Top 10 Favorite James Bond Theme Songs #8 - "The World is Not Enough"

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For #8 in my Top 10 Favorite James Bond Themes series, we head back to 1999 for the 19th James Bond film, The World is Not Enough. Garbage performed the dramatically-orchestrated title theme song, the style of which is easily identifiable as a Bond theme, not so much, other than Shirley Manson's vocals, as a Garbage song. The tune was an international hit, charting in 16 countries, including #1 in Iceland, although it apparently was a dud here in the States. I can find no evidence that the song ever hit any of the Billboard charts (All Music Guide/Wikipedia,) which is a little odd considering that Garbage was a bit of a hit machine during that time period. While "The World is Not Enough" is not a Bond classic (in fact, I flipped a coin when it came to numbers 8 and 9,) it's a solid, opening credits-worthy tune. Plus, I just like listening to Garbage.