No Time To Die

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"No Time to Die" is a song by American singer and songwriter Billie Eilish. It is the theme song for the James Bond film of the same name, and was released through Darkroom and Interscope Records on February 13, 2020. The song was written by Eilish and her brother Finneas O'Connell, and recorded in a bedroom studio. Eilish was nearly 18 at the time of recording, making her the youngest artist to have written and recorded a James Bond theme. The song won the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media at the 63rd Annual Grammy Award. "No Time to Die" debuted at top of the Irish Singles Chart and the UK Singles Chart. It became Eilish's first number-one single in the UK and made her the first artist born in the 21st century to top the chart. Furthermore, the song became the first James Bond theme by a female artist to top the UK chart, as well as the second Bond theme overall to top that chart. In the United State, "No Time to Die" debuted and peaked at number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 Musically, "No Time to Die" is an orchestral pop ballad with R&B influence. The track runs at 74 BPM and is in the key of E minor. It runs at four minutes and two second. Eilish's vocals span E3 to D5, which include a belted B4. According to Roisin O'Connor of The Independent, the song "features classic elements of the most memorable Bond themes including a slow build; a dark, shivery theme; and dramatic orchestration". Cassie Da Costa of The Daily Beast said the song "begins with moody, atmospheric piano music before Billie's pop-enunciated alto vibrato creeps in with depressive yet vague observations about love, lo, and violence". The song features orchestral arrangements by Hans Zimmer as well as Johnny Marr on guitar. .

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