“Goldfinger” is a song by Welsh singer Shirley Bessie , written by John Barry (music), Leslie Brikass and Anthony Newley (words) for the James Bond film of the same name .
| Goldfinger | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shirley Bessie Single | ||||
| Side "A" | Goldfinger | |||
| Party "B" | Strange how love can be | |||
| Released | 1964 | |||
| Format | 7 " | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Duration | 2:48 | |||
| Producer | George Martin | |||
| Composer | ||||
| Song authors | John Barry , Leslie Brikass and Anthony Newley | |||
| Label | Columbia DB 7360 | |||
| Places in the charts | ||||
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| Chronology of singles by Shirley Bessi | ||||
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Several parodies were created for this song, including Dr. The Evil , written by They Might Be Giants for the film “ Austin Powers: The Spy Who Seduced Me ”, [1] and Max Power for the Homer to the Max series of The Simpsons animated series. [2]
Charts
The single with this song lasted four weeks in the TOP-10 of the Billboard Hot 100 charts , rising to the eighth line to the second in the adult contemporary genre, [3] and in the UK it reached 21 positions. [four]
The song took 53rd place in AFI's 100 Years poll ... 100 Songs of famous US cinema tunes. In 2008, the single was included in the Grammy Award Hall of Fame . [five]
| Charts | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Ö3 Austria Top 40 [6] | 7 |
| Ultratop 50 Flanders [7] | 9 |
| Ultratop 50 Wallonia [8] | 14 |
| Official German Charts [9] | eight |
| Single Top 100 [10] | five |
| VG-lista [11] | 7 |
| UK Singles Chart (Official Charts Company) [12] | 21 |
| Billboard Hot 100 [13] | eight |
| Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) [14] | 2 |
Notes
- Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me , Allmusic
- ↑ Homer comes over all tree-hugger. British Broadcasting Corporation . The appeal date is September 7, 2008.
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel. Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. - Record Research, 2002. - P. 29.
- ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums. London: Guinness World Records Limited
- ↑ "Grammy Hall of Fame Award Archived July 7, 2015 .. Grammy.org . Retrieved 21 December 2012
- ↑ " Austriancharts.at - Shirley Bassey - Goldfinger" (German) . Ö3 Austria Top 40 .
- ↑ " Ultratop.be - Shirley Bassey - Goldfinger" (nid.) . Ultratop 50 .
- ↑ " Ultratop.be - Shirley Bassey - Goldfinger" (Fr.) . Ultratop 50 .
- ↑ " Musicline.de - Shirley Bassey Single-Chartverfolgung" (German) . Media Control Charts . PhonoNet GmbH.
- ↑ " Dutchcharts.nl - Shirley Bassey - Goldfinger" (nid.) . Single Top 100 .
- ↑ " Norwegiancharts.com - Shirley Bassey - Goldfinger" . VG-lista .
- ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100" . Official Charts Company .
- ↑ "Shirley Bassey Chart History (Hot 100)" . Billboard .
- ↑ "Shirley Bassey Chart History (Adult Contemporary)" . Billboard .