Licence to Kill (song)

"Licence to Kill"
Standard international artwork featuring Timothy Dalton as James Bond (vinyl sleeve pictured)
Single by Gladys Knight
from the album Licence to Kill soundtrack
B-side	"Pam"
Released	May 30, 1989 (1989-05-30)[1]
Studio	Tarpan (San Rafael, California) Shakiji Inc. (Las Vegas, Nevada)
Genre	R&B[2]
Length	5:15
Label	MCA
Songwriter(s)	Jeffrey Cohen Narada Michael Walden Walter Afanasieff
Producer(s)	Narada Michael Walden Walter Afanasieff (asso.)
Gladys Knight singles chronology
"Loving On Borrowed Time" (1986) "Licence to Kill" (1989) "If I Knew Then What I Know Now" (1990)
James Bond theme singles chronology
"The Living Daylights" (1987) "Licence to Kill" (1989) "GoldenEye" (1995)
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"Licence to Kill" is a song by American singer Gladys Knight, written and recorded for the James Bond film Licence to Kill, taken from the soundtrack of the film's same name. The song was written by Narada Michael Walden, Jeffrey Cohen and Walter Afanasieff, and produced by Walden and associate production helmed by Afanasieff.

"Licence to Kill" was released as the soundtrack's lead single on May 30, 1989, by MCA Records. The song became a top-10 hit in the United Kingdom, peaking at number six and becoming Knight's last charting solo single there. In Europe, the song peaked atop the Swedish Singles Chart for eight weeks (four chart periods at the time) and reached the top five in seven other European countries. It also peaked at number 79 on Canada's RPM 100 Singles chart but did not appear on the US Billboard Hot 100.