who wrote the song live and let die
Paul and Linda McCartney
title: Live and Let Die (song) text: Live and Let Die (song) "Live and Let Die" is the main theme song of the 1973 James Bond film "Live and Let Die", written by Paul and Linda McCartney and performed by Wings. It was the most successful Bond theme to that point, charting at No. 2 on the US "Billboard" Hot 100 and No. 9 on the UK Singles Chart. Commissioned specifically for the movie, it reunited the former Beatle with the band's producer, George Martin, who produced the song and arranged the orchestra. It has been covered by several bands, with the Guns N' Roses version being title: Live and Let Die (song) text: the most popular cover. Both the McCartney and the Guns N' Roses versions were nominated for Grammy Awards. In 2012, McCartney was awarded the Million-Air Award from Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), for more than 4 million performances of the song in the US. Even before Tom Mankiewicz had finished writing the screenplay to "Live and Let Die," producers Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli invited Paul McCartney to write the theme song. McCartney asked to be sent a copy of Ian Fleming's novel. "I read it and thought it was pretty good. That afternoon I wrote the song and went title: Live and Let Die (film) text: and orchestrated the "James Bond Theme", was unavailable during production. Broccoli and Saltzman instead asked Paul McCartney to write the theme song. Since McCartney's salary was high and another composer could not be hired with the remainder of the music budget, George Martin, who had been McCartney's producer while with The Beatles, was chosen to write the score for the film. "Live and Let Die", written by McCartney along with his wife Linda and performed by their group Wings, was the first true rock and roll song used to open a Bond film, and became a major success in the title: Live and Let Die (song) text: stage and showing old pictures. The video also was made shortly before Izzy Stradlin's departure, and it is the last video where he appears. It charted at No. 20 on the Mainstream Rock chart. The song was nominated for "Best Hard Rock Performance" during the 1993 Grammy Awards. Guns N' Roses Additional musicians General Live and Let Die (song) "Live and Let Die" is the main theme song of the 1973 James Bond film "Live and Let Die", written by Paul and Linda McCartney and performed by Wings. It was the most successful Bond theme to that point, charting at title: Live and Let Die (soundtrack) text: Road" in 1969. McCartney had been considered as title song composer for the previous Bond film, "Diamonds Are Forever". The song was nominated for an Academy Award but lost to "The Way We Were". The ″Live and Let Die" single was a major success in the U.S. and UK and continues to be a highlight of McCartney's live shows. Chrissie Hynde covered the song for Bond composer David Arnold's compilation album "". The original soundtrack LP ended with track 14, "James Bond theme", and this version was later released on CD in 1988. The digitally remastered CD re-release, 2003, as