spoof Bond film starring David Niven). However, using a top 30 points basis, it is beaten into second place by A-ha’s ‘The Living Daylights’.
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Artist link: Duran Duran
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