Nobody Does It Better

Nobody Does It Better is a song by Marvin Hamlisch (music) and Carole Bayer Sager ( text ), which was published in 1977 as the tenth James Bond theme song.

Hamlisch and Bayer wrote Nobody Does It Better as a theme song for the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me ( The Spy Who Loved Me, 1977), with Roger Moore in the lead role. Nobody Does It Better ( Main Title Song) sung by Carly Simon. The song was nominated for a 1978 Golden Globe and Grammy Award and in 1978 received an Oscar nomination for Best Song. The American Film Institute recorded the song in its list of 100 songs - on America's best film songs. The first two lines of the song are: Nobody does it better / Makes me feel sad for the rest.

Carly Simon published Nobody Does It Better ( coupled with After the Storm B-side ) 1977 Elektra Records; The song was a huge success for the singer and was three weeks at # 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and at number one in the easy listening charts. The song also was four weeks at # 2 of the Cash Box charts., reaching # 7 of the UK singles charts.

Cover versions of Nobody Does It Better participated in the 1970, inter alia, Jack Jones, Groove Holmes, Rob McConnell, Ella Fitzgerald and Toots Thielemans on. In later years, Aimee Mann, Plas Johnson, Anita O'Day, David Sanborn, Marco Benevento and Harry Allen interpreted the song. Use was the song also appeared in films such as Bridget Jones - The Edge of Reason (2004) or the ex-girlfriends of my friend ( 2004).