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Licence to Kill (Gladys Knight song)

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B-side
  
Pam

Length
  
5:15

Released
  
1989

Label
  
MCA

Writer(s)
  
Jeffrey Cohen, Narada Michael Walden, Walter Afanasieff

Producer(s)
  
Narada Michael Walden, Walter Afanasieff (asso.)

"Licence To Kill" is a 1989 song by Gladys Knight, written and recorded for the James Bond film Licence to Kill, also from 1989. It was written by Narada Michael Walden, Jeffrey Cohen and Walter Afanasieff, and was a top 10 hit in the UK, Knight's last charting solo single in the UK.

Contents

7" Single

A - Licence To Kill - 4:11

B - Pam - 3:50 (performed by Michael Kamen & The National Philharmonic Orchestra)

12" Single

A - Licence To Kill (Extended Version) - 5:13

B1 - Pam - 3:50 (performed by Michael Kamen & The National Philharmonic Orchestra)

B2 - Licence To Kill - 4:11

Personnel

  • Gladys Knight: vocals
  • Walter Afanasieff: songwriter, producer, arranger, orchestrator, keyboards, drum programming, percussion, Moog bass, synthesizer
  • Narada Michael Walden: songwriter, producer, arranger
  • Jeffrey Cohen: songwriter
  • Michael Kamen: orchestrator
  • Gary Grant, Jerry Hey: horns
  • Gregory Gonaway: Paiste cymbals
  • Ren Klyce: Fairlight synthesizer programming
  • Claytoven Richardson, Jeanie Tracy, Karen Brewington, Melisa Kary, Sandy Griffith, Skyler Jett: background vocals

    • References

    Licence to Kill (Gladys Knight song) Wikipedia
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