The single sold 148,000 copies in 2006 in the UK, and has sold 323,000 digital copies and garnered 3.5 million streams in the U. It charted in many countries, notably peaking at No. The track was leaked onto the Internet on September 20, 2006, and later released as an official single on November 13, 2006, through Interscope Records. Cornell and Arnold tried to make the song a replacement theme for the character instead of the 'James Bond theme' reflecting the agent's inexperience in Casino Royale, as well as an introduction to Daniel Craig's grittier and more emotional portrayal of Bond. The film producers chose Cornell because they wanted a strong male singer. Cornell wrote and produced it jointly with David Arnold, the soundtrack's composer. James Bond' 40.'You Know My Name' is the theme song of the 2006 James Bond film Casino Royale, performed by American musician Chris Cornell. 'You Know My Name (Main Title)' – Chris Cornell (David Arnold/Chris Cornell) 3. 'The End of an Aston Martin' (1:30) * 19. The 'You Know My Name' CD single was released on December 11, 2006.

However, motifs from the song serve as Bond's theme throughout the film, for example the tracks 'I'm the Money' and 'Aston Montenegro' feature two different instrumental renditions of its chorus. The video for the single premiered on MTV's Making the Video on October 31, 2006. In 2008, the song was included in the compilation 'The Best of Bond.James Bond'. 'You Know My Name' is the first Bond theme not to be included on its film's soundtrack album and was released separately as a single and on Cornell's album 'Carry On'.Ĭornell declared that it happened because he wanted the song to be 'his', and since he wrote 'You Know My Name' in midst of recording the solo album Carry On, he felt that the song belonged to the album. The soundtrack was released on November 14, 2006. The soundtrack was completed early in the morning on October 11, 2006. No', the instrumental theme from 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' and 'All Time High' from 'Octopussy') to make no direct reference to the title of the film. It is only the fourth Bond theme (after the opening medley of 'Dr.

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