The former will sing her James Bond theme tune Skyfall, while the latter will sing Everybody Needs a Best Friend from the comedy Ted.

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Alicia Keys and Jack White were at nine with their James Bond theme Another Way To Die, while Pink slipped to 10 with So What.

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His arrangement of Monty Norman's James Bond theme led to him composing scores for 11 films in the series, among them Goldfinger and You Only Live Twice.

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Every time I went for my watch in the safe (naturally having to first swing the large painting aside to reach it), the James Bond theme song started up in my head again.

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Emeli Sande, who picked up three Mobos at the weekend, slipped back into second place in the singles chart with Beneath Your Beautiful, while Adele's James Bond theme tune Skyfall made the top five.

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On the other hand, no James Bond theme -- not "Goldfinger, " not "Live and Let Die, " not "Nobody Does It Better, " not even anything by Matt Munro, A-ha or Madonna -- has ever won an Oscar, so 007 is overdue.

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Luxury hotels offer suites decorated with a theme everything from James Bond to Barbie that are packed with original details, but not kitsch.

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