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John Barry

A View to a Kill

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John Barry recorded “A View to a Kill”. John Barry shares the writing credit with Duran Duran, Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes, Andy Taylor, John Taylor and Roger Taylor. The earliest release on file is Duran Duran’s, from 1985, along with Star Inc.’s. Also recorded by Shirley Bassey (released 1992), The Brown Derbies (released 1997) and Gob (released 1997), among 104 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Everybody knows the band's take, but John Barry shares the credit and had the first recording of it. Put his next to theirs and you can hear who built the room they walked into, and Shirley Bassey stopped by later to record it too.

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Credited writers: John Barry, Duran Duran, Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes, Andy Taylor, John Taylor and Roger Taylor.

Earliest release on file: Duran Duran, 1985, the same year as Star Inc..

Other recordings on file · first release year

104 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Duran Duran share the writing credit on "A View to a Kill" with one outside co-writer, who also made the first recording of it. Who?John Barry
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