On 8 September 2015 , Smith confirmed that he and Jimmy Napes had composed " Writing 's on the Wall " , the theme song to '' Spectre '' , the 24th James Bond film . The song was released on 25 September 2015 and became the first James Bond theme to reach number one in the UK . On 19 October , Smith was presented with two '' Guinness World Records '' — one for recording the first James Bond theme song to go to number one in the UK , and another for scoring the most consecutive weeks in the UK top 10 by a debut album ( '' In the Lonely Hour '' ) . At the 73rd Golden Globe Awards on 10 January 2016 , Smith received the Award for Best Original Song for " Writing 's on the Wall " . On 14 January , the song earned Smith an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song . In the nominations for the 2016 Brit Awards announced on 14 January , the song was among the nominees for Best British Video . Smith performed " Writing 's on the Wall " at the Academy Awards on 28 February and , along with Napes , collected the prize for Best Original Song . In his acceptance speech , Smith referenced an article by Ian McKellen published before the awards ceremony that claimed no openly gay man had won an Oscar for Best Actor ; he misquoted McKellen as saying that no gay man in general had won an Oscar . This was quickly discredited by openly gay recipient Dustin Lance Black , but McKellen mentioned that the error " does n’t detract " from Smith 's achievement
2016 Brit Awards
2016 Brit Awards
Sam Smith (singer)